its been a while..but HELP! lol

[molson901]

so molsons been eating raw meat for a while now (thanks to him,my CAT now likes raw meat! lol) and ive been feeding him the exact same feeding schedule as giuliana gave me

Sunday: Instead of chicken necks try a chicken thigh or a chicken leg (they are meatier and contain more taurine)
Monday: Pork Chunks and/or Beef Chunks (same as your schedule. Feel free to add crushed eggshell if you want...optional, not necessary. If you opt to add eggshell, its 1tsp per 1 cup of meat)
Tuesday: Chicken wing
Wednesday: Chicken liver (and also feed a chicken neck on this day. Its a small raw meaty bone and the fiber from the bone will help to keep his stools firm, even though the liver is rich and can cause the runs)
Thurday: Instead of feeding a chicken neck feed a chicken leg or thigh (whichever you DIDNT feed earlier in the week. So like if you fed him a leg on monday, feed him a thigh today. Make sense?)
Friday: Beef Chunks and/or Pork Chunks (again you can add egghshell if you want, but you dont have to
Saturday: Chicken wings

and hes eating all of that no problem.

1-today there was no chicken liver but i did get beef liver and calf liver..is that ok?
2-and i also saw i think it was beef heart;i remember seeing a comment bout that but i dont remember where it went...but would that be good for him too? and would it replace the liver?
3-once in a while i give him some gizzards and eggs, in addition to the meat i give him ,is there anything else i could give him?
4-i also remember reading something bout like..pig hoofs? is that any good?
5-last question; what exactly are the preferable portions of food i should be giving him? so far i give him a cup of the cubes and bout 3/4cup of liver plus 2 chicken necks... im just never sure if im giving enough or not..

obviously its been a while since my last post,hence all the questions! lol

[Heather]

Hi Welcome back
You can feed beef or pork liver if you choose. You can also feed venison, or lamb.... if your furbaby will eat it, it's game Again beef heart, pork any of those will be interchangeable as long as your furbaby will eat them. There are minor nutritional differences but not really a concern unless you feed that meat exclusively.
As long as you mix up the meats, you're covering all your bases. You might want to increase your bone content a little but that's all I can see. I've never had much use for pigs hooves, if you want to raise their calcium level look to chicken feet (great source of calcium and trace minerals) or other smaller forms of digestible nutrients, I've heard some have had success with elk antlers (these are trimmed small chunks). Pig's hooves could possibly be eaten but would not be one of my first choices.
Is he stashing a lot of his food, eating it all and prowling around and looking for more? I can't remember the last time I've measured something. If my guys are hungry and prowling then they get more, if I'm throwing out meat or it's getting stashed alot then I let them clean it up and feed a little less. My guys have been eating like little pigs this fall. They're going through approx 8 lbs of meat or more a week (now the cats (2) are also eating this) but that's a lot of meat.
No problems, ask questions...we're not doing our job if we're not there to answer your questions If you have more then let us know and we'll try and help you out.
ciao

[molson901]

well now apperently im givin ghim too much cause hes not eating it all..how do i raise his bone content? i give him what i was told to and im not exactly sure what more to give him...hes not eating a lot right now im and im not even 100%sure hes eating the bones anymore..

[Heather]

Do you mean that he's not eating his food or do you mean he's not eating the bone that you're giving him? If he's just not eating the bone, try a hammer (on the bone not him ), smash up the bone a bit and see if he finds it a little less intimidating If he's not eating his food then you will have to go back a couple of steps to try and get him eating his raw food again. Please keep us posted, we'll help you if we can
ciao

[molson901]

hes eating just nto as much as he used to..but he also gained a few pounds lol i think hes just running a lil low on exercise...hes getting a lil lazy lol but he IS eating bone and everything i guess i've just been giving him too much but hes right next to me right now and hes full of energy and seems pretty d**n healthy to me. hes such a happy lil guy lol

[sherrylynne]

My ferts, for the most part, have also slowed down on how much they're eating right now as well. I think it's because they've packed on their winter weight, and don't need quite as much anymore. Unless, of course, it's pork chunks!

[Heather]

Those of you that have recently switched your furbabies will also notice a drop in consumption once their little bodies stop needing to replenish all the supplies that they weren't getting from their dried kibbles. It's not until you switch that you realize how much trace minerals isn't available to them. I find that after about 6 months or so, my new switches stop eating huge amounts that they were when they first started. It's almost like they're now eating normally (which is true). So your little furbaby may be eating less, but that may be his normal amount now.
They love to keep you on your toes.
ciao

[molson901]

lol how great...now that i put his food in lil baggies....first they were too small..i made them bigger...then they were still too small..now i put more and its too much! lol yay for wasting food