Raw Meat in Your Cat's Diet

• Fish, despite being a favorite taste to the feline pallet, contains natural enzymes which can, in large amounts, detrimentally affect your animals health. Chicken, rabbit and turkey are great meats to include in a raw food diet.
  
  

Supplements

• To increase the vitamin intake of your animal, check out pet and specialty stores for supplements to add to your cat's diet. Supplements can include anything from calcium to digestive aids.
  
  

Supplements for Special Needs

• If your animal has kidney or liver conditions there are even supplement packages meant to address these issues. Contact your local pet food retailer or veterinarian and ask what options they have as far as cat food supplements.
  
  

Preparing the Meal

• Keep some of the skin on your meat, and grind the bone up finely in a food processor, or buy pre-ground bone and incorporate that into the cat's meal. The skin contains beneficial fatty tissues and the bone contains calcium, which are both integral parts of your feline's diet.
  
  

Serving

• If your cat seems disinterested in raw meats, do not despair, the situation is not hopeless. Either let the cat adjust, keep offering the food until it is taken out of hunger, or try lightly browning the food to bring warmth to the dish.
  
  

If the Cat Isn't Receptive

• If the cat is set on not eating the meal you have prepared, it may just be spoiled by the MSG-like chemicals in store-bought foods that trigger the cat's appetite responses. Give the animal time to outgrow its chemical dependence and vary the menu--some meat options will garner better responses than others.