Meats & Poultry

An animal protein source cats accept readily, useful as a wet-food topper or appetite stimulant.

Cooked egg yolk is a protein and fat source most cats accept readily, useful as an occasional topper (for example mixed into wet food).

Beef is an animal protein cats accept readily and can be shredded as a wet-food topper or an appetite enticement.

An easily accepted lean protein, useful as a wet-food topper or to tempt a cat with a poor appetite.

Duck is fatty, and cats tolerate fat poorly, so larger servings cause vomiting and loose stools and may trigger pancreatitis; keep it to rare, tiny pieces.

An easily accepted lean protein, useful as a wet-food topper or to tempt a cat with a poor appetite.

Tripe is an organ meat: raw tripe carries pathogen risks that apply to cats eating raw meat too, generous organ meat unbalances the diet, and commercial honeycomb tripe is usually bleached and seasoned, which suits cats even less.

Cats are especially sensitive to vitamin A, so regular or large liver servings cause vitamin A to accumulate and lead to joint and bone problems.

Cats are just as vulnerable to raw meat and fatty food: raw hearts carry gut bacteria, and their fat and cholesterol mean frequent or larger servings cause loose stools, vomiting and possibly pancreatitis; a whole heart can also choke a cat.

Cats are just as sensitive to fatty organ meat: raw heart can carry pathogens, and its fat and cholesterol mean larger or frequent servings cause loose stools, vomiting and possibly pancreatitis; a whole piece can also choke a cat.

Beef kidney is high in both vitamin A and purines, so regular or generous servings can build vitamin A up to toxic levels and add a uric acid load; cats with kidney disease or a urate-related history should avoid it, and raw kidney carries pathogens.

Goose is fatty and cats tolerate fat poorly, so a larger serving brings vomiting and loose stools and may trigger pancreatitis; keep it to rare, tiny pieces with skin and bone removed.