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Hello!
I'm so excited to have found these forums as it seems you can get some really useful information here ^_^
I have just got a nine week old kitten and although he is on a mix of dry and wet food kitten food at the moment, I'd like to begin his transition to raw food as soon as possible so I was hoping to get some advice!
Yesterday I went to the supermarket and bought:
Chicken Thighs (Bone-in AND Boneless)
Chicken Wings
Rump Steak
Turkey Breast Steaks
Chicken Liver
Lambs Kidneys
Chicken Drumsticks
Which possibly sound a lot for starting out but I figured I could just chop it all up and freeze it. So! My Questions are:
- Should I start without the bones and if so when should I introduce the bones?
- What size chunks of meat should I give? I have read that they should not be so small that they can swallow without chewing but too big and they could try to swallow it all anyway and choke! So, is there an optimal size for these pieces of meat? The turkey and beef steaks are quite thin so they're going to end up more in strips that chunks. Should I buy some thicker pieces of meat instead?
- Do I need to add some sort of calcium to the food until he's eating bones? What would this be and how much of it?
- Should I give the internal organs at separate meals to the flesh?
- Do I need to add Taurine to anything?
- Should I start giving him Salmon Oil and if so, what do I put it on?
- Is there any other supplements that I will need to start him on immediately?
- If I get him some feeder mice would these be ok to give him occasionally? Do I need to remove their digestive tract first?
- What are gizzards and where might these be found?!
Well, I think that's enough for now! Sorry it's a lot, I have SO many questions and really want to raw feed him but probably like most beginners am scared of doing something wrong and making my new lovely kitten unwell, or to see him choke. My boyfriend is worried and wants to stick to cat food from the store but I am convinced he will be healthier on raw if I can get it right
Thanks for listening.
I'm so excited to have found these forums as it seems you can get some really useful information here ^_^
I have just got a nine week old kitten and although he is on a mix of dry and wet food kitten food at the moment, I'd like to begin his transition to raw food as soon as possible so I was hoping to get some advice!
Yesterday I went to the supermarket and bought:
Chicken Thighs (Bone-in AND Boneless)
Chicken Wings
Rump Steak
Turkey Breast Steaks
Chicken Liver
Lambs Kidneys
Chicken Drumsticks
Which possibly sound a lot for starting out but I figured I could just chop it all up and freeze it. So! My Questions are:
- Should I start without the bones and if so when should I introduce the bones?
- What size chunks of meat should I give? I have read that they should not be so small that they can swallow without chewing but too big and they could try to swallow it all anyway and choke! So, is there an optimal size for these pieces of meat? The turkey and beef steaks are quite thin so they're going to end up more in strips that chunks. Should I buy some thicker pieces of meat instead?
- Do I need to add some sort of calcium to the food until he's eating bones? What would this be and how much of it?
- Should I give the internal organs at separate meals to the flesh?
- Do I need to add Taurine to anything?
- Should I start giving him Salmon Oil and if so, what do I put it on?
- Is there any other supplements that I will need to start him on immediately?
- If I get him some feeder mice would these be ok to give him occasionally? Do I need to remove their digestive tract first?
- What are gizzards and where might these be found?!
Well, I think that's enough for now! Sorry it's a lot, I have SO many questions and really want to raw feed him but probably like most beginners am scared of doing something wrong and making my new lovely kitten unwell, or to see him choke. My boyfriend is worried and wants to stick to cat food from the store but I am convinced he will be healthier on raw if I can get it right
Thanks for listening.