PART THREE - HOW?

“The object in creating optimal health and nutrition is to study each animal’s habitat and food sources, then custom make diets that most closely resemble their own natural (original) diet.” - Jeff Brisco, Senior Animal Nutritionist, Los Angeles Zoo

My preference for vegetables is organic

My preference for meat is free range or organic

My preference for water is purified

...but if you cannot get this, do not worry as it is not the end of the world. Use what you have and you will be fine.

Too many people make a whale of an excuse about not having "pure" or the "highest" quality ingredients. This in turn becomes an excuse for doing nothing.

Excuses are simply no excuse.

Use what you have. Use what is available to you. Use what you can afford. There is no shame in this and just think about, feeding raw, homemade food, even if the vegetables are frozen vegetables as compared to organic vegetables is still leaps and bounds better than commercial pet food.

You know, I fed my cat meat from Safeway for over 1 year as I was not able to locate a source of free range meats and he still did wonderful! So spend less time worrying and more time doing.

... and remember, when preparing the food, if you need to, double or triple the amount I use if you have many animals or big mouths to feed. If you have small animals, divide everything by 2.

Act 3 - Scene 1:
Vegetables

• Vegetables are raw unless you are using a squash which may require some cooking to soften the rind.

• Use as many vegetables at one time as you can.

Preparing Vegetables:

• Simply wash your vegetables, put them into a food processor and chop them as fine as you can.

  • If the veggies are not chopped extremely fine (about the size of a flea) you will see them come out in the stools. The finer, the better.

• If you do not have a food processor then you will need to use a hand grater.

  • You may find that after using the hand grater that you may need to additionally chop the vegetables with a chopping knife.

• If you see vegetables come out in the stools, then you are either not chopping the vegetables fine enough and/or your companion will really benefit from supplemental digestive enzymes to help digest the vegetables.

• Chop enough vegetables to last about 3 days.

Put Your Finely Chopped Vegetables Into A Tupperware Container And Store Them In The Fridge

Editor's Paw Note:

• If you want, you may prepare more than enough vegetables, freeze them and then remove them as needed.

• It is best to keep your meats, and vegetables in separate containers.

  • If one should spoil, you will not have lost everything.

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