So I started feeding my 8 month old kitten raw food (not his entire diet, but as treats). He gets all wet, grain-free food otherwise, but I wanted to give him a little raw as treats / bonus nutrition.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I started him with some giblets and he loved them. However I just gave him the organ meet and not the chicken neck with the bone. I also gave him some raw turkey meat yesterday and he loved that as well, and I started also feeding him some sardines (one can a week). The sardines are in water with no salt added. Loves them!
However, last night, I decided to see how he would do with a chicken neck. He tried eating around it but he was unable to actually eat it (because he could not tear it up into chunks) and kept crying at me. I was going to try him on chicken wings to see if that is easier for him.
So my question is, when you guys feed stuff with bone in it, do you somehow chunk it up for them first? Will that splinter the bone and make it easy for him to choke? Sorry if these are dumb questions.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I started him with some giblets and he loved them. However I just gave him the organ meet and not the chicken neck with the bone. I also gave him some raw turkey meat yesterday and he loved that as well, and I started also feeding him some sardines (one can a week). The sardines are in water with no salt added. Loves them!
However, last night, I decided to see how he would do with a chicken neck. He tried eating around it but he was unable to actually eat it (because he could not tear it up into chunks) and kept crying at me. I was going to try him on chicken wings to see if that is easier for him.
So my question is, when you guys feed stuff with bone in it, do you somehow chunk it up for them first? Will that splinter the bone and make it easy for him to choke? Sorry if these are dumb questions.