jake is still going back and forth on the raw food. some times he'll eat it alone, some times he won't eat anything that has touched the raw. jake acts funny with the raw - he like sneaks up to it and sniffs at it. sometimes, he gives it a lick after sniffing, sometimes he jumps back like it's going to bite him.
hubby is frustrated with the 'not being able to leave food on the floor for hours on end' aspect of raw, and i'm becoming more and more uncomfortable with the smell. i have a compromised immune system as well, so even with all my safety practices, i'm a bit nervous. so i'll be whipping up a batch of home cooked chicken based on @mschauer's recipe on the home cooked thread. again, i'm planning on mixing in a bit of pumpkin because i have it and i hate wasting food. plus it can't really hurt them; they've been eating some fruit/veg in their foods for some time. i'll be picking up jarrow b-right vitamin b complex capsules today because they're low odor, and i still think that smell might be putting jake off his raw.
i plan on cooking the chicken thighs with half the skin removed in a pyrex in the oven, tightly covered with foil. i'll pop in my meat thermometer and i plan on taking them out when they reach 150F; they should reach about 160F with carryover heat if i remember correctly. i'm considering cooking the liver and hearts stove top in a small sauce pan of water with the lid on until... well, until they're done. which i don't know how to tell if they're done. but i guess until they 'look' done. unless anyone has any tips on that
now, what's with probiotics? i know one of the supposed big benefits of feeding raw is the digestive enzymes. and i see a lot of people add probiotics to their cat's foods. should i add probiotics now that i'll be cooking? i know cooked foods are more digestible, so i don't know how important they really are. thoughts?
hubby is frustrated with the 'not being able to leave food on the floor for hours on end' aspect of raw, and i'm becoming more and more uncomfortable with the smell. i have a compromised immune system as well, so even with all my safety practices, i'm a bit nervous. so i'll be whipping up a batch of home cooked chicken based on @mschauer's recipe on the home cooked thread. again, i'm planning on mixing in a bit of pumpkin because i have it and i hate wasting food. plus it can't really hurt them; they've been eating some fruit/veg in their foods for some time. i'll be picking up jarrow b-right vitamin b complex capsules today because they're low odor, and i still think that smell might be putting jake off his raw.
i plan on cooking the chicken thighs with half the skin removed in a pyrex in the oven, tightly covered with foil. i'll pop in my meat thermometer and i plan on taking them out when they reach 150F; they should reach about 160F with carryover heat if i remember correctly. i'm considering cooking the liver and hearts stove top in a small sauce pan of water with the lid on until... well, until they're done. which i don't know how to tell if they're done. but i guess until they 'look' done. unless anyone has any tips on that
now, what's with probiotics? i know one of the supposed big benefits of feeding raw is the digestive enzymes. and i see a lot of people add probiotics to their cat's foods. should i add probiotics now that i'll be cooking? i know cooked foods are more digestible, so i don't know how important they really are. thoughts?
