Cat only licks the gravy!

Kimitatsu

I only feed my cats dried biscuits - and the eldest is now 15 and in rude health!

I did try wet food but to be honest it smelt, they smelt and it cost me a fortune. I did have to experiment with different good quality biscuits before I found the right one, but the cats eat the biscuits and if they fancy some meat then go mousing, ratting or rabbiting.

Mayflower10cat

(No1Cat Man - I also had a diabetic & CRF catty, sadly no longer with us.)
I used to make 'Cat Soup' for him! I'd buy fresh chicken portions, sometimes rabbit if I found it, generally in the 'reduced items eat today' aisle. Stick them in a large pan, cover with water and simmer until the flesh fell away from the bones. I'd strip off the meat & set that aside for my other cats, in little freezable portions. Continue simmering down the bones, broth etc. After about an hour, you'll find the bones have seperated out leaving small bits of meat, broth and skin. Allow to cool a little and strain through a colander, putting the broth back in the pan. Pick through the flesh & bones, removing all bone, skin etc. Stick the meaty pieces back in the pan. Cook the 'cat soup' down by about half to concentrate the goodness. Toward the end, I used to add two or three pouches of gravy type catfood, this enriches the flavour. I'd give it a quick blitz with the stick blender. Pour the 'soup' into a large bowl, cool a little and stick in the fridge. Overnight, the fat will rise to the top and set, so you can lift it off. Underneath you'll have a 'chicken jelly', which can be fed as is, or heated in the microwave to liquify it. Again, I'd freeze portions of the 'cat jelly' for future use. Maybe because we don't eat meat, the smell of that simmering chicken used to drive my cats wild, even my diabetic/CRF boy!

Once a friend dropped by when I was just pouring the 'soup' into a bowl before chilling it. I turned away to the sink to wash up as he said 'Mmmm!! This smells nice what is it??' I said, 'it's chicken soup for the cats'... He had a spoon halfway to his mouth to 'test' as I informed him - '...and it's got cat food in it....' I almost, almost didn't say anything!

EmptyPockets

Mayflower10cat wrote: »

Toward the end, I used to add two or three pouches of gravy type catfood, this enriches the flavour.

How do you know this? Did you taste it before and after to test?

Sounds lovely for the cats though

Mayflower10cat

EmptyPockets wrote: »

How do you know this? Did you taste it before and after to test?

:rotfl:if I ate meat, I probably WOULD have tried it!!!!!

Many, many years ago I did eat a cat biscuit for a bet..... For the interested few who need to know; it tasted greasy and then gritty and to be truthful, not of much else at all!:D

rita-rabbit

Mayflower10cat wrote: »

(No1Cat Man - I also had a diabetic & CRF catty, sadly no longer with us.)
I used to make 'Cat Soup' for him! I'd buy fresh chicken portions, sometimes rabbit if I found it, generally in the 'reduced items eat today' aisle. Stick them in a large pan, cover with water and simmer until the flesh fell away from the bones. I'd strip off the meat & set that aside for my other cats, in little freezable portions. Continue simmering down the bones, broth etc. After about an hour, you'll find the bones have seperated out leaving small bits of meat, broth and skin. Allow to cool a little and strain through a colander, putting the broth back in the pan. Pick through the flesh & bones, removing all bone, skin etc. Stick the meaty pieces back in the pan. Cook the 'cat soup' down by about half to concentrate the goodness. Toward the end, I used to add two or three pouches of gravy type catfood, this enriches the flavour. I'd give it a quick blitz with the stick blender. Pour the 'soup' into a large bowl, cool a little and stick in the fridge. Overnight, the fat will rise to the top and set, so you can lift it off. Underneath you'll have a 'chicken jelly', which can be fed as is, or heated in the microwave to liquify it. Again, I'd freeze portions of the 'cat jelly' for future use. Maybe because we don't eat meat, the smell of that simmering chicken used to drive my cats wild, even my diabetic/CRF boy!

Once a friend dropped by when I was just pouring the 'soup' into a bowl before chilling it. I turned away to the sink to wash up as he said 'Mmmm!! This smells nice what is it??' I said, 'it's chicken soup for the cats'... He had a spoon halfway to his mouth to 'test' as I informed him - '...and it's got cat food in it....' I almost, almost didn't say anything!

You are a devoted owner. I tried cooking fish & meat for my previous cats in the past. Now I know they can eat raw - never again - at best they will get scrambled eggs:) - otherwise it's raw offall chopped up - a bit of cleaning up from the floor but NO boiling/prep:T!

viktory

samuela66 wrote: »

We have just got another rescue cat, now she will only lick the gravy off the cat meat, levaes all the meat, same with the jelly, she does eat her biscuits though, I have tried her with everything bought chicken, tuna, salmon you name it she just turns her nose up at everything, are biscuits enough do you think!

thanks
sam

My cat does this so we feed her Sheba either the pate or terrine. It is like a mousse in consistency and she loves it. She also gets unlimited supplies of Purina dry complete car food. She is the absolute picture of health.

eamon

I know you haven't catnapped Cat 2 as she is sat on the chair beside me. She is now 12/13 and I've never seen her eat meat.

tattyuk75

Mine do the gravy licking thing too....I squish the chunks now or buy supermeat versions, ha, they've been foiled! My oldest cat (14) still turns her snoof up at mostly everything though, although funnily enough, Sheba individual trays she can stomach apparently, without staring at me incredulously with a look on her face suggesting I have just served her THE most disgusting thing imaginable and how very dare I? She has expensive taste, a proper madam lol

samuela66

tattyuk75 wrote: »

Mine do the gravy licking thing too....I squish the chunks now or buy supermeat versions, ha, they've been foiled! My oldest cat (14) still turns her snoof up at mostly everything though, although funnily enough, Sheba individual trays she can stomach apparently, without staring at me incredulously with a look on her face suggesting I have just served her THE most disgusting thing imaginable and how very dare I? She has expensive taste, a proper madam lol

Well I bought the sprout Sheba yesterday and have so far cleaned up and trod:rotfl:in 2 piles of vomit, plus she hasnt eaten a thing all day, not even her bickies!!!!

samuela66

Kimitatsu wrote: »

I only feed my cats dried biscuits - and the eldest is now 15 and in rude health!

I did try wet food but to be honest it smelt, they smelt and it cost me a fortune. I did have to experiment with different good quality biscuits before I found the right one, but the cats eat the biscuits and if they fancy some meat then go mousing, ratting or rabbiting.

What biscuits do you use, thanks