Island Carnivore 1lb — Chicken For Cats & Small Dogs

Description

Cats are obligate carnivores. Small dogs share the same high-protein, low-carbohydrate biological needs. Neither evolved to eat vegetables, grains, or plant-based fillers. Every system in their bodies — from their short digestive tracts to their inability to convert plant beta carotene into Vitamin A — is designed for one thing: eating animals.

The Island Carnivore Chicken blend is built around that biology. No vegetables. No grains. No compromises. Just whole animal nutrition, carefully formulated for cats and the small dogs who thrive on the same prey-model diet.

This is not cat food dressed up. This is a properly formulated prey-model raw meal that respects what cats and small dogs actually are — apex protein processors who deserve to eat like it.

What’s Inside and Why It Matters

Whole Chicken with Skin
The foundation of the blend. Whole chicken delivers complete muscle protein, natural animal fats, and the full amino acid profile cats and small dogs require. The skin is intentional — it provides arachidonic acid, an essential fatty acid cats and small dogs cannot synthesise from plant sources and must obtain from animal fat. Without it, skin, coat, and reproductive health suffer. With it, cats and small dogs thrive. At over 50% of the blend, chicken is doing the structural work that everything else builds on.

Chicken Neck with Bone
Ground twice through a fine plate to zero detectable fragments. Raw bone is nature’s calcium and phosphorus delivery system — the most bioavailable form of both minerals available. It supports strong bones, healthy teeth, and the firm, well-formed stools that raw feeders come to rely on. Every batch is hand-checked before mixing to ensure bone safety. This is the standard we hold ourselves to.

Chicken Heart
The taurine engine of this blend. Heart is the most taurine-dense muscle meat available, and taurine is non-negotiable for cats and taurine-dependent small breeds — deficiency causes dilated cardiomyopathy and irreversible retinal degeneration. No other nutrient in this formula carries the same consequence for getting it wrong. Chicken heart is in this blend at a meaningful level precisely because we understand what’s at stake.

Chicken Liver
Nature’s multivitamin. Chicken liver delivers preformed Vitamin A — the only form cats and small dogs can reliably use, because unlike larger omnivorous breeds they cannot efficiently convert beta carotene from plant sources. It also provides iron, copper, B vitamins, and a nutrient density that no synthetic supplement can replicate in bioavailability. Included at a precise ratio — enough to drive real nutritional completeness, calibrated so it never overwhelms digestion.

Beef Kidney
A secondary organ that adds selenium, Vitamin B12, and nutritional variety to the blend. Feeding two organ types mirrors what a cat or small dog would consume from a whole prey animal — distributing the micronutrient load naturally rather than relying on liver alone. Selenium in particular supports thyroid function, immune health, and antioxidant defence.

Beef Spleen
The most iron-dense ingredient in the bowl. Spleen is rarely found in commercial pet food and almost never in raw blends at this level — which is exactly why it’s here. Iron from spleen is haem iron, the form with the highest bioavailability of any dietary source. It supports red blood cell production, oxygen transport, and energy metabolism in cats and small dogs alike. A small inclusion with a disproportionate nutritional contribution.

Whole Egg
Highly bioavailable protein, healthy animal fat, choline for brain and liver function, and biotin for skin and coat health. Egg rounds out the amino acid profile of the blend and contributes natural fat that keeps the energy density where cats and small dogs need it — high, sustained, and from animal sources only.

Sardine
Included for Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids — two nutrients that land-based proteins cannot reliably provide. Vitamin D supports bone metabolism, immune regulation, and cellular health. Omega-3 EPA and DHA support skin, coat, and joint health for both cats and small dogs. The inclusion is kept deliberately low — nutritionally meaningful without making fish the dominant flavour note.

Salmon Oil
Norwegian salmon oil provides a concentrated EPA and DHA boost that takes the omega-3 profile to the level cats and small dogs genuinely benefit from. Beyond the nutritional contribution, salmon oil is one of the most powerful palatability enhancers available — the aroma is something even the most reluctant, fussy, or food-anxious cat or small dog tends to respond to immediately.

Taurine
Supplemented directly as pure taurine powder — not because heart isn’t doing its job, but because we refuse to leave the most critical nutrient for cats and taurine-dependent small breeds to chance. Heart provides natural taurine. The supplement provides insurance. For a nutrient where deficiency means blindness and heart failure, belt-and-suspenders is the only responsible approach.

Wheat Germ Oil
Natural Vitamin E — the primary fat-soluble antioxidant that protects cell membranes and supports skin, coat, and immune health in cats and small dogs. In a high-fat carnivore diet, adequate Vitamin E is essential to prevent oxidative stress from polyunsaturated fat metabolism. Stored refrigerated after opening to preserve potency.

Nutritional Yeast
A whole-food source of B-complex vitamins supporting energy metabolism, nervous system function, and coat health. Also one of the few ingredients in a carnivore blend that cats and small dogs reliably respond to for palatability — the umami profile enhances the overall flavour in a way that works even on food-anxious animals.

Oysters
Canned oysters provide zinc — a mineral that poultry-based diets run lean on without a corrective whole-food source. Zinc supports immune function, skin integrity, coat quality, and wound healing in cats and small dogs. A small inclusion with an outsized contribution to the mineral profile.

Kelp
A natural whole-food iodine source at trace levels to support healthy thyroid function. Both cats and small dogs can be sensitive to iodine excess — kelp is included at the minimum effective level, carefully calibrated to contribute without approaching the ceiling.

Calcium Carbonate & Manganese
Precision corrections used at trace levels to bring the mineral profile into optimal balance. These are the two ingredients that cross the line from whole-food to targeted supplementation — included because formulation integrity requires them, disclosed because transparency is non-negotiable.

Why Cats and Small Dogs

Cats are obligate carnivores. Small dogs — terriers, toy breeds, miniature breeds — thrive on the same high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate profile. Both share a digestive system built for animal nutrition, not plant matter. The Island Carnivore blend serves both because the biology demands the same thing: real meat, real organs, real nutrition.

No vegetables means a cleaner label, a simpler ingredient story, and a formula that works with feline and small-breed physiology rather than around it.

Built for cats. Perfect for small dogs. The biology is the same.

Feeding Guide

Cats and Small Dogs: feed 2-3% of body weight daily.

Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Serve cold or at room temperature. Do not microwave.

A Note on Our Formulation Standard

This blend is formulated to meet AAFCO standards for a balanced diet for cats and small dogs. Every ingredient is disclosed. Every inclusion is explained. We believe the owner who understands what’s in the bowl is the owner who stays a customer — and whose cat or small dog actually thrives.

Real meat. Whole organs. No fillers. Made by a butcher in Grand Cayman.