Pendraig Cat/Kitten Diet & Care Requirements

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Pendraig’s Feline Diet

This diet is actually quite simple and costs about the same as premium kibbles and less than premium canned foods. The pre-packaged raw products take all the work and hassle out of feeding. You should have several pint sized stainless steel or glass bowls that are cleaned daily (in the dishwasher or by hand and then disinfected with white vinegar). Please use environmentally friendly dishwasher detergent and dish soap. They are highly effective cleaners that are non-toxic for sensitive cats.

Elements of the Ideal Diet

All Natural Raw Diet – 90 – 95% grass-fed/pastured beef, lamb, goat or rabbit. We prefer, recommend and sometimes sell Slanker's Grass-fed Beef Pet-Food, mOrigins and Hare Today products. You may buy from us, from a distributor in your area or from the companies directly. We care only that your pet is fed these foods because they are superior. Our kitten and cat buyers get a lifetime discount on these products when bought from us. If you buy from an outside source save your receipts and send to us with your annual update and photos to qualify for the Ideal Health Guarantee. Alternately you may choose to feed Oma’s Pride prepackaged raw or to make your own using a grinder or from your local farmer, butcher or meat market.
Minimal Poultry – opt for pastured poultry from a local farmer, no more than 4 – 5 meals a month, once a week. Quail and Pheasant would be excellent choices if you can afford them. Feed these raw with bones, whole to help keep teeth and gums healthy and clean and to contribute towards the 10% bone in the diet.
Raw whole eggs or yolks – pastured from local farmer is best, fed no more than once a week on average. Alternatives include Eggland’s best or free range eggs from your local health food store. Egg yolk only is ideal but occasional feeding of the entire egg is acceptable in healthy animals.
Supplements – Required
Blue Ice Therapeutics Liquid – non-flavored by Green Pastures (www.greenpasture.org) or other approved cod liver oil supplement. Give ½ ml three times a week under 8lbs and ½ ml 4 days a week over 8lbs.
Primal Defense Probiotics twice weekly ¼ scoop provided in powdered version (www.iherb.com).
Vitamin Supplement – Call of the Wild or other types see Resources. Do not add this to mOrigins.
Nutritional Yeast (NOT brewer’s yeast, buy at health food stores). ¼ tsp 5 days a week.
Prozyme if needed.
Dulse & kelp with meals not consisting of mOrigins prepackaged raw.
Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar for fleas and to help with digestion of fats ¼ tsp per day under 8lbs, ½ tsp per day over 8 lbs.
Feeder mice - may be substituted for 1 to 2 meals per week but must come from a quality source.
Fermented Fish – following our recipe which will be included later.
Filtered Fresh Water – must be available at all times. We use only glass or stainless steel dishes (glass is best). The pet fountain is a nice idea but make sure to change the filters regularly and to clean the bowl and containers. We also add water to their food because cats do not like to drink water very often and their natural prey is 70% or more water. We filter their water using a Brita Pitcher but you may use one installed in your sink. We highly recommend an expensive, built in system for your entire family. Contact us about good prices for home systems.
Alternative meat sources – venison, ostrich, kangaroo, lamb, buffalo or duck may be fed twice per week. Try to source versions that have bone included like Oma’s Pride. Underweight kitties may benefit from fattier meats like duck and lamb but only if they are digesting fats well.
Cat Grass – supplied for your cats to chew on at leisure. Typically cats will seek out grass to help them regurgitate debris like fur and larger bone pieces in their stomach. By providing this grass you can eliminate cats chewing on household objects.
No Tomatoes – members of the nightshade family are very toxic for cats so do not let them eat tomatoes or tomato sauces even if they like them.
No Cooked Bones – never allow your pets to eat cooked bones. They are too hard for their teeth and can splinter or fracture and cause severe damage inside their digestive tracts that can cause a very painful death.
Never Microwave Food – no food should be microwaved. Microwaves cook bone just like conventional cooking methods. We also feel they disrupt the natural energy of your pet.

Feeding Schedule for the Ideal Diet

Feed twice per day – most cats do fine with this but you can feed three times a day if you like. Young kittens, and any cat that is ill or very old, may be fed more than twice per day. It is a good idea to allow the food to reach room temperature before serving.
Feed approximately 2-3% of their body weight – this can be adjusted based on the condition of the individual animal. Kittens may eat a lot more, feed them until they are full but do not allow them to become fat. Ribs should be easily felt but with a nice layer of muscle and flesh over them. Spines should not be boney. If in doubt call us immediately.
Fast one day a week – we do not require this but we find it beneficial to the animal to be fasted once a week. Kittens or sick animals however, should not be fasted an entire day. One meal fasting is sufficient for older kittens. Sick individuals should not be fasted unless recommended by your holistic vet or us. Please call if your Pendraig Siberian is ill.
mOrigins grass-fed beef – 3 to 5 Days a week. (up to 6 if not fasting)
Slanker's Grass-fed Beef Pet Food – 3 to 5 days a week * Must add multi-vitamin supplement such as Call of the Wild by Wysong.
Hare Today, or other quality, whole ground rabbit – up to 1 to 2 days a week
Alternatives – 1 day a week a light meal before the fasting day. Fermented fish (see our recipe), whole organs from chemical free, hormone free grass-fed or pastured animals, raw meaty bones from pastured or grass-fed meat or poultry and/or feeder mice. This is also a good day for an egg or two.

