Sebastian gets fed home-cooked and premium canned.
We're just starting his duck rotation for three weeks in which he'll get Nature's Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Duck canned food, which is a little higher in fat (30% DMB minimum) I think compared to other canned foods.
He'll also get boneless ground duck from Hare Today that I supplement with Balance It and cook. I didn't realize that the description on the Hare Today website says, "includes skin." I'm sure this makes it really fattening. Since it was ground, I made little "meatballs" and baked them. There was SO much grease and oil in the bottom of the pan.
I had to take each meatball out one-by-one and drain them on a plate lined with paper towels.
Should I be concerned about the fat content if feeding duck exclusively for three weeks? Sebastian does have chronic pancreatitis, and I know a low-fat diet isn't an issue in cats as it is in dogs, but I still don't like to overdo it. Should I have a combined chicken/duck rotation to cut the fat in half for these three weeks? If I do this, I won't be able to offer chicken as it's own rotation. I was avoiding chicken for awhile in case he was allergic to it.
I wanted to start a specific thread about the fat content of duck. If you have questions about the rotation in general and why I'm doing it, please see this thread: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/274500/best-rotation-to-prevent-food-allergies
We're just starting his duck rotation for three weeks in which he'll get Nature's Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Duck canned food, which is a little higher in fat (30% DMB minimum) I think compared to other canned foods.
He'll also get boneless ground duck from Hare Today that I supplement with Balance It and cook. I didn't realize that the description on the Hare Today website says, "includes skin." I'm sure this makes it really fattening. Since it was ground, I made little "meatballs" and baked them. There was SO much grease and oil in the bottom of the pan.
Should I be concerned about the fat content if feeding duck exclusively for three weeks? Sebastian does have chronic pancreatitis, and I know a low-fat diet isn't an issue in cats as it is in dogs, but I still don't like to overdo it. Should I have a combined chicken/duck rotation to cut the fat in half for these three weeks? If I do this, I won't be able to offer chicken as it's own rotation. I was avoiding chicken for awhile in case he was allergic to it.
I wanted to start a specific thread about the fat content of duck. If you have questions about the rotation in general and why I'm doing it, please see this thread: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/274500/best-rotation-to-prevent-food-allergies