Homemade Cat Food for Kidney Disease Diet (raw, easy, inexpensive)
Download PDF (useful to bring in to your vet if you have questions): https://healthhomeandhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cat-kidney-disease-diet-raw-food-recipe-and-research-3.pdf
Where to shop:
Find liver, kidney, heart, beef: http://healthhomeandhappiness.com/uswellness
Notes on Bob Food:
Phosphate restriction is key for cats with CKD so we can either formulate a low-phosphate diet or select an OTC cat food relatively low in phosphorus. For this purpose, a phosphate content that is less than 100 mg per 100 kcal is ideal, especially in a cat with severe kidney disease.
https://www.animalendocrine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Dietary-Management-of-Cats-with-Hyperthyroidism-Concurrent-Renal-Disease-Final.pdf
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Ingredients:
50 grams chicken liver Per 50 g: 63 calories, 21 calories from fat, 31 calories from protein, 294 mcg folate, .9 mg riboflavin, 0.85 mg niacin, 8.3 mcg B12, 84 mg choline, 148.5 mg phosphorus
https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/666/2
50 grams beef kidney Per 50 g: 51 calories, 13.5 g fat, 37 g protein, 46 mcg folate, 1.4 mg riboflavin, 4 mg niacin, 13.5 mcg B12, 128.5 mg phosphorus
https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/beef-products/3466/2
1 cup water
6 grams ground eggshell – typically cats get calcium from the bones in meat in a raw diet, but in the case of kidney disease, we want to limit the phosphorus in their diet. Bone is made up of quite a bit of phosphorus so we use egg shell in its place.
Per 6 g 5400 mg calcium, 50.4 mg phosphorus
Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23607686https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/custom/1145333/2
1 whole raw egg 71 calories, 44 calories from fat, 25 calories from protein 95.5 mg phosphorus
https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/111/2
100 grams chicken heart 153 calories, 84 calories from fat, 66 calories from protein 177 mg phosphous
https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/664/2
800 grams ground beef 70% protein/30% fat (can replace 100 g with egg white) Per 100 g 362 calories 271 calories from fat 61 calories from protein 132 mg phosphorus
800 grams ground beef 85/15 protein/fat per 100 g 215 calories 1
1 tablespoon sardine oil for omega 3 fatty acids
Recipe:
50 grams chicken liver50 grams beef kidney 1 cup water6 grams ground eggshell1 whole raw egg100 grams chicken heart 800 grams ground beef 70/3014g sardine or salmon oil
Divide into 16 portions for approx 200 calories each.
Facebook group (link) I used to find most of this information (super helpful people!)
https://www.facebook.com/notes/feline-chronic-kidney-disease/foods-for-ckd-cats-including-raw-usa-intl/1753572568027713/
Where to shop:
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