Camelot Cats Cattery

A few years later, we tried again.  The reconsideration was due to a chance happening with one of our Queens that had just dropped 6 new kittens.  At the time, we were cutting a large roast into slices for human consumption and the scraps were taken to the new mother.  She inhales the raw meat and we cut more for her and continued to feed her this meat.  She was always a great mother, however, she would not leave her kittens to eat and always lost a lot of weight before the kittens were eating by themselves.  In addition, all of her previous litters were both born small ( 1.5 to 3.5 ounces) and required supplemental feeding.  After feeding this Queen red meat, we found that she had enough milk for her entire litter and did not loose weight.  She actually gained weigh and was in excellent condition after the kittens were eating on their own.  We also found that the kittens began to eat the red meat on their own and were much larger than previous litters.

So, this time, we divided the cattery in half.  One half we selected to not be fed the red meat and the other half was fed red meat. After six months the recorded results were quite outstanding.  First, we found all the cats had gained weight.  Second, and certainly of considerable importance to anyone cleaning a cattery, we found that there was much less stool in the litter boxes and what was there was both firm and less odorous; no small issue if you have any number of animals to take care of.  In addition, the first half or control group, did not record any change from the years before.

What is most important to anyone interested in the health of these animals is that the new borns' in our cattery were larger when born to mothers  (Queens) who were on the red meat diet.  Litters previously weighing in from 1.5 to 3.5 ounces now weighed in from 2.5 to 6.0 ounces.  This is outstanding for a breeder.  The kittens were healthier and we have not had a need to supplemental feed kittens in years.

Currently, Camelot Cats is feeding red meat from Blue Ridge Beef as part of its daily feeding program.  While Camelot Cats us using the Blue Ridge Beef, we do not represent Blue Ridge Beef and accept no responsibility for the Blue Ridge Beef produce.