Sphynx Cat Raw Diet

Posted in Hairless Cat Hints, Sphynx Kittens Care on 20. Jun, 2010

I have decided to move my three Sphynx cats to a full raw diet. There are a couple of reasons for this -

It’s winter here in Australia and all 3 are eating 10 x 85gram cans of food each between them a day. At $1.45 a can thats OVER $100 a WEEK
While cat food in Australia is good (much better than I believe it is in the USA) I have always leaned towards doing what is natural, rather than artificial
My Italian Greyhound is getting on in years and losing teeth, he can also benefit from eating the same diet
The more I read about the pet food industry, the more I despise supporting them

There are some excellent posts on the topic over at the Sphynx Forum and I have certainly learned a great deal in the last weeks of research.

Up until now my guys have been on a mix of raw and artificial foods. They enjoy eating both and I don’t think they will be much of an issue crossing over straight into raw. I have had an issue in another area though.

Getting my hands on a meat grinder that is powerful enough to munch up chicken bones, but not a full deer/cow carcass has been quite difficult. I am not going to spend a gazillion dollars on an industrial/commercial model, nor do I want to by a plastic “mincer” that won’t do the job. In the end I purchased from good old Amazon a model I saw recommended on another blog – Northern Electric Meat Grinder – at $99 it is much cheaper than anything the same quality here in Australia.

Once I have it in my hot little hand I am going to put videos up of making that raw diet for people that are looking for instructions on how-to.

The make up of the diet will be 1/2 whole chicken meat and bone, 1/4 chicken and turkey gizzards including kidney/hearts, 3/16turkey/beef mince, 1/16th cooked pumpkin, pro-biotic mix, l-lysine, and vitamin mix

My next step is to find if there are any organic chicken outlets with reasonable priced birds. Breast enlarging hormones can’t be good for cats.

4 Responses to “Sphynx Cat Raw Diet”

Brooke says:

June 21, 2010 at 11:56 PM

This is the exact grinder I use! I’ve shoved whole chicken legs and wings into it and it ground them with no problems. I know people who have spent 3 times as much on a grinder that doesn’t work as well…Love it, and recommend it to anyone for this purpose! Quick tip: make sure you spray or wipe down the grinding plate with cooking oil after you clean and dry it, or it WILL rust, really fast!

Switching to a full homemade raw diet has saved me a huge amount of money, but the greatest impact of all has been on the health of my 4 Sphynx. Looking forward to reading how your kitties (and your IG) like your “home cooking”!

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Allison Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 6:56 AM
That is great to hear Brooke and thanks for the blade spraying tip!

I hope it gets through customs fast because I am REALLY excited about getting RAW

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Kay Fazio says:

June 25, 2010 at 8:04 AM

Once I learned what was in cat food and dog food, there was no way I was going to feed them that waste.

I don’t have a Sphynx cats, but I have 2 Bengals and two Savannahs. I feed ground in the am to get the supplements to everyone. I use that same grinder also, it’s great. I also feed whole baby chicks or mice at night. My cats are the picture of health…teeth are purrfect! There are so many health benefits to feeding raw….can’t even list them all. You will be happy you stopped feeding the junk food.

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Mirna Parr says:

October 28, 2010 at 2:21 AM

Can you clarify which pro-biotic mix, l-lysine, and vitamin mix that you use and what measurement ?

I have 2 Sphynx brother and sister and I’m excited to try this new raw food.

Thanks,

Mirna

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