Hello everyone. I started my two cats on a PMR diet about a month ago. I have a lot of questions, but I'll try not to bog down my post too much.
First, where do you source small bones? Are chicken necks acceptable? I've been cutting up chicken, but it never yields very many bones.
Can I feed pre-ground organs (e.g., from Hare Today) in a PMR diet? If so, would I need to add supplements? Chicken liver is easy to find, but other secreting organs are not. I just bought pig kidneys from a butcher but I'm not looking forward to cutting them up.
I've been going back and forth over whether a raw diet is the right thing to do. I only fully committed to it after the death of my 16-year-old cat from kidney disease. It broke my heart. Ironically, she's the one who loved raw meat the best, but didn't live long enough to enjoy more than a few meals.
I'm still working out the details of the diet. One of my cats has lost a little weight, which makes me anxious. He's the picky eater and doesn't always eat everything in his bowl. They both like bones and organs, but neither will eat beef and only reluctantly eat pork, so I worry about variety too. At this point they're only fully comfortable with chicken.
Ah, this post got long anyway. Sorry. lol. It's just so nice to find a forum like this.
First, where do you source small bones? Are chicken necks acceptable? I've been cutting up chicken, but it never yields very many bones.
Can I feed pre-ground organs (e.g., from Hare Today) in a PMR diet? If so, would I need to add supplements? Chicken liver is easy to find, but other secreting organs are not. I just bought pig kidneys from a butcher but I'm not looking forward to cutting them up.
I've been going back and forth over whether a raw diet is the right thing to do. I only fully committed to it after the death of my 16-year-old cat from kidney disease. It broke my heart. Ironically, she's the one who loved raw meat the best, but didn't live long enough to enjoy more than a few meals.
I'm still working out the details of the diet. One of my cats has lost a little weight, which makes me anxious. He's the picky eater and doesn't always eat everything in his bowl. They both like bones and organs, but neither will eat beef and only reluctantly eat pork, so I worry about variety too. At this point they're only fully comfortable with chicken.
Ah, this post got long anyway. Sorry. lol. It's just so nice to find a forum like this.