Your raw cat food diet plan should include a balanced recipe with ingredients you can and want to feed your cat. I’ll share my cat’s diet plan for inspiration.

Jericho’s been on raw for 7 years now.

I started with a premade raw diet because that was the easiest option. RadCat had lots of protein variety, whole food ingredients, and I could buy it at my local store. Until the FDA forced a recall and they went out of business.

The next raw cat food brand that I found only had 2 protein options and lots of synthetic supplements.

That’s what pushed me to do DIY raw. I started with a raw food premix because that was easy.

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Since then I’ve become a Clinical Pet Nutritionist so now I formulate my own recipes.

Jericho was eating DIY with raw meaty bones. So I used to prep 2 months’ worth of food each time.

This took about 1.5 active hours. Some extra time for thawing and freezing before vacuum sealing.

But then he got a dental and had teeth removed. So I’ve made changes to his raw diet since then.

I love these diet changes, and meal prep is much easier and faster! And I’m working on other ways to make it even easier and faster.

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Jericho’s raw cat food diet plan

Jericho’s raw diet is 50/50 whole prey and DIY ground raw.

I use Paws of Prey Cat Meal Formulator to balance Jericho’s diet.

Her formulator is great because it includes whole prey. Whole prey data is limited, but at least we have some data to work with.

I buy whole prey from Cold Blooded Cafe and Hare Today. And I also get the ground raw from Hare Today.

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Jericho eats whole prey mice, rats, day old chicks, and hamsters. For his DIY raw, I feed ground duck meat, bones, and organs and whole carcass ground rabbit.

The ground rabbit was sold out the last time I ordered. So I’m only using ground duck for now, and I will see how that goes.

Jericho also eats a smaller amount of raw salmon and canned oysters. I buy salmon from Wild for Salmon for myself and just cut off what I need for Jericho’s diet.

Supplements in Jericho’s raw diet

He also gets raw quail egg yolks. I buy these at the grocery store.

I add whole food supplements to make up for missing nutrients but also for immune support and antioxidant benefits.

Jericho gets the same supplements in my recipes like nutritional yeast, NOW vitamin E oil, and kelp.

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Plus Fera Pets Immune Support (get 15% off with my link), Austin & Kat CBD Feline Formula, and the following from Adored Beast: Sea & Soil Probiotics, Feline Gut Soothe, and Phytosynergy.

We live in an apartment, and there’s a lot of environmental stress. So I like to use these supplemental products to help support his gut and immune system.

Meal prepping Jericho’s raw diet is pretty easy. I weigh out one day’s worth of food in one container.

First I put the whole prey in then I fill the rest of the day with ground food. I chop up salmon and oysters and add that to his container.

And I mix in the supplements the day before I serve that meal. I set this up while he’s eating dinner so I can mix it up in peace lol.

Ideas for your cat’s raw food diet plan

As I mentioned, your raw cat food diet plan should include a balanced recipe with ingredients you can and want to feed your cat.

You can feed either DIY raw or use a premade raw (frozen or freeze-dried).

The option all depends on how much time you have and your preferences.

DIY takes longer, but it’s more cost-effective. Premade raw saves you time, but it costs more than DIY.

Premade raw is the easiest way to get started. So I’d suggest premade raw if you are brand new to feeding any type of raw diet.

Premade raw cat food diet options

You can add a complete frozen raw or freeze-dried raw to your cat’s diet.

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I’d recommend Viva Raw (get 20% off with my link) or Quest Cat Food (get 25% off with my link).

Both have complete options for cats. So you do not need to add anything to it.

Quest Cat Food has both frozen and freeze-dried raw cat food. I just bought their frozen nuggets at my local pet store and use it for training rewards. I like it so much I might switch to that instead of doing DIY raw.

DIY raw cat food diet options

Making your own raw cat food is easy once you have a good routine and you have experience. But there is a learning curve for beginners.

I suggest starting with beginner DIY raw if you are brand new to making raw food.

This is a journey, not a race.

I started with a premix 6 years ago, and I’ve been upgrading Jericho’s diet ever since.

Starting out easy helps prevent stress and overwhelm. And you’re more likely to stick with it!

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Beginner DIY raw: Use a premix.

This will help you get into the routine of making your cat’s food. I cover different premix options and have videos showing me make cat food with them in my raw cat food premix guide.

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Intermediate DIY raw: Use a raw recipe.

My raw feeding digital products include balanced recipes for adult cats. I’ll show you how to plan the transition, best meal prep supplies, DIY raw with premixes, videos on shopping for ingredients and meal prepping, and so much more. The difference between the products is the recipes.

The Raw Cat Starter Pack is for you if you want 2 simple, beginner-friendly boneless recipes. The Raw Feline Foodie course includes 19 advanced recipes with lots of protein variety (boneless and raw meaty bones).

Be mindful that most free recipes online are not complete. I put 3 vet-recommended cat food recipes into Animal Diet Formulator, and all of them lacked essential nutrients.

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Advanced DIY raw: Formulate your own recipes.

I highly recommend Paws of Prey Cat Meal Formulator. Her formulator is beginner-friendly. And inside her membership, you can submit your recipe for her to review and make suggestions. She reviews recipes on a live call once a month.

The best raw cat food diet plan is one that works for your cat and works for you.

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