Hello all,
I currently have 4 cats and only 1 eats a raw diet.
My f2 savannah girl seen here is on a 99% raw diet. my other f4 savannah eats dry with the occasional treat of chicken or fish raw, and 2 other regular domestics that wont touch raw.
When we got my f2(Mochi) she really only wanted to ever eat raw, no bagged food, no dry(refuses to eat it alone) nothing. So I started out with a hand grinder and boneless chicken thighs. after a while it was WAY to much work, so we got an attachment for the mixer. life got better but all the fat and trimming was then taking longer, we found a good deal on boneless skinless chicken breast w/rib meat. its easy and quick, we trim, cut and grind a 7 lb pack a week and put it in baggies and freeze it.
She also gets a powder supplement (apperon) on her chicken with taurine and calcium.
While reading around on this site I seen the need to add bones to her diet and every one pointed towards chicken wings. I picked up a pack yesterday and she took down 3/4 of a leg on her first try.
Two things I learned here was that to never microwave to warm up or anything. I did that a couple times.. never again. and I had been mixing in some kibble to her chicken for bulk as she was eating me out of house and home for a bit on ONLY chicken, will never do that again.
My question was.. does this diet have enough of what she needs?
this morning she refused her regular ground chicken, I threw half a wing down there and she ate it.. usually she eats 2.5oz of chicken when we get up at around 7, then when I leave for work around 1030 I feed here the same again, then the same at night 2 more times and she always seemed hungry still.
I read about frankenprey and the like but as of right now.. i spend the maximum amount of time on her food prep for her and me..
so just a few opinions.. is this enough?
Thanks for reading and opinions in advance
I currently have 4 cats and only 1 eats a raw diet.
My f2 savannah girl seen here is on a 99% raw diet. my other f4 savannah eats dry with the occasional treat of chicken or fish raw, and 2 other regular domestics that wont touch raw.
When we got my f2(Mochi) she really only wanted to ever eat raw, no bagged food, no dry(refuses to eat it alone) nothing. So I started out with a hand grinder and boneless chicken thighs. after a while it was WAY to much work, so we got an attachment for the mixer. life got better but all the fat and trimming was then taking longer, we found a good deal on boneless skinless chicken breast w/rib meat. its easy and quick, we trim, cut and grind a 7 lb pack a week and put it in baggies and freeze it.
She also gets a powder supplement (apperon) on her chicken with taurine and calcium.
While reading around on this site I seen the need to add bones to her diet and every one pointed towards chicken wings. I picked up a pack yesterday and she took down 3/4 of a leg on her first try.
Two things I learned here was that to never microwave to warm up or anything. I did that a couple times.. never again. and I had been mixing in some kibble to her chicken for bulk as she was eating me out of house and home for a bit on ONLY chicken, will never do that again.
My question was.. does this diet have enough of what she needs?
this morning she refused her regular ground chicken, I threw half a wing down there and she ate it.. usually she eats 2.5oz of chicken when we get up at around 7, then when I leave for work around 1030 I feed here the same again, then the same at night 2 more times and she always seemed hungry still.
I read about frankenprey and the like but as of right now.. i spend the maximum amount of time on her food prep for her and me..
so just a few opinions.. is this enough?
Thanks for reading and opinions in advance