Freeze-Dried for Cats

Three single-protein recipes, one format. Bugsy's freeze-dried range gives cats a raw-style diet out of a cupboard rather than a freezer, in proteins most cats here have never eaten — kangaroo, venison and wild boar.

Every recipe is formulated for cats specifically, not scaled down from the dog range. That distinction carries weight: cats are obligate carnivores, and nutrients like taurine and DHA have to arrive ready-made in the food because a cat can't reliably produce or convert them.

Which of the three?

Kangaroo and wild boar are nutritionally identical, so between those two you're choosing a protein rather than a formula. Venison is the outlier — more protein, more energy in the same portion.

Swipe the table sideways to see all three.

Kangaroo Venison Wild Boar
Protein 41% 45% 41%
Fat 16% 16% 16%
Energy 367 kcal
/100 g		 396 kcal
/100 g		 367 kcal
/100 g
Choosing between them
Reach for it when You're starting an elimination trial and want the protein least likely to have been met before Your cat needs to put condition back on, or eats very little at a sitting Your cat is settled on one novel protein and you want a second to rotate to
Catch None — a marsupial, unrelated to anything on a supermarket shelf Deer are ruminants, so a beef- or lamb-sensitive cat isn't a certain match The farmed pig is a domesticated wild boar, so it isn't novel if your cat eats pork
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Figures are on a dry matter basis. Feeding amounts are identical across all three — each product page carries the full table.

How freeze-dried raw compares to what you're feeding now

Freeze-drying and air-drying both remove water without cooking. Freeze-drying does it by freezing the food and drawing the ice off under vacuum, which leaves the structure intact and lets water go back in quickly.

  • Against frozen raw: comparable ingredients, none of the logistics. No freezer drawer, no overnight thaw, no planning ahead. The trade-off is that you add the moisture back yourself instead of it coming with the food.
  • Against dry kibble: kibble is cooked at high temperature and needs starch to hold its shape, which is why a bag lasts as long as it does. Freeze-dried has neither, so portions look markedly smaller for the same nutrition.
  • Against wet or canned: a tin delivers moisture built in. Rehydrated freeze-dried arrives at a similar place, with the difference that you control how much water goes in — useful for a cat who needs more.

For cats specifically, that last point does more work than it might for a dog. Cats have a weak thirst drive and don't compensate well by drinking, so how a diet delivers water is worth thinking about rather than assuming.

Before you switch

Three things apply whichever recipe you pick.

  • Cats need a slower changeover than dogs. A new texture is often refused on sight, so a little crumbled into the existing bowl beats a full serving of something unfamiliar.
  • Never force it by withholding food. A cat that stops eating for a day or two is at real risk of liver complications. If the new food is refused outright, go back and try again more gradually.
  • Speak to your vet first if your cat has a medical condition, is on a prescription diet, or has lost weight unexpectedly.

Each product page has the rest: the staged changeover chart, full feeding amounts by weight, and how to keep freeze-dried food from softening in Singapore's humidity.

Feeding a dog in the same household? Bugsy's makes the same three proteins for dogs.