Homemade Reduced-Protein Diet for Cats with Chronic Renal Failure

Ingredients

1/4 lb liver (beef, chicken or pork only)
2 large hard-boiled eggs
2 cups cooked white rice without salt
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp (5 g) calcium carbonate (TUMS)
1/4 tsp potassium chloride (salt substitute)
Balanced daily supplement (i.e. Pet Tabs)
250 mg taurine/day

Instructions:

Dice and braise the meat, retaining the fat. Grind/crush the taurine and vitamin supplements. Combine all ingredients and mix well. This mixture can be somewhat dry. Add water (NO MILK!) to improve palatibility. Refrigerate unused portions.

Feeding guide:

Body weight	Approximate daily feeding (lb)
5 lb.	1/4
7-8lb.	1/3
10 lb.	2/5

This mixture yields 1 1/4 lb of food. It will, for example, supply a 5lb cat with 5 days of food.

Analysis:

This diet supplies 21% protein calories, 35% fat calories, 44% carbohydrate calories.