![]() Dr. Lisa Pierson of catinfo.org - who is much more of a numbers person than I am - has on her website an awesome, detailed breakout of what it costs to make homemade raw cat food. Many folks are understandably dubious about the price of doing it themselves and, to be sure, if you go down the path of making cat food yourself there can be an initial outlay for a grinder and a supply of the dry vitamins and other ingredients. The grinder, however, will last you for years and years (mine's been going strong for well over a decade). I finally did some calculations this morning on what it costs me to make a supply of cat food for my two furry shamans. I bought free-range chicken (on sale at Whole Foods) and when I added up the total cost of the meat, eggs, organs and other ingredients - and divided the cost by the number of days it will feed Wilson and Sidney-Beans, I came up with a cost of about 90 cents a day per cat. As a benchmark, I looked at the cost of buying - on sale - a premium canned cat food. That came to $1.50 a day per cat. A few other snippets to inform your thinking about cost:
Methinks homemade raw feeding really is a bargain.
8 Comments
6/17/2013 07:36:35 pm
I was not aware of the fact that making cat food at home is cheaper than buying. I am sure that with this information, many cat owners will be certainly benefited from it.
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11/9/2013 11:01:55 am
I give your info to all my adopters, and it's part of our agreement that they feed exclusively raw organic food...keep up the great work. It is certainly cheaper than having a sick cat...even if you didn't care about the cat...I give info on the one-stop jerky shop Tasin 108 too!
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Kathryn Hargreaves
11/11/2013 12:24:27 am
I have it worked out to $0.75/day/cat. I feed my ferals raw, too---not the kibble that even Alley Cat Allies recommends.
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3/6/2014 06:21:43 am
what EVER it costs it's cheaper than having a sick cat! come ON :-) !!
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Eating raw is definitely a cheaper and healthier alternative. I'm glad I came across this because if not my cats would still be eating plain cat food. I want my animals to be just as healthy as I am and if I get to eat good and nutritious food then they should as well. In the long run it will equal out to fewer vet visits as well as saving a lot of money buying worthless cat food.
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7/26/2015 04:33:56 pm
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Thanks for sharing this informative information with us and it is extremely helpful for me. I was not aware of the fact that making cat food at home is cheaper than buying. I am sure that with this information, many cat owners will be certainly benefited from it.
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1/20/2018 02:20:09 am
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