My cat eats commercial raw (Primal and Radcat), but I'd like to get her chewing on some bones or organs to help her teeth. She's 16 and missing a couple of teeth, so I'd like to start with something softer and smaller-does anyone have older cats that eat raw chews that they particularly like/do well on?
I tried chicken necks before and Wendy was very interested, but couldn't make much headway! Part of it is she doesn't realize she needs to chew and gnaw, but she also doesn't have the jaw strength and the neck was large and daunting I think. I'm not expecting her to be able to tear off pieces and eat large amounts of whatever I get, just do a bit of gnawing. I'm also not going to start just yet-she had dental work done a year ago by the shelter, but the vet noticed some inflammation in one tooth today so we are doing a week of metronidazole, and then I'll ask the vet if it'd be ok to try some chews after that.
I tried chicken necks before and Wendy was very interested, but couldn't make much headway! Part of it is she doesn't realize she needs to chew and gnaw, but she also doesn't have the jaw strength and the neck was large and daunting I think. I'm not expecting her to be able to tear off pieces and eat large amounts of whatever I get, just do a bit of gnawing. I'm also not going to start just yet-she had dental work done a year ago by the shelter, but the vet noticed some inflammation in one tooth today so we are doing a week of metronidazole, and then I'll ask the vet if it'd be ok to try some chews after that.