My very first order of raw, complete cat meat has arrived (frozen) in chubs. I excitedly unpacked it all, looked at it then repacked it because I realised that I didn't actually know what to do with it!
They are all single source protein chubs, so I will be feeding them in rotation for a balanced diet.
What arrived is as follows:
1kg chubs of Salmon, Quail, Day old chicks & Deer.
500g chubs of Rabbit, Turkey, Lamb & Duck
250g of minced mice.
All of the chubs (with the exception of the deer) are minced with the correct proportions of meat, bones and appropriate organs. The deer meat is just pure meat, no bone or organs so that will need to be dealt with differently.
I think that I will initially be feeding Loki & Moxxi portions of the meat as it comes, as a single protein to see how they like each one, but if anyone thinks this is a bad idea please do let me know.
Because I will need access to the full range of chubs each week should I let them all defrost enough to cut them up and split it all into portions now?
Does frozen meat weigh the same when it is defrosted? So if I portion them out to 100g sizes while partly frozen will that be accurate enough once it is ready to serve?
With them all being in chubs, would cutting them into "hockey pucks" be a good way to do it?
Also, I have raw chicken thigh meat cut into chunks in the freezer ready to be mixed with the minced to add some texture. Should I mix that in now or as each meal is defrosting?
I honestly don't know where to start. I feel silly, I'm not normally this indecisive.
They are all single source protein chubs, so I will be feeding them in rotation for a balanced diet.
What arrived is as follows:
1kg chubs of Salmon, Quail, Day old chicks & Deer.
500g chubs of Rabbit, Turkey, Lamb & Duck
250g of minced mice.
All of the chubs (with the exception of the deer) are minced with the correct proportions of meat, bones and appropriate organs. The deer meat is just pure meat, no bone or organs so that will need to be dealt with differently.
I think that I will initially be feeding Loki & Moxxi portions of the meat as it comes, as a single protein to see how they like each one, but if anyone thinks this is a bad idea please do let me know.
Because I will need access to the full range of chubs each week should I let them all defrost enough to cut them up and split it all into portions now?
Does frozen meat weigh the same when it is defrosted? So if I portion them out to 100g sizes while partly frozen will that be accurate enough once it is ready to serve?
With them all being in chubs, would cutting them into "hockey pucks" be a good way to do it?
Also, I have raw chicken thigh meat cut into chunks in the freezer ready to be mixed with the minced to add some texture. Should I mix that in now or as each meal is defrosting?
I honestly don't know where to start. I feel silly, I'm not normally this indecisive.