What is a temporary alternative for cat food?

Mario

Last night, someone, I dont know who, came onto my porch and stole my cat food stash. It was placed it this tall cooler thing and they stole it while we were all sleeping. My mom is at work now and I cant drive to the store nor do I have any money on me. Is there any alternative to cat food I can use just until tomorrow? (Earlier I fed them a cooked hot dog, broke into pieces.)My fridge and pantry is packed with stuff, so I bet Ill be able to find something.



Regine

Amazing that someone would actually steal cat food off your porch - how low can you go? Cats are carnivores, so any unseasoned, unsalted, non-smoked meat (including organs like heart, kidneys), poultry or fish will do for now (cats dont need the amount of fibres and carbohydrates we do) - EXCEPT PORK. Pork can contain Auzjeskis disease and could potentially be deadly for your cat. You could cook the other meats / poultry/fish or give them raw (cats digestive systems ARE made for that stuff ;)) - dont bake in butter or oil or fry. Once again; only feed these as a temporary solution; meals like these lack the needed minerals, variety of fatty acids and vitamins or contain them in the wrong proportions to make for an appropriate long term diet.



Alpha

Tuna



Mariel

Cooked chicken broken up into small pieces and rice. Tuna?



Elma

Tuna fish will work, but if you have your cat on a specific diet, you can use canned salmon, or cook some rice and put chicken broth over it.



Awilda

Cats love cooked turkey and chicken, you can feed them that.. it wont harm them. some people say milk, only because theyre retarded. Cats are highly lactose intolerant, unless you wanna clean up liquid **** all day, go with poultry.



Alline

You could blanch some chicken meat for them, blanching means putting the raw meat into boiling water, then you would want to shred it into small peaces. if you feed them tuna give them very small amounts as it not good for a cat in large quantities. the same for cows milk very small amounts it all you want to give them.



Renee

If you have some chicken, toss some in a pot of water and boil it.......NO SPICES......this is for cats, not humans.....Then, you can mix the cooked chicken with some boiled rice ( no seasonings ) and your cats will LOVE you........If you need some "fiber" in the mix, you can add some unsweetened cereal.....Hope you only have to do this for one or two meals, or your cats may decide that they prefer the "substitute" food better than their cat food! :-)Hope this helps........Good luck.



Alayna

Water-packed tuna is best. If you want to make cooked white rice (unseasoned) you can add a bit of that to it. Salmon works too, or lightly browned ground meat. Amazing that someone would steal your cat food stash, isnt it? I had some friends who had a stroller stolen from their front porch. Look for joy-riders on a stroller eating cat food and youll have the guilty party or parties.



Laronda

Cooked chicken is always good! Apart from that just tuna or sardines if you have them.=)Ally x



Savanna

Sure. Do you have any canned tuna or salmon? What about any other type of meat or chicken? Cats love rice, so try that, but youll ideally want to get some protein in them. Also, scrambled eggs sometimes work. What about some bacon? Do they have treats? For one day, theyll be fine, so just keep tempting them with the nutritious stuff. My cats all love popcorn, but Id put this fairly low on the list :)



Dominga

Tuna, cooked chicken, turkey, or Pork, deli meat.



Cornelius

Boil some white meat chicken and rice and then allow it to cool. You can give this healthy food to your cats not tuna fish. Tuna fish is not really safe for cats and is very addictive once a cat eats tuna then that is all that they will want to eat.



Pa

Looks like you got a homeless problem! Hungry cats will eat just about anything: canned tuna, cooked noodles, even spaghetti sauce. Cheese, egg (cooked or raw), grease, any meatleftovers. Animals do not intentionally starve themselves to death and neither will your cat starve overnight. So, you can let them go hungry for a few hours or feed them any of the above-mentioned items.



Alease

Try giving them some chicken, tuna, turkey, salmon. make sure you put them in bite sized pieces. if you think something might harm them, dont give it to them. its better safe then sorry. :)



Amado

Canned tuna will work, or raw ground meat if he will eat it.



Andres

Forget about the cat...you got a more serious problem, I mean, hey, somebody "stole" your cat food...This is serious sheet, man...I mean, The Dude does not abide, you know? We gotta catch that thief and get him or her a cheeseburger or sumpthin, you know what I mean?(Im suddenly picturing some homeless guy eating catfood in a bowl with some Kesslers...geezus...:)