Hello,
I have a six-month-old kitten. I feed him Dr. Pierson's chicken recipe, with a very occasional meal of commercial canned. I have been giving him increasingly larger chunks of chicken, and he is fine with them. I tried a chicken neck a couple of days ago. He played with it (and made a mess) for the most part, but gnawed off and ate some of the meat too. I tried a wing tip yesterday, but he didn't touch it. I tried again today, but broke the wing tip (skin and bones and all) into six little chunks. He didn't eat them. He will eat anything out of my hand, so I hand-fed him a couple of chunks. Was that a safe thing to do? I am suddenly worried about the bones. He seems to swallow them - I didn't hear much crunching.
A second question: would it be alright to continue with the chicken recipe? Do I have to incorporate other meats? The canned food I give him once every two weeks or so is either beef or turkey. I am trying to ensure that he will eat canned food, in case we are ever unable to make the homemade food at some point. I give him a couple of sardines per week as well, but that is the extent of the variety. I would have to order rabbit and I can do it every once in a while, but it is too expensive to be sustainable on a regular basis. I know that the diet needs to be balanced, but I am unsure of the level of diversity required. So far, he seems to be doing really well - no vomiting, regular elimination, etc.
Many thanks for the advice. I am an engineer by trade and most of us don't do well with approximations. We like detailed specs.
I have a six-month-old kitten. I feed him Dr. Pierson's chicken recipe, with a very occasional meal of commercial canned. I have been giving him increasingly larger chunks of chicken, and he is fine with them. I tried a chicken neck a couple of days ago. He played with it (and made a mess) for the most part, but gnawed off and ate some of the meat too. I tried a wing tip yesterday, but he didn't touch it. I tried again today, but broke the wing tip (skin and bones and all) into six little chunks. He didn't eat them. He will eat anything out of my hand, so I hand-fed him a couple of chunks. Was that a safe thing to do? I am suddenly worried about the bones. He seems to swallow them - I didn't hear much crunching.
A second question: would it be alright to continue with the chicken recipe? Do I have to incorporate other meats? The canned food I give him once every two weeks or so is either beef or turkey. I am trying to ensure that he will eat canned food, in case we are ever unable to make the homemade food at some point. I give him a couple of sardines per week as well, but that is the extent of the variety. I would have to order rabbit and I can do it every once in a while, but it is too expensive to be sustainable on a regular basis. I know that the diet needs to be balanced, but I am unsure of the level of diversity required. So far, he seems to be doing really well - no vomiting, regular elimination, etc.
Many thanks for the advice. I am an engineer by trade and most of us don't do well with approximations. We like detailed specs.