Elements of the Modified Raw Diet

Same as our Ideal Raw Diet – But a maximum of 50% of the diet may be made up of 25% or less grain-free dry foods and the rest grain-free canned.
Quality Canned Foods – Refer to our list in the resources section for a list of acceptable canned foods. That list is subject to change so check our website often. Food manufacturers change their ingredients without warning so we may have to drop a food off of our list. If you have noticed an ingredient change that concerns you contact us immediately as we may have missed it. We do not feed all of these foods ourselves so we do not come into contact with them daily. Acceptable canned foods should be grain free with human grade ingredients, no soy, no canola and minimal vegetable matter. We recommend that you pick a few varieties and avoid over-feeding one ingredient.
Grain Free Dry Foods – ONLY feed grain-free dry foods if you choose to feed dry food at all. A list of acceptable brands is in the Resources section. If you find one we missed please contact us prior to feeding it to your cats. The dry food you choose must be on our list of approved brands or personally approved by Pendraig Siberians or the General Health Guarantee will be void. To maintain the guarantee receipts and UPC symbols for food purchases should be sent with the annual report.
Extra Filtered Water – Make sure you add extra filtered water to the canned food to insure the cats get enough water especially if they are also eating dry foods.

Other Diets

Dry Foods – Grain based dry foods are the worst thing you can feed your cat. Cats are obligate carnivores and need animal products in their diets. The only vegetable matter we add is some dulse and kelp for mineral content and coconut oil because it is short chain fatty acids and has anti-fungal/anti-bacterial properties. Cats have no need for grains and suffer many ill effects being fed a diet that consists of grains. High carbohydrate diets are especially harmful and all dry kibbles by nature must be mostly carbohydrate. What meat is in it is rendered beyond any real nutritional quality. We prefer that none of our cats or kittens ever be fed dry foods. That being said we do understand that some owners are not willing or able to try other diets. We ask that if you do feed dry foods that you choose a grain free brand such as Wellness Core for cats and that you supplement with mOrigins, Slanker’s Grass-fed Pet Food or at the very least a quality canned product. Your cat should never be free fed but should be given 2 to 3 regular meals per day. The dry food you choose must be on our list of approved brands or personally approved by Pendraig Siberians or the General Health Guarantee will be void. To maintain the guarantee receipts and UPC symbols for food purchases should be sent with the annual report.
Canned Foods – you may choose to feed your cat a completely commercial diet but choose canned foods instead. This is much preferred to feeding dry foods. The canned food you choose must be on our list of approved brands or personally approved by Pendraig Siberians or the General Health Guarantee will be void. To maintain the guarantee receipts and UPC Symbols for food purchases should be sent with the annual report.

Supplements for ALL Commercial Diets

Supplements – a 100% commercial diet should always be supplemented with Prozyme, Primal Defense, Green Pastures Blue Ice Therapeutics Liquid (www.greenpasture.org) and a good vitamin C supplement. Failure to provide this supplementation will void the health guarantee. To maintain the General Health Guarantee receipts for purchase of these supplements must be sent with the annual report.

Required: Blue Ice Therapeutics Liquid – non-flavored by Green Pastures (www.greenpasture.org) ½ ml three times a week under 8lbs and ½ ml 4 days a week over 8lbs.
Required: Primal Defense Probiotics 2 – 3 times weekly ¼ scoop provided in powdered version (www.iherb.com).
Prozyme highly recommended. Follow product directions.
Required: Call of the Wild by Wysong (see our website for links to buy). Though we do not like the high fiber content you may use Missing Link for Cats (NOT the vegetarian version).
Dulse & kelp highly recommended - with meals not consisting of mOrigins prepackaged raw.
Raw Apple Cider Vinegar for fleas and to help with digestion of fats ¼ tsp per day under 8lbs, ½ tsp per day over 8 lbs.
Salt – NO TABLE SALTS OF ANY KIND! You can add a pinch of Real Celtic Sea Salt for Pets offered by the Grain & Salt Society (www.azure-standard.com). Or buy from us.

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