"Isn't making cat food time-consuming?"

Once you get a groove going and your supplies organized, not really.  You'll also likely spend a whole lot less time (and money) in veterinary clinics.  If you can get a helper, go for it.  

Maybe hook up with a local friend and savor some special time together hacking up meat parts and grinding them while singing show tunes.  It beats cleaning your garage, right?  

Time spent making cat food is less than I used to spend fretting about my sick cat and trekking him to the vet when he had a digestive disorder. 

So yes, while it is definitely some work, it's very manageable. Think of it as a labor of love. That's exactly what it is. 


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A home-prepared diet can be the absolute best thing you do for your cat. 

It can also be the worst. 

If you're going to do it, follow a balanced recipe, use safe common-sense meat handling procedures to protect yourself, and never forget that calcium is not a "supplement" - it's an essential component of a home prepared diet.




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Beware the (legal) sleight of hand with pet food ingredient labeling. As we noted recently, pet-food labeling rules dictate that ingredients be listed by decreasing weight, or predominance, in the food. 

But "ingredient splitting" is a way to include a lot of grain sources, each listed separately - and which may appear at first glance to be a "minority ingredient." Add all the fractions together, however, and they can (and frequently do) outweigh the actual meat in the product. 

↪ This is especially relevant in the case of cereal-based dry kibbles.


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Many folks assume that making their own cat food is a daunting and time-consuming venture - involving dedicating time every day or a few times every week in the kitchen. It's not true!

While there are different methods of preparing and serving food, the method that many use (including yours truly) involves spending roughly ONE hour (or less) in the kitchen every two or 3 months. The food is frozen and thawed as needed to serve. 

Five hours a year is a pretty meager investment of time for the potential dividends reaped from knowing what's going in to your cat! 

In business terms, that's a great ROI. In love terms? Well, that's also a great ROI.


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