I tried adding extra water when it got stuck to the bowl but it didn’t help much. The eggshell powder doesn’t seem to immerse itself in the water and likes to stick to the bowl. I ended up spooning most of it out with a spatula but there was some that I just couldn’t get and now I’m worried there’s not enough eggshell in my mix.
I think I’m going to do that from now on. At least that way you know that all the eggshell is getting mixed in.
Eggshell, even finely ground, is deceptively heavy. There was just too much left in the slurry bowl for my comfort, even after I tried to scrape it out. And I found that it didn’t distribute as well throughout the meat when I included it with the slurry.
If your drain has any horizontal run, the eggshell will just sink to the bottom and eventually clog the drain.Oh no!! I totally put some down my sink.Eggshell, even finely ground, is deceptively heavy. There was just too much left in the slurry bowl for my comfort, even after I tried to scrape it out. And I found that it didn’t distribute as well throughout the meat when I included it with the slurry.
I also discovered after spending $100+ on a plumber that putting eggshell in the garbage disposal is a bad idea.
I’ve made batches where after I finished I thought, “Oh, shoot. Was I off on one of my measurements?” But I rotate batches for each meal so I feel over time they’re getting a balanced diet.Oh no!! I totally put some down my sink.
Yikes, thanks for the heads up. I won’t be doing that anymore.
Do you think my batch is okay this time if I lost a little eggshell? I don’t think it was enough to put the ratio below 0.9:1.
Good point. They do also eat one canned meal a day while we are at work so hopefully that balances it out. All I know is I’m never putting eggshell in my slurry again!I’ve made batches where after I finished I thought, “Oh, shoot. Was I off on one of my measurements?” But I rotate batches for each meal so I feel over time they’re getting a balanced diet.
I’ve also stopped putting coffee grounds down the disposal even though the plumber didn’t say anything about those. He’s a nice guy, but I’m just as happy not to see him in my kitchen.
Oh no! Thank you for the tip: I put eggshells down the disposal, too. I learned the hard way about cabbage (oops) and we stopped putting coffee grounds down the disposal a while ago because something got a little clogged up somewhere.I also discovered after spending $100+ on a plumber that putting eggshell in the garbage disposal is a bad idea.
Cabbage?? All righty, then. No more cabbage down the disposal!
I had no idea and put down a fair bit, which really stopped things up! (My husband made sure to show me the clog... it looked like the disposal had chopped the cabbage to just the right size for soaking up water and cohering.)Cabbage?? All righty, then. No more cabbage down the disposal!
Hmm, my husband remembers this differently: he says I put some sort of defective cole slaw down the disposal, not regular cabbage waste. I suppose he is better disposed (
) to remember, given that he did the work digging the stuff out of the pipes, though I really thought it was just unusable outer cabbage leaves. Either way, I don't recommend putting cabbage down the disposal! 
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It’s boneless. I don’t do anything with bone any more because my two 15-year-olds struggle with constipation. I found a small butcher shop in town that carries ground rabbit, frozen in one-pound packages. Their source is a family farm a couple of hours from here. I grind my own meat and don’t like buying pre-ground, but this is extremely fresh and I’ve never had any problem with it.
Question for you - I recall reading in a different thread that you feed rabbit sometimes. When you make rabbit mixes do you use bone-in? So do you do both bone-in and eggshell mixes depending on the protein you're using? Just wondering because I'm thinking of adding rabbit to my mix but I don't use any bone and want to make sure it's okay to give a bone-in mix once in a while.
Ah, okay. Wow that's lucky. Finding local bone-less pre-ground rabbit is really hard in my experience! I don't really want to include bone either since we had a bit of a scare with one of our cats last year who had elevated phosphorus levels (she's back to normal now), but I'm trying to add another protein into their homemade raw. I did find one local butcher who will sell me a whole rabbit carcass.. and I could separate the meat from the bones myself and grind it... but... I really really don't want to do that.. the thought of handling a rabbit carcass actually makes me want to cry.It’s boneless. I don’t do anything with bone any more because my two 15-year-olds struggle with constipation. I found a small butcher shop in town that carries fresh ground rabbit, frozen in one-pound packages. Their source is a family farm a couple of hours from here. I grind my own meat and don’t like buying pre-ground, but this is extremely fresh and I’ve never had any problem with it.
I rarely buy it any more, though, because while the girls will eat it, they aren’t very enthusiastic about it. And since it’s $14.50 a pound, I figure I’ll give them the stuff they really love that’s $2.49 and $4.99 a pound.
) I hadn’t thought of checking farmer’s markets, I’ll look into it, thanks! So far all the butchers I’ve talked to only sell whole carcass, some with organs and some without.Have you checked out local farmers’ markets? I’ve seen locally sourced meats at our market here, although I’d want research them before I bought anything from them. (Unless it was for me and then I wouldn’t be as cautious.
I just googled rabbit farms in Oregon and several sites popped up, including the one that provided the ground rabbit I bought. I wouldn’t willingly disassemble a rabbit carcass either. I would have made a rotten pioneer.
I was rotating chicken and turkey, but I added pork a few months ago. I know the arguments about pigs not being a cat’s typical prey, but Iris is willing to eat it (the other two will eat anything) and like you, I wanted to get a bit more variety in their diet.
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and others who use eggshell... how do you store it? I buy mine pre-made because I’m too lazy to make it myself and I store the jar in the cupboard. Should I be putting it in the fridge instead?
