Fresh grounded bone or bone meal?

[blakat]

I'm going to transition my cats from commercial frozen raw meat to a homemade one and, before investing on a Tasin 108 ( + cleaning supplies+ shipping = nearly $190-200), I need to know if I should use freshly grounded bone or meal bone?!
Which one is nutritionally best and well digested?
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciate, thanks

 

[goingpostal]

Is there a reason you are feeding it ground at all?  I honestly don't know which would be better, I just feed bone in meats but fresh always sounds healthier to me. 

 

[blakat]

Well...somehow I'm afraid either they crack their theeth or/and choke on a bigger piece of bone; my 7 years old cat has a front canine slightly chipped and he also tend to swallow bigger pieces...

 

[furryfriends50]

One of mine, Wilda, has only three teeth (a canine and two back teeth) and handles chunks of meat easily.  I cut it up into a swallowable size so that she has that choice.  She will hold the meat down a front paw and tear at it. 

For bones, I smash the bone-in things with a hammer or mallet, cut it into small chunks, and she has no problem finishing it.

 

[blakat]

I am planning on giving them chunks of meat but the bones are the part that scares me. Hopefully in the near future I'll be giving them some meaty bones too....

 

[ldg]

Well, I'm transitioning to raw. I'm using commercial food for the transition, but my longer term plan is to go Frankenprey. Once they are eating and enjoying the commercial raw... I see no reason to feed it ground. I'd be afraid of losing too much taurine and arginine from oxidation (unless you plan to grind before each meal?). I don't have the same flash-freezing equipment the manufacturers do. :lol3: Introducing bones is something I've yet to do, but I expect I'll start small... quail sounds good. :lol3:

If you want an "inbetween" solution, have you seen the already-prepped mixes from Hare Today (Meat/bone/organ mixes)? They also sell a supplement, so it's kind of between making homemade and commercial. https://www.hare-today.com/index.php?cPath=21&osCsid=f87b70e904bb883c059cf19c6b765445

Whatever you decide to do, good luck!