Very important Mojo. What I do is order the instincts pre-mix (bulk is best, or you'll be ordering again too soon) and also a small bag of chicken liver powder (100 meals). Then you can make your batches up separately; with and without the liver powder. If you have managed to get fresh liver, you use the non-liver powder batch, and if you can't, you have the added-liver batch. I advise the chicken liver powder over the beef because I think it's easier at the semi-transition stage - cats sometimes regurgitate beef and beef organs for no entirely clear reason, maybe it's just richer. Fed my two chicken in instincts mix this morning - sumi inhaled it as usual, and really really wanted more, so I gave her some raw duck breast (very expensive but she just loooved it). Miso unsure as usual but when I finger fed her, then left her in a room alone and unbothered by the other savage, the plate was empty when I checked on her half an hour later. I did a little experiment by putting down two wing bones with flesh still attached, and they both went crazy for them, taking them off into a corner and growling seriously at each other. I was afraid to leave the bones with them, because I'm such a wuss about it right now, so I distracted them with their plates and took the already partially gnawed bones away. They were having no trouble with them at all - I'd say they'd have both been through them in no time!
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The Carnivore Connection
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Oh, okay. Well at this point the simpler the better. I figure I can give variety by mixing it with chicken sometimes, beef other times, and even fish occasionally. Although mostly I'd probably opt for chicken or turkey. I'm unsure about buying a big bag though, until I can be sure they'll like it. I'd hate to buy it in bulk and find they won't touch meals made with it.
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just a note: avoid fish. instead supplement with salmon oil or sardines once a week. http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library&act=show&item=whyfishisdangerousforcats
bones: I am comfortable with feeding them and mine LOVE bones. Actually they probably love the marrow inside as they all love bloody stuff.
Posted 2 years ago by furryfriends50 #
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"Once your cat starts getting the hang of eating little pieces of raw boneless meat, and you’ve increased their size until she’s able to shear off pieces by using his teeth and jaws, it’s time to feed her some raw meaty bones, or RMB's.
Set her up for success right off the bat by starting small, and making sure the bones are attached to plenty of meat. Ribs are some of the smallest, softest and most flexible of bones, and those from critters like Cornish game hens, rabbits, quail or small fish are perfect for newbie raw eating kitties.
If at first you have qualms about your cat crunching on raw bones, remember that your pet was designed by Nature to eat them, and that millions of cats have been doing so for millennia. Many of us have trepidations about feeding our cats bones because we’ve been so conditioned into thinking that all bones are dangerous for them to eat, when it’s only cooked bones that pose the most real danger. The little raw bones that are small enough to be eaten by cats are actually quite pliable, and very soft in comparison to cooked bones, which are brittle and apt to splinter due to the changes they undergo when they’re heated.
If you’ve ever had or known of a cat who was a mouser and who ate the mice she caught, just remember that cat if you ever find yourself being fearful of your cat’s ability to consume small RMB’s. Rest assured in the knowledge the cat is one of the planet’s premier carnivores, and remember that felines the world over have been preying upon and consuming whole small critters - including their edible little bones - for many millions of years."
-http://www.rawfedcats.org/practicalguide.htm
Posted 2 years ago by furryfriends50 #
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I'm confused about the whole Grinder vs. no Grinder thing. This site: http://www.fnes.org/raw-feeding/raw-food-for-do-it-yourselfers/page-3
I believe is saying to only grind up the bones and the organs, leaving the chicken meat in pieces, in-tact.
But this site is saying not to use a grinder and use "whole raw foods": http://www.rawfedcats.org/nogrinders.htm
Just for clarity's sake, and I apologize if this was addressed in this thread already, but is the fnes.org site's method of grinding only part of the meal and mixing it with chunks fine?
And I still haven't gotten the chance to see how much this will cost to do, although my goal is to feed my cats what is most appropriate for them, we'll just have to shop around I suppose? (Although anyone who might know/have a rough estimate, I'd like to see numbers; and I'll be feeding 2 cats)
And...I'm not sure I want to put larger meat chunks for them because, and this may just be me, but I don't want them carrying a piece of raw bloody meat into another room and getting the carpet gross. But I'll just avoid it by not giving them such large pieces then?
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