To reduce the risk of cross contamination from salmonella and E. Coli, we take the whole chicken less the organ meat, dunk it in stock pot (a small one: 16 qts) full of boiling hot water for about a minute to kill any surface bacteria. Then we grind up the whole chicken with the bones. portion it out for each serving and freeze. The bone doesn't get cooked. Meat only gets cooked on the surface. Cats love it and they get all their micro-nutrient from the bone... Chicken at $1.00/lb. organ meat removed, "pasturized", ground, and frozen may cost $1.25/lb. versus canned premium food of $1.30 per 5.5oz.

We have one older cat who just had a full senior check up. Blood work, urine test etc. His urine pH was on the high side. We think its because of his preference for the dry food. The ash content in the dry food is much higher than the wet food. We are hoping to get him back onto the wet food and raw chicken. He avoided the wet food because of his teeth. Poor guy has lost half of his teeth over the years and just had three more pulled after his check up and dental cleaning.

Evo is good, California Natural is good. Wellness wet is good, the dry have about 5% ash content.

If you decide to grind your chicken please let me know. There are few guidelines. And why you don't want to feed preground meat.

smilingcat