Make Homemade Cat Food--Pressure Canning Part 1

[@2americangirl]

I love that you go through the effort and use beautiful ingredients for your pet. I am there too and am grateful that you have shared this video. I wish everyone treated their pets as lovingly as you...and me. My cats and chickens and soon to be jersey cow are respected and loved always. Thank you...

[@kellenevaile]

I definitely love my furrr babies!

[@jenna9300]

We make our own cat food too, but with chicken. I saw your video and excited to try fish too! Also excited to try pressure canning my jars! I usually do small batch but it’s tiresome to do once a week. Canning is a great idea!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@carolynmoody9460]

Your channel just popped up on my home page an so very happy it did...this video is so valuable after reading all the garbage in canned or dried cat food this video is amazing an JUST WHAT I NEEDED..new sub here 👋👋

[@mytinyretirement]

That's some high-end cat food, lol. Better than letting it go to waste! Love you Kellene!!!

[@PreparednessPro]

LOL. You're not kidding! She's spoiled and she knows it! Thanks so much for the love!!!

[@mytinyretirement]

@@PreparednessPro been following you since Doomsday Prepper days. You were always a cut above and REAL. So glad to see your posts and beautiful positive face again. ❤

[@PreparednessPro]

@@mytinyretirement You just totally made my day! Thanks for that!

[@mayiakashmurr3000]

I love love this and I’m going to make some today. I am studying the microbiome and I just wanted to say that cats can’t eat grains. It cause leaky gut and dysbiosis in them. We humans can’t eat it either. It’s the main cause of low grade chronic inflammation. I’m going to make mine with jicama for fibers and carrots or beets for vegetables. I’m so happy I discovered this way of making food. I tried the raw freezing meat but it doesn’t taste good for my cats and this is so much more convenient to store it too.

[@raeleeninNC]

Do you worry about not enough taurine?

[@PreparednessPro]

I can do supplement treats. And she loves her treats! I can also tweak the recipe to increase foods that have taurine in them. In this case I was making use of foods that were about to go bad due to the freezer breaking down.

[@beatoperator]

also, any recipes with chicken you can recommend that can work with this procedure?

[@PreparednessPro]

You can just substitute the chicken for the fish. Easy peezy.

[@lorrief1885]

Would be nice to see the final product.

[@PreparednessPro]

It ain't pretty, tha't's for sure, but I'll keep that in mind for the future.

[@donnafaucher994]

What size jars are you using

[@kellenevaile]

Pint

[@cfabiano31]

Cats do not need rice. Where are the species appropriate nutrients? Liver, bone/calcium

[@PreparednessPro]

They are getting calcium through the bones in the fish. But yes, if I were to remake this, I would definitely change up the recipe. Mine actually likes the small amount of rice added.

[@undercoverbird8592]

Nice! 💙💙

[@Patty-bs3bz]

No offense but I checked on this. Pasta, rice and noodles aren’t safe to add to canning jars because the starch interferes with the heat transfer. It will interfere with killing the botulism. And while the viscosity in the jars (thickness of the mashed cat food) looks okay- it could be a factor in heat transfer if it’s packed in to tightly.

[@PreparednessPro]

I'm a rebel canner. I can starches all the time.

[@beatoperator]

THANK YOU for this. We have canner and always wanted to try this. Been looking for this kind of tutorial... Do cats find this kind of homemade food super-tasty?:)

[@PreparednessPro]

Mine sure do!!

[@carolgehris6117]

Do you have a chicken recipe for cats

[@PreparednessPro]

I don't have one per se, but you can substitute the fish for the chicken and yes, you can leave out the rice. I would invest in taurine next time though and add it in.

[@cbryce9243]

I hope if I ever get reincarnated, that I get a momma just like you!

[@PreparednessPro]

Awww!

[@PilotVBall]

Keep in mind that, in the wild, cats don't eat rice, coconut oil, or anything other than meat from prey.

[@PreparednessPro]

You have a point, however A lot of people don't consume their essential nutrients too but that doesn't mean that they wouldn't benefit from it, right?

[@nichele951]

How sad! Glad youre resourcful! Super hero

[@essendossev362]

You can't safely can rice fyi

[@PreparednessPro]

I'm a rebel canner. Europeans do can rice safely, even using the waterbath method. I use pressure canning which is even safer. The U.S. does not have the corner market on safe canning.

[@47retta]

Cats don't need fiber or carbs. They are total carnivores!

[@PreparednessPro]

"need" is correct. However they do need amino acids and a moderate amount of fiber helps with other health issues. They can use digestible carbs as an energy source though. And complex carbs play a role in moderating intestinal function.

[@ellielumsden9208]

The rice has cyanide in it. You must cook it first in lots and lots of water and then drain that water to get rid of the cyanide. The beans; you need to soak overnight in some vinegar. You can't just SLOP everything and expect it to be optimally healthy. Your fish is so expensive so don't wreck it by skipping the crucial steps of preparing the cheaper ingredients.

[@kellenevaile]

Pressure cooking mitigates the need for both of those issues.

[@undercoverbird8592]

@@kellenevaile lol i have never heard of soaking beans in vinegar. Again the pressure canner takes care of all that. RoseRed homestead channel - she covers a lot! I usually just boil then let my beans sit for an hour then put into soup. Never had a problem in 15 years.

[@deannamartin6827]

No, actually it's ARSENIC. Not cyanide. Primarily an issue if you buy rice grown in southeast u.s. I will never soak beans in vinegar, what does that accomplish? But by all means, you do you.

[@IowaKim]

I think you met arsenic. Get your facts right before you start dumping on people.

[@szspringman]

Why the annoying background misic?? :(

[@PreparednessPro]

To get you to fall madly in love with my videos. Did it work? 🙂