So we've been going on 2.5 weeks with nothing but 100% commercial raw. It's been going great. It's pre-made and says complete and balance meal for the ones with the supplements. I have 4 questions but I'm a novelist so here's my story/questions lol....
I bought a bigger 5lb tub and I guess those don't come with supplements unless ordered ahead of time. It's whole cornish hen that has all the bones, organs, and meat included, but no supplement. I asked if there were supplements I can purchase to add (it's a pet deli) and they said that it's pretty complete as is. I thought since it's ground that I would want supplements or at least taurine added. But I figured she knows what she's talking about. Is she correct and I should not worry as much? Because I do switch between cornish hen (not supp), chicken (supplemented) and turkey (supplemented). It's already portioned into 1.5 oz bags so I wouldn't even know how much to add to the little portion & they'd eat it about once a day.
I was thinking of buying Vit E, B-complex, fish oil, and taurine anyways to add to my other order of raw. I ordered more food through a group buy. I need help putting it together or at least see if my general outline of their (the cats') menu is okay.
30 lbs of coarse ground beef
1 lb of spleen
6 lbs of tongue
10 lbs of ground turkey
10 lbs of ground chicken
1 lb turkey liver
I was talking to someone who helped put my order together and she said since I was worried about cats' feces being possibly too light, they may have too much bone in diet. The turkey and chicken are higher than the rec'd 10% so she said do 2/3 boneless protein (ground beef and tongue) and 1/3 poultry with bone. None of them have organs included so she said I should order about 1lb each of liver and spleen/kidney. Again, I asked about supplements and she said at most taurine and fish oil. Does that sound okay as a complete and balanced meal?
This also goes back the 5lb commercial tub of cornish hen. I've read that cornish hen has lots of bone? So if I am already a little concerned about my cat having too much in their diet, I also purchased an additional 6lbs of tongue to add into their bowl whenever they do have cornish hen. I was thinking that sort of... balances it out more?
Also, how do I portion out the liver/spleen and how many times should I feed per week? She said ice cube trays and give them some every couple of days but I feel like... that's too cavalier. I need specific numbers and formulations, LOL.
I'm all over the place with this lol. But I have 20 lbs of commercial food in freezer and now, approx 3 months worth of food coming in about a month. I'm excited! With this group buy, it put me down to about 0.55 cents per day to feed both my cats
Thanks for the help and for reading my novella!
I bought a bigger 5lb tub and I guess those don't come with supplements unless ordered ahead of time. It's whole cornish hen that has all the bones, organs, and meat included, but no supplement. I asked if there were supplements I can purchase to add (it's a pet deli) and they said that it's pretty complete as is. I thought since it's ground that I would want supplements or at least taurine added. But I figured she knows what she's talking about. Is she correct and I should not worry as much? Because I do switch between cornish hen (not supp), chicken (supplemented) and turkey (supplemented). It's already portioned into 1.5 oz bags so I wouldn't even know how much to add to the little portion & they'd eat it about once a day.
I was thinking of buying Vit E, B-complex, fish oil, and taurine anyways to add to my other order of raw. I ordered more food through a group buy. I need help putting it together or at least see if my general outline of their (the cats') menu is okay.
30 lbs of coarse ground beef
1 lb of spleen
6 lbs of tongue
10 lbs of ground turkey
10 lbs of ground chicken
1 lb turkey liver
I was talking to someone who helped put my order together and she said since I was worried about cats' feces being possibly too light, they may have too much bone in diet. The turkey and chicken are higher than the rec'd 10% so she said do 2/3 boneless protein (ground beef and tongue) and 1/3 poultry with bone. None of them have organs included so she said I should order about 1lb each of liver and spleen/kidney. Again, I asked about supplements and she said at most taurine and fish oil. Does that sound okay as a complete and balanced meal?
This also goes back the 5lb commercial tub of cornish hen. I've read that cornish hen has lots of bone? So if I am already a little concerned about my cat having too much in their diet, I also purchased an additional 6lbs of tongue to add into their bowl whenever they do have cornish hen. I was thinking that sort of... balances it out more?
Also, how do I portion out the liver/spleen and how many times should I feed per week? She said ice cube trays and give them some every couple of days but I feel like... that's too cavalier. I need specific numbers and formulations, LOL.
I'm all over the place with this lol. But I have 20 lbs of commercial food in freezer and now, approx 3 months worth of food coming in about a month. I'm excited! With this group buy, it put me down to about 0.55 cents per day to feed both my cats
Thanks for the help and for reading my novella!