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I bought a barely-used Tasin grinder (the type recommended by the book author cited) off eBay for about half of the cost of a brand-new one. It will handle all sorts of meat, and it will grind chicken bones.

I just don't have time to use it yet and transition the furbabies over to that kind of a diet. I will also probably use the grinder to make my own hamburger... why buy hamburger for $2 to $3 per pound, when I can buy round steak on sale and grind it up?

I did notice that some of the Fancy Feast flavors have grains and other crap in them, so I guess that I would only buy certain flavors. There are a couple of local feed stores which carry several acceptable-to-me brands. Wellness (formerly Old Mrs. Hubbard's) has a couple of grain-free flavors of canned food.

The main reason I don't have time to use the grinder is that I have been working seven days a week to clear out some debt. Until then, I am feeding the cats Evo (weirdly enough, they like the dry food but not the Evo canned), some other types of canned food, and some raw and/or cooked meat.

Once the debt has been cleared, then we are going to save up and get the heck out of the People's Republic of California. We can take our jobs with us, so we will move to a less-expensive place to live, where it won't take working seven days per week to keep a roof over our head.