I have four-month-old brothers who have been eating exclusively frozen and freeze-dried raw foods for about a week. They loved nearly all of them with the exception of two frozen samples of lamb and beef. I don't know if was those particular samples or those meats, but one wouldn't touch them and the other vomited them later. Otherwise, they have adapted quickly and easily from the shelter's kibble and canned food to "all ages" raw. I haven't yet dared to make my own cat food for them. I'm open to it, but I'm squeamish and worried I won't get it right for kittens.
So this morning I offered each cat a raw chicken neck. The larger of the two (by over a pound!) sat and stared at the neck for fully three minutes before finally picking off some of the meat. He lost interest in it after about 20 minutes. In the meantime the smaller kitty attacked the neck and made growling sounds deep in his throat that I've never heard before and crunched down every single bit of the neck. Nothing was left! He started to go after his brother's chicken neck before I took him into another room.
I've never had kittens before and never fed raw meat to a cat before. Are both brothers' reactions to the chicken necks normal?
Any advice anyone has for continuing to feed my boys would be very welcome. I don't know when I should stop letting them eat as much as they want or if I should be stressing particular proteins or foods to get more fat into them or just rotating them or adding anything else or --- ??
So this morning I offered each cat a raw chicken neck. The larger of the two (by over a pound!) sat and stared at the neck for fully three minutes before finally picking off some of the meat. He lost interest in it after about 20 minutes. In the meantime the smaller kitty attacked the neck and made growling sounds deep in his throat that I've never heard before and crunched down every single bit of the neck. Nothing was left! He started to go after his brother's chicken neck before I took him into another room.
I've never had kittens before and never fed raw meat to a cat before. Are both brothers' reactions to the chicken necks normal?
Any advice anyone has for continuing to feed my boys would be very welcome. I don't know when I should stop letting them eat as much as they want or if I should be stressing particular proteins or foods to get more fat into them or just rotating them or adding anything else or --- ??