| Pet Food Recipes.
Posted: 12/19/2007 8:04:32 PM | Didn't know where to post anything like this...so recipes seemed appropriate.
Some people make their own pet foods, or prepare something for them...not just rip open a bag or a tin.
What I was wondering though was...how come cat food manufacturers don't make mouse flavoured food? Ask almost anyone "What do cats eat?" and they will say "Mice" So...I figured "Mouse flavoured cat food" might well be a hit on the market.
I have a packaging design in mind...and a recipe...and a slogan and ad campaign outlined. I don't know how this would be accepted, unless a good ad campaign put the proper "spin" on it.
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| Pet Food Recipes.
Posted: 12/19/2007 9:55:37 PM | People want cutesy foods and mouse flavored really won't do it. The latest cat foods even include veggies? (sic)
mice and rats are going to cost more than poultry or meat by products which is what is in cat/dog/ferret etc. foods.
Work on a quality food and have that Canadian company who makes everyone else's pet food do it. Google "Canadian pet food manufacturer"
BTW, I was in the pet business. | |
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Posted: 12/20/2007 4:52:19 AM | i make this stew for a 34-year-old toothless gelding. he can't have treats or cookies like the other horses, so i came up with this. he'll eat it out of my hand or stirred into his beetroot pulp. here's how i do it:
take a large peeled, diced fuji apple. toss it in a pan along with a couple cups of water, a peppermint tea bag, a handful of fenugreek seeds and a bag of chopped baby carrots. let it boil for an hour or so until it gets all soft and mushy. strain it while it's still hot and stir in some molasses. puree until smooth and (obviously) let it cool down before serving.
i call it 'donald's stew.' | |
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Posted: 12/20/2007 7:25:05 AM | I don't think I want to know how you'd even determine what mouse actually tastes like OP, lol, but I'd go with the idea of marketing it in a cutesy way as well. Maybe make the kibbles in a mouse-shape, just as one idea.
You'd have to be careful to steer away from the "ick" factor for pet owners, for sure...and I could just imagine the uproar if anyone actually came out with a cat-flavoured dog food one day, heh heh. 
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Posted: 12/20/2007 8:17:21 AM | i apologize.
i misread the op. duh
about the closest thing you'll find to food grade mouse would be rabbit (still the ick factor, but not unthinkable).
you want to consider what a cat could or would eat left to its own devices ~ mice, rabbit, small birds, maybe brook trout. consider adding brewer's yeast, which cats do like and maybe some catnip.
sounds like fun! | |
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Posted: 12/22/2007 5:00:22 AM | pet food recipes?
my dog will eat anything I eat, beef stew is one of its favorites. | |
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Posted: 12/22/2007 4:16:33 PM | How about bug flavored cat food? I am not sure my cat would know what to do with a mouse but she is quite the predator where bugs are concerned! Incidentally, she is the only cat I've ever owned who can't stand chicken and will only eat seafood as long as it comes out of a cat food can! | |
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| Pet Food Recipes.
Posted: 12/22/2007 7:03:40 PM |
What I was wondering though was...how come cat food manufacturers don't make mouse flavoured food? Ask almost anyone "What do cats eat?" and they will say "Mice" So...I figured "Mouse flavoured cat food" might well be a hit on the market.
Not to be a killjoy but I think you almost answered your own question. Mouse flavored is low grade, people want their cats thinking it's a Fancy Feast. And why buy mouse when the cat can find it anywhere in the old barn?
Answer: Some pet food company has surely done the market research and determined it to be a non viable idea.
Unless it has the cutesy factor of Mickey Mouse I suspect its a tank of an idea but one never know, things sometimes come full circle but in today's overly PC world I don't think the idea would sell. People more than ever now see their pets as an extension of their own humanity and not just rat eaters. | |
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| Yummy tuna cake - well the dogs love it....:)
Posted: 4/9/2008 2:41:04 PM | TUNA CAKE
1 tin of tuna (in oil)
80g plain flour
1 egg
garlic powder
Drain the oil from the tuna and put the meat in a bowl
Add the egg and garlic powder, mix well and add the flour
Put the mixture into a microwave dish and "nuke it" for 4 minutes (about 20 mins in a conventional oven) - should come out like a regular cake - leave to cool
And it is done!!!
You can double / treble the ammounts as necessary as it freezes really well and obviously you will have to adjust the ammount of garlic powder dependant on how your dogs are with it | |
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| Pet Food Recipes.
Posted: 4/12/2008 12:55:49 AM | | I dont think that cats care what their food tastes like. They'll eat anything. They're cats. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 1:18:12 AM | The one thing to know is that there's far more to it. Cats for example need more protein than dogs and the level has to be kept otherwise cats can get ill. That's why the cheap brands of catfood don't keep the protein levels always the same level because the meat etc prices on the market fluctuate. A more expensive brand will keep the same level of protein constantly, even if the prices go up and down.
Just a thought .... | |
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