Wild for Wild Kitty

I recently wrote a blog entry about ordering a new brand of cat food called Wild Kitty.  Wild Kitty is a food base, to which you add your own meat (cooked or raw).  I figured it was worth a try, as I want to make homemade diets for my pets, yet the process has been very time-consuming so far.  I bought 3.75 lbs. of ground turkey to add to the food—it was supposed to be chicken, but I couldn’t find ground chicken, and didn’t have time to grind it myself.  In the future, I’ll plan better.  I lightly cooked the turkey, mixed it with the base mix and some water, and let it sit for about 10 minutes.  The result seemed sort of soupy, but the food firmed up as it cooled, and eventually just resembled pretty conventional wet cat food.

The real test came when I had to feed the cats.  I’ve currently got 11 cats in the house, including Bunny and Carlo, and every single cat wolfed the food down except Chelsea.  Even though Chelsea wouldn’t eat the food “as is”, when I mixed it 50-50 with her favourite Natural Balance food, she ate the entire bowl.  Today, when I got the food out of the fridge, I had wild hoards of crazed cats stalking me, waiting for their MEAT.  “Meat, meat, meat”, they chanted as I put food in all their bowls.  I might lose a limb if they get any more enthusiastic.

One thing I’ve observed immediately is a reduction of litterbox poop.  Also, none of the cats suffered any digestive distress from the food change.  I gave the food to Carlo a bit tentatively, as he’s supposed to be on his special IBD food, but he’s done very well on it.

For me, Wild Kitty isn’t a huge financial savings because I have so many cats to feed (the price is almost identical, per ounce, to a case of Natural Balance cat food when I pay $2/lb. for the meat).  However, I can reduce my cost if I can find bulk chicken at a low cost, and start to grind it myself.  I also can’t argue with the fact that even if the price was the same as premium canned cat food, the Wild Kitty food has to be better because it’s so fresh.  The cats certainly seem to think it’s something special.  I believe one bag of Wild Kitty cooked food base costs $12, and then you have to add 3.75 lbs. of meat to end up with 5.5 lbs of cat food.  If you feed the recommended 4 oz. per day, one bag will feed a single cat for 22 days (2 cats for 11 days, etc.).  For the single cat owner, it’s certainly an good investment, and I do suggest trying it if you’re looking for something different.  Check the Wild Kitty website carefully, as they sell a premixed, ready-to-serve frozen cat food, as well as a base for raw meat, and a base for cooked meat.  When you place your order, tell them that The Blog Pound recommended them, would ‘ya?  The company owner has been very helpful to me as I’ve picked and tested a product (I didn’t get freebies—I paid for everything, so this isn’t a commercial), and I’d like to return the favour by helping him find some new customers.

One last thing… Carlo finally goes to the vet for blood tests today.  Cross your fingers that he has something detectable, but not something like FIV.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 06/16 at 04:09 AM

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