New possibility for homemade cat food

I somehow stumbled across an ad for Wild Kitty Cat Food Kits yesterday, and after speaking to the company manager via email, I’m going to place an order tomorrow.  Wild Kitty sells premade frozen raw cat food, but they now offer two kits so cat owners can just add meat to make food at home.  Best of all, the kits come in two choices, cooked or raw, with the cooked food kit flexible enough to be made with either cooked or raw boneless chicken.  That’s the kit I’ll order, because while cooked chicken is my preference, I’d like to see what the cats have to say about it.  In the long run, I guess the raw kit would be the most economical, but I don’t want to assume the cats will eat raw food and then find out they’re not interested.

I’ve checked out other raw cat food kits, like the ones offered by Honest Kitchen, but they’re cost prohibitive.  The Wild Kitty kits sell for $11.95, including shipping, and you have to add almost 4 lbs. of raw chicken to end up with 5.5 lbs. of food.  If I just buy chicken leg quarters at $1.00 per pound (a pretty average price), and debone them, I figure I can make my 5.5 lbs. of cat food for about $17.  That works out to 19 cents per ounce, (I think), or the equivalent of $1.06 per 5.5 oz. (the size of an average large can of cat food).  With canned food like Merrick costing about $1.35 per can, and even Natural Balance running at least $1.09, I’ll either break even or save money, while having more control over the quality of what I’m feeding.  If I place a big grocery store order for a large quantity of chicken, I’m sure I can get it even cheaper.

I’ll report back on all of this when I have the kits in hand and give the preparation a try.  If this is something which interests you, I encourage you to check out the Wild Kitty website.  They sell sample kits of their frozen, premade raw food for just $29.95—too rich for my multi-cat blood, but perfect for the person with just one or two cats.

The thing that really excites me about this food is that it passes AAFCO feeding trials, and the results exceeded expectations.  This gives me good peace of mind, because while money is always in the back of my mind (as it has to be), keeping the cats healthy is my ultimate goal.

So… Wild Kitty food kits reports to follow soon!  I hope it’s good news!

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 06/04 at 02:57 AM

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