I gave my kittens raw chicken neck for the first time and Tammy got super possessive and was growling and hissing any time I or the other kitten Mimi would go near her. She doesn't do this with normal cat food (dry, wet, or raw chunks of meat). They usually eat on the same placemat side by side and have no problems.
Is this behaviour normal? Should I just keep them far apart from each other when feeding them this type of food?
Tammy really went to town knawing on this chicken neck but Mimi didn't really understand how to eat it and was just licking at it. I squeezed some of her lickable treat onto it to get her into it but she still wasn't getting it. She'd lick the treat off, lick the chicken, pick it up and put it down, but not actually bite it or chew it. Should I cut it into smaller pieces? I originally gave them es h half a neck.
Also, both of them drag the chicken necks all around the apartment so I end up having to disinfect the whole floor both before and after feeding. Any tips? Should I just spread a huge cardboard or tarp every time they eat it?
Or should I just find some alternative method of getting them to exercise their jaw bones and clean their teeth? The raw food I'm currently mixing in with their wet food as I transition them to raw does have some pieces of bone in it. Maybe that's enough?
Is this behaviour normal? Should I just keep them far apart from each other when feeding them this type of food?
Tammy really went to town knawing on this chicken neck but Mimi didn't really understand how to eat it and was just licking at it. I squeezed some of her lickable treat onto it to get her into it but she still wasn't getting it. She'd lick the treat off, lick the chicken, pick it up and put it down, but not actually bite it or chew it. Should I cut it into smaller pieces? I originally gave them es h half a neck.
Also, both of them drag the chicken necks all around the apartment so I end up having to disinfect the whole floor both before and after feeding. Any tips? Should I just spread a huge cardboard or tarp every time they eat it?
Or should I just find some alternative method of getting them to exercise their jaw bones and clean their teeth? The raw food I'm currently mixing in with their wet food as I transition them to raw does have some pieces of bone in it. Maybe that's enough?