Food & Co...

How and what do we feed?
A species-appropriate and high-quality diet is a central part of our upbringing philosophy. From the very beginning, we therefore make sure that our kittens are fed a varied, balanced and age-appropriate diet.
We are, of course, happy to share our feeding recommendations with the new cat parents so that the transition into their new home is as smooth and gentle as possible.

We are happy to recommend the book “Cats Would Buy Mice”, which contains many valuable and truthful insights into the nutrition of our beloved house tigers. A cat’s health begins in the gut (the same is true for humans, by the way), which is why we see high-quality nutrition as a true investment in a long and healthy feline life. So far, our visits to the veterinarian have been mostly limited to vaccinations and neutering.

Our cats are preferably fed high-quality wet food. Dry food is only offered in very small amounts as an occasional treat.
In addition, their menu includes raw meat (never raw pork because of the Aujeszky virus), gently steamed fish and thawed day-old chicks. 

It is particularly important to us that the food is free from sugar and grains and contains at least 50% meat – and of course no low-quality animal by-products such as hair, claws, feathers or bones, whose nutritional value is practically zero.

Helpful food charts and overviews can be found in many places on the internet.
Among others, we feed the following brands:
Mac’s, Leonardo, Grau, MjamMjam, Sandra’s Schmankerl, Anifit, Xantara, Granatapet and Feringa.

All of these products can be conveniently ordered online and delivered straight to your door. Ordering larger quantities helps to save on shipping costs.

And how much do we feed? With high-quality wet food, this question hardly arises: we feed according to the “all you can eat” principle – and yet none of our cats are overweight. Only with neutered cats do we pay a little closer attention to the quantities. 

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Any change in diet should always be done gently and over several days. A switch that is too sudden puts stress on the cat’s sensitive digestive system and almost inevitably leads to diarrhoea.