Liver for dinner

[Randi]

Lynne! Perhaps you can help here? We bought half a lam and also got a big piece of liver - but I've never cooked that before, so I put in the freezer. If you have any suggestions or recipees, I'll appreciate it. If not, I think I may end up giving it to the back yard cats!

[lynnestankard]

Message in your PM Randi !

Lynne

[lailamara]

Just a caution, I'm sure the liver is fine to feed them as is flavouring it with garlic but I've read in several books that onions will cause aenemia in both cats and dogs. I've found dried liver treats called Kitty Kisses that my kitties love. I just shake the jar and they come running. I use it to find out where they are when they don't respond to their names being called. Also since I'm a vegetarian it lets them have something they love and I don't have to prepare the stuff.

[mcdam01]

About once or twice a year, we have liver for dinner. Fister LOVES raw liver, but since his bladder crystals problem, he's only had his diet food - this time we've been very strict about it. The vet says: Cats doesn't get bored with the same food, but I doubt it a little bit. However, I cut and fried the onions and closed the door firmly to the kitchen before opening the liver. A minute later, Fister was standing on the other side of the door miawing like crazy! He's used all his miaws for this week! OHHHH, it's so hard not to give him a little piece, he just loves it! Well, I did give him a very little (only what could fit in a spoon. I wish there was a list of things cats with this problem could eat, without getting sick again. The things he can't have is food containing too much Phosfor, Calcium and Magnesium.

By the way, our vet has just recenly got a new diet food he can have, it's called Urinary program by Royal Canin - and it also only has 15% fat in it! Luckily he likes it!

Hi, have you ever looked into raw feeding diet? It is wonderful, especially for a cat who has health problems. The reason why your cat goes nuts when he gets the raw liver is because cats are carnivores. They NEED the meat in their diet. Have you ever heard of a cat in the wild craving grains or fuits and veggies? I certainly haven't and that is because they can't digest it. They crave MEAT! Have you ever put thought as to why your cat is having health issues. It is because kibble is CRAP!!! Cats can't digest all those fillers that they put into the dried cat food! They can barely live on that garbage. And is absolutely the reason for his health problems. I guarantee you if you put your little critter on a raw diet his bladder issue would be non-existant! That vet of yours is making a ton of money off of you. I guarantee that you could feed your cat raw meat for a heck of alot cheaper that what he is charging you for that junk you are feeding your cat now. I have noticed HUGE changes in my cat for the better since I changed him over to raw. His temperment is better, he is more playful, he doesn't shed anymore, his litter box stopped stinking. Need I say more. Not to mention that I have read hundreds of emails from others like you who have had cats with health problems and have switched over to raw. They have all noticed that their cats health issues are gone. If you really care about your cat, do him a favor and get him off that junk. Trust me when I say that he will thank you for it. And you will safe a ton of money on vet bills.
Melissa

[mcdam01]

Hi, have you ever looked into raw feeding diet? It is wonderful, especially for a cat who has health problems. The reason why your cat goes nuts when he gets the raw liver is because cats are carnivores. They NEED the meat in their diet. Have you ever heard of a cat in the wild craving grains or fuits and veggies? I certainly haven't and that is because they can't digest it. They crave MEAT! Have you ever put thought as to why your cat is having health issues. It is because kibble is CRAP!!! Cats can't digest all those fillers that they put into the dried cat food! They can barely live on that garbage. And is absolutely the reason for his health problems. I guarantee you if you put your little critter on a raw diet his bladder issue would be non-existant! That vet of yours is making a ton of money off of you. I guarantee that you could feed your cat raw meat for a heck of alot cheaper that what he is charging you for that junk you are feeding your cat now. I have noticed HUGE changes in my cat for the better since I changed him over to raw. His temperment is better, he is more playful, he doesn't shed anymore, his litter box stopped stinking. Need I say more. Not to mention that I have read hundreds of emails from others like you who have had cats with health problems and have switched over to raw. They have all noticed that their cats health issues are gone. If you really care about your cat, do him a favor and get him off that junk. Trust me when I say that he will thank you for it. And you will safe a ton of money on vet bills.
Melissa

[mcdam01]

sorry, just learning how to post!

[kallisto4529]

you know reading all this about what your cat's eat, mine must be the strangest cat in the world!!!!!!!!!!! lol she wont eat canned cat food, wont eat treats, wont eat table food of any kind raw or cooked, the only food she will eat is her dry cat food and every once in a while she will eat a very small piece of sardine. i have offered anything and everything over the years, she is 14 and she does not want any of it. I have to say though thank God she is in good health and so far (knock on wood) she has been great for all of these years. My mom used to cook liver for me and she never even showed any interest at all in it. lol she must be an odd duck.....

[Randi]

mcdam01, I don't know whether you noticed, but this thread is from 2002. Funny it should pop up to the surface today, as I'm having liver again this evening.

Since then, Fister had his operation and is doing fine. I'm pretty sure he got these problems because we fed him canned Whiskas, and we all know that that is not the most healthy food around.

I don't agree with you about the vet food being crap, and since I started feeding him Hills dry food, he's not been sick, so I believe it's quite healthy for him Cats who are prone to UTI's should not have food with too much Phosfor, Calcium and Magnesium in it.

I can assure you that my vet is not making a lot of money off me, he's a very nice guy and wouldn't dream of doing so. On the contrary, he suggested I should get 10% off.

But yes, a raw diet is probably OK too, and I think some members here feed their cats a raw diet, I just haven't looked into that.

Thanks for your input, anyway!