raw foods: I recently took in a stray, and we think he is about 3 months old now. I am wanting to do a partial raw foods diet (only partial because of time and money) and I am wondering how much chicken should he get? If I left a bag of cat food out for him he would just eat and eat and eat and eat. I've found great info on the raw food diet, but can't find out anything that says how MUCH to give him. He will get dry food for breakfast, and chicken for dinner.|||Here are some websites to help you. You usually feed 2-3% of the animals body weight. The great thing about kittens is they tend to self regulate, meaning they'll eat what they need and nothing more. Feed three times a day this young. Just put some down, wait for him to finish, and then put it away for the next meal. He probably won't even go through a whole large chicken breast in a day. And good job on going raw! It's the best thing you can feed him. If you go completely raw, he will need more than just chicken though (he will also need organ meats, bones, liver, and heart). If you ever have questions, I'm more than happy to help.|||An adult cat is supposed to get 2%-3% per day of its body weight on a balanced raw diet. With a kitten that % would be much higher, how much high would depend too on the age of the kitten. The younger it is the more food it needs to provide the nutrition for growth and younger kittens are also more active so need more calories. Supposing that your kitten weighs about 3 pounds and guessing its food needs are 3x as high as an adult of the same weight, that would come to 4.3 ounces per day if that were all he were eating. Yes, that does seem low, but raw fed cats need less food because their bodies use more of it. If he is getting only one meal of raw I'd err on the side of too much and give him 2 1/2 ounces. Make sure that it is balanced. The ideal proportions are 80% meat (with fat), 10% bone, 10% organs (half of that liver). It is easier to do if you make up the meals in two week batches and freeze them. I stole an idea from a favorite website and use canning jars (the kind people preserve veggies, jam, jelly in). They are nice and neat, stack in the freezer, and are easy to wash.|||First of all you need to give him more then just a few bites of raw chicken. There is certain vitamins and minerals as well as taurine too that must be added. I'm working on making my own raw. Here's the website I got my info from that may be helpful to you. I think they are figuring about 3-4 ounces of meat per meal per cat - but this is an adult, so I'd be splitting up the meals and giving a little at a time (divide in half and give 2 raw meals). If you want more info (as I'm getting a high quality cat vitamin mix to put in with the raw instead of making it individual things) - email me and I'll give you that website. It will be a lot easier. http://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.php|||I feed my kitten about 3 oz of chicken 3 times day. I leave water and dry kitten chow out at all times. I also alternate Turkey, chicken livers, giblet and beef. I have been doing this for about a month. My kitten is now 16 wks old and appears fine. Actually better, and loves it She is fed raw at 7,2, and 11.|||chicken is actually high in taurine. As long as you're feeding the dark meat I don't think you'll have a problem there. My cats get a diet of mostly chicken. Since he's a kitten, I would let him eat as much as he wants. Most animals will regulate themselves. Once he's a year or so if he seems to be gaining weight start cutting back.|||You should give your kitten only about half of a cup of raw chicken skin not raw chicken meat until about an age of 5 months, giving him raw meat will give him alot of gas at an age of 3 months. Good luck.