Yay freezer!

[feralvr]

I didn't actually order any beef (since I have a 5-pound hunk o' beef that I bought at Sam's Club in the fridge right now--only $2.88 a pound!), but I did order some of the ground venison, that's mixed with beef and beef tripe. They really like the venison pre-made I bought so I hope they like "real" venison, too.
I don't mind buying a lot because I know it won't go to waste. The doggies will eat anything that picky kitties don't like!

YEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dogs eat up the leftovers too. I didn't buy the ground beef for the cats, but for the dogs!! They love it. The cat's - well, the four fussies NO. The two W's loved the HT beef with the tripe when I offered them a little bit. Those two will eat a rubber chicken if I served it up.

 

[Willowy]

OK, I'm going to use this thread to keep track of what the kitties like :lol3:.

Rabbit: big hit. Went fast.

Chicken: the usual reaction. They liked it but didn't go crazy. They're used to it by now .

Tripe: yikes! I tried to portion it out for the dogs and the cats wouldn't leave me alone! I had to give them some. They were all over it. It didn't smell as bad as I thought it would, not bad at all really. I thought that if I could smell it when it was frozen it would really stink when thawed, but it only smelled a little bit stronger. The texture was awful, though . But apparently it has all kinds of great enzymes and probiotics in it. And it's cheap! :tongue2: I'll have to order some more.

Now thawing: goose and mutton

 

[carolina]

OK, I'm going to use this thread to keep track of what the kitties like :lol3:.
Rabbit: big hit. Went fast.
Chicken: the usual reaction. They liked it but didn't go crazy. They're used to it by now .
Tripe: yikes! I tried to portion it out for the dogs and the cats wouldn't leave me alone! I had to give them some. They were all over it. It didn't smell as bad as I thought it would, not bad at all really. I thought that if I could smell it when it was frozen it would really stink when thawed, but it only smelled a little bit stronger. The texture was awful, though . But apparently it has all kinds of great enzymes and probiotics in it. And it's cheap! :tongue2: I'll have to order some more.
Now thawing: goose and mutton

Wait wait wait! So the cat LOVED the tripe! Hum........ I wonder what that counts as? Muscle or organs? I will bet probably muscle? I know that you don't need to balance the Ca on the tripe because the Cahos ratio on it is 1:1, so it naturally perfect! But Can you identify the Spleen? Because the spleen is definitely an organ, and that I know you would need to balance.... and I imagine it would take even more Ca than muscle.... Hum.....
I might have to give this a shot if it was such a hit with yours!!

 

[Willowy]

Is stomach a muscle or an organ? :lol3: I don't know! Maybe if you looked closely you can see the spleen? It's kind of chunky and stringy and rubbery. . .bleh. Or you can ask them what percentage of the mix is spleen. But, yeah, the kitties were certainly enthusiastic about it. There's just no accounting for taste! :tongue2:

 

[goingpostal]

Tripe is muscle meat, I don't know that there's enough spleen in the mix to worry about, I've never been able to tell it apart. 
 

 

[Willowy]

Results:

Mutton--big hit! But I knew they liked lamb and mutton is just meat from a grown-up lamb, right?

Goose--not so much :/. It got eaten but not quickly and they didn't seem enthusiastic.

Next up: pork and turkey. Nothing exotic this time. Llama and pheasant after that!