Cubgrub � Homemade BARF For Cats And Dogs!

I came across Cubgrub recently. It is homemade BARF for cats (and soon, for dogs too!). The cat food is based on Dr Lisa Pierson’s renowned and trusted recipe! And what’s most important for me, is that it uses antibiotic-residue free chicken.

And it’s a homegrown home business run personally by Ms Chong Lin Li, who is based in Petaling Jaya. She prepares the food herself. Lin Li has a hospitality (commercial cookery) certificate from Queensland, Australia and has worked as a kitchen staff at the Brisbane Hilton and as a catering staff at Dalton Hospitality. With her experience working in a commercial kitchen, cleanliness and freshness of food are of paramount importance to her and it is with this same spirit and standards that Cubgrub operates on.

To test it out with my extremely fussy cats, I ordered three jars a few days ago. It comes in glass jars of 100g, 200g and 300g. And for each jar returned, it’s a 10 sen refund on the subsequent purchase. Lin Li delivers the order herself. I must say that I love the glass jars. #BebasPlastik!

And I’m happy with the result! For the first serving, half of them ate it! That’s already really good by our extremely fussy and suspicious cats’ standards. In the second serving, all of them ate it, though some were in small amounts mixed with their existing food.

I do believe that raw food is the biologically appropriate food for cats since research has shown that they have hardly been domesticated. However, I also agree that raw food may not be suitable for some cats, so we have to try it out on them. The thing is, I don’t dare process raw meat. I don’t mind making homecooked food (I also use Dr Lisa Pierson’s recipe for cooked food), but not the raw version. So, I have been looking for a brand that uses antibiotic-residue free chicken.

Well, based on the results from the first 3 jars, I have ordered more! As it stands now, Vincent, Cleo, Ginger and Tabs have taken to the new food and won’t eat anything else. Tiger needs time as he has remained loyal to his old barf! So far, Bunny has not vomited, but I’m still giving him small amounts to start off. Bunny usually vomits out all kinds of raw food, whether it’s barf or pieces of raw meat. He loves it (Bunny is an eating-machine) but his stomach has not been able to handle raw food in large quantities previously.

It comes frozen and you need about 12 hours to defrost it in the fridge. These are the 300g jars.

Cleo loves the old barf and took to the new recipe instantly.

Pole is extremely fussy, but she ate it too.

Cow has been having some problems with the old barf, so I’m glad he eats this new one.

For Bunny, I only let him lick the bowl for the first round. In the second serving, he was given a teaspoon and he did not vomit. It is because of Bunny (FIV+), Daffodil (super senior) and Heidi (equally senior) that I make homecooked food. These three have to have their food cooked.

The first round, Tiger didn’t want it, he remained loyal to his old barf. But for the second round, he ate it.

Oops, I forgot to take Vincent’s picture, but here he is, happily napping after a full meal. Yes, Vincent loves it and is converted.

A meal in the kitchen.

I’m most surprised that Ginger was willing to eat it. In fact, he loves it! Ginger learnt to be fussy like his mum, Daffodil, ever since Daffi was given special treatment because of her tumour. Daffi is still fussy now, and everyone is “benefiting” from it because whatever Daffi asks for, she gets it and so do they!

Heidi normally doesn’t like barf, but she seems to like this one.

Indy is also a tricky one, but so far, so good.

The hardest of all – Daffodil.

Slowly does it…bit by bit.

Zurik normally likes his food cooked, but he lapped up the new barf too!

It’s interesting when I give the cats a mixture, I always watch to see which food they lick up first. That’s an indication of which they prefer. You can see above that Zurik is eating the Cubgrub first. Good sign!

I requested a write-up from Lin Li, so here it is (below).  If you’d like to order, her contact is at the end of the write-up.

Story of Cubgrub

This is the story of our cat, Ponyo.

From the first day we adopted her, Ponyo was very sick.

After many visits to different vets, she was diagnosed with FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus). She was put on daily medication and even after her recovery, she suffered from high calcium levels.

We tried everything. We made sure she was being fed with only premium wet and dry food, yet her health wasn’t improving.

So we began to do a lot of research on feline diets and came across some promising information about raw food for pets. We even skyped to speak with Dr Lisa Pierson!

This inspired us to feed Ponyo our own homemade recipes, based largely on Dr Lisa Pierson’s time-tested recipe.

A month after her new diet, Ponyo’s condition drastically improved – her calcium levels have gone back to a normal state, and she’s now full of energy!

Ponyo has been exclusively eating cubgrub ever since her first serving of it, and she couldn’t be healthier!

We hope that we can help educate and provide services to pet owners who do not have the time and resources to make their own pet food.

Why cubgrub?

fresh raw meat, keeping the diet natural – Cats and dogs are natural predators. Their digestive systems are well adapted to receive plenty of nutrients from eating their prey. We stay true your pet’s natural diet by using fresh raw meat in our recipes.

keeping your pets happy and healthy – We make sure that the composition of our recipes follow a strict Prey Model Raw (PMR) diet guideline.

This ensures that your pet is getting the optimal amount of various nutrients that provide a boost to their health.

it’s all homemade – We literally make our recipes at home. We have a cat of our own and since we like to keep her happy and healthy, we feed her only with cubgrub. In fact, her story is the reason why we’d like to share our homemade pet food with others. 

 

PMR model

PMR, or “Prey Model Raw” is a dietary model that imitates the diet of wild cats and dogs without needing your pets to actually hunt and kill their prey. PMR also eliminates the need for consuming processed food and grains.

To achieve optimal balance, our homemade raw food recipes follow a strict and complete PMR guideline:

Cats – 84% muscle meat, 6% raw edible bones, 5% liver, 5% other organs
Dogs – 80% muscle meat, 10% raw edible bones, 5% liver, 5% other organs

Cat food

Chicken with chunks – 100g RM4.50, 200g RM8.90, 300g RM13

84% chicken muscle meat
6% grinded edible chicken bones
5% chicken liver
5% chicken gizzard & heart

We use antibiotic-residue free chicken.

additional ingredients:
taurine, chicken eggs, fish oil, vitamin b complex, vitamin e, lite salt (sodium & potassium), water

 

Rabbit with chunks – 100g RM7, 200g RM13.50, 300g RM20

84% rabbit muscle meat
6% grinded edible rabbit bones
5% rabbit liver
5% rabbit kidney & heart

additional ingredients:
taurine, chicken eggs, fish oil, vitamin b complex, vitamin e, lite salt (sodium & potassium), water

 

Dog Food – To be released soon

Chicken with Chunks – 300g RM9, 500g RM15

Chicken with Green Tripe – 300g RM10, 500g RM16.50

Beef with Green Tripe – TBC

 

Treats – To be released soon

Lamb Heart – TBC

Green Tripe – TBC

Rabbit Meat – TBC

For more info, contact Lin Li at 017-2251788 @ check out facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cubgrub.my/) or website (http://cubgrub.my/)

 

 

 

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2017/07/07/cubgrub-homemade-barf-fo..

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