Yup I feed heart - mainly fresh beef as they don't like chicken heart that much - to supplement taurine.
And it doesn't take me a lot of time to prepare my cats' meal. Í don't add any veggies to their diet. They chew on grass and my vet feels fine about that. They are all healthy. Basically I just feed raw meat with some bones. Mainly chicken bones like necks and backs. Since not all cats really devour their bones I supplement with a dash of egg shell powder once or twice a week.

Jessica, how many do you have? My issue is that if I don't make it into some kind of equal meal (which is why I am all excited about the grinder- save me money on premixed raw), my Savannah will run off w/the whole thing and no one else will get anything.

Grinding depletes taurine, so I wondered how to supplement- if people are using pills or hearts.

Hadn't thought of egg shell powder.

I only have one fairly small cat. I wish I could get a Savannah, but I am officially at my animal quota, determined by those who get to determine such things...

She is fairly easy, and I have never had to grind with her at all. Actually, the one time I bought her pre-made, she turned her nose up at it. A Cornish game hen, chicken and some fish is all she will take. Beef and pork have to be snuck in by 'pretending' to drop it on the floor. She gets a kick out of stealing stuff. She also takes it if I act like I am going to give it to the dogs or eat it myself.

Like I said, the easiest for me is to assign her a hen and work through. It doesn't interfere with the dogs meal at all, and as I have only one, no problem on the thievery. She will take on a chicken thigh if I forget to buy her her own food, so the bone is not a worry for me.

I prefer to give hearts to powder as she is so picky and more natural and all without the risk that she may be sneaky and hide the pill or that I am giving too much for her small size, but whatever is easiest...

Ok, I figured you must only have one. I have 3, so getting them to each eat what they need is a challenge. I can't really separate them very well due to logistics (um, my 6 dogs scattered all around, lol). My Savannah (Tsavo) would run off w/a game hen and the other 2 wouldn't get any bone. I don't have much choice but to feed premade or a ground raw and supplement. My old cat would steal food from the dogs and chew bones with the best of 'em, but I can't get these guys to follow suit. <sigh>

My Savannah cracks me up. He's an F2, so he's pretty "wild," and really a character.

I would imagine the logistics of feeding three cats to be quite different from feeding three dogs. Lots of bathrooms and laundry rooms to separate would be helpful, but a PITA. When I had two cats, it was not as big a deal; I would just put one up in a dog crate and feed the felines and canines at different times. Three would be a handful...

I had an opportunity to get an F2 and her son, an F3, form a buddy that was moving, but it was absolutely vetoed. I was told to "get rid of a horse or a dog or two and we can talk about it..." Crap.

We have three indoor cats, and since adding Falcon to the household - life has changed for them. They stay pretty much in our bedroom (protected with a baby gate) and only come out when they hear us put Falcon in his crate or know we are outside. The logistics of trying to feed three cats raw in our bathroom, well, it doesn't appeal to my husband, and I completely understand. There is a way to do this - I just have to give it some thought and planning.

We have a Bengal (F4), a Maine Coon and a good ol' mutt cat.

One thing I'll pass along which we did when building our home, and which I LOVE - is how we situated the cat box. The cat box is located in the garage and is accessable by a pet door in our utility room. The house is on a crawl space and has 4 steps leading down into the garage. This allows the cat box to be "raised" and easily accessable for cleaning. The litter box is enclosed in a simple "cabinet" with a lift up door. We love it because it prevents ANY odors in the house and the dog can't get to it.

Someone was moving and not taking 2 Savannahs? Besides being morally wrong, that's a ton of money to waste unless they're BYB Savannahs. Oh, and that whole compromise thing is why I live alone, Jessica. LOL. Simon says you can have Tsavo for $1.50 or maybe even a new frisbee. He drives him absolutely nuts, divebombing him when he's asleep and grabbing his tail when it hangs off the couch.

Barbara...what do you mean F4 Bengal? As in removed from Asian Leopard cat? I wasn't aware of any current Bengals being classified as such. Isn't an F4 considered SBT?

"The International Cat Association (TICA) considers the fourth generation (F-4) to be a "SBT" (studbook tradition) Bengal, eligible for competition in the show ring and a fully accepted domestic cat. "

Jenni - aren't they one in the same? I can find Bengals still classified as F4's... We bought Jake about 4 years ago.

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Someone was moving and not taking 2 Savannahs? Besides being morally wrong, that's a ton of money to waste unless they're BYB Savannahs. Oh, and that whole compromise thing is why I live alone, Jessica. LOL. Simon says you can have Tsavo for $1.50 or maybe even a new frisbee. He drives him absolutely nuts, divebombing him when he's asleep and grabbing his tail when it hangs off the couch.

He is military and was being deployed and then re-stationed on a base in Japan. His mother wanted to take them, and in the end got them, but he thought I would make a better home for them...

There ARE some benefits to having to deal with compromise...

Jenni pix of your F2 Savannah please. I have an F2 Bengal and the other two Bengals are SBT (6 & 7). My F2 loves all the bones and the other Bengals are not so into it. But two of my Maine Coons are also very much into chewing on bones.
You cannot show F1, F2 and F3 Bengals and Savannahs. CFA doesn't even recognize these breeds. Unfortunately I know too many folks getting rid of their F1 and F2 Bengals (I don't know many Savannah folks). Some of them carry plenty of wild cat in them and not everybody seems to be suited to deal with it.
Mine are all indoor cats tho we do have a fenced in yard for the cats and dogs that the cats very much enjoy.