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Post by musickoala on Jan 6, 2009 10:19:33 GMT -5
it seems as though frida still is on edge about eating it. I might have to cut the chicken and kibble coat some for her. Everyone else is loving it.
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Post by musickoala on Jan 9, 2009 21:48:21 GMT -5
Well Frida still is put off by the raw meat more than the others. They all seem very excited whenever we bring food over. They have a tendancy to fight a little over it when it is food time. I grabbed some chicken wings at the store... what would be the best way to section it?
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Post by tss on Jan 9, 2009 21:55:11 GMT -5
Is Frida eating well??
I know this seems generic but this is how I recommend splitting up a wing. Get a chicken wing and some meat shears. Cut the wing at all 3 joints, you can then cut the tip into 2 or 3 sections. Take the "flat" section of the wing and cut it in half LEGNTH wise, you will then have 2 sections with bones. Cut each of those sections into two or three pieces then cut the drumette into two or three.
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Post by musickoala on Jan 11, 2009 9:24:16 GMT -5
yeah frida is eating well... we have started to feed her on her own just to make sure she is eating. I have started to grind up chicken breast and mix a little bit of kibble powder in. She loves that. My bf had just put the chicken wing in the cage and they went after that. He didn't split it up at all but they still went after it. Almost all of it is gone. When we let them out of the cage last night Aiko stayed inside just chewing on what was left of the bone.
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Post by tss on Jan 11, 2009 12:27:06 GMT -5
Well then, asisde from Frida once you have the boys and Aiko eating 3 varietys of meat and some organ we can review your menu and graduate them. They can graduate before Frida since she is a bit slower.
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Post by musickoala on Jan 14, 2009 12:22:13 GMT -5
so far the boys and aiko have had chicken (some with bone) as well as some beef chunks. Have not tried any organ meat for them yet. Frida is still sticking to the ground chicken with some kibble mixed in.
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Post by musickoala on Jan 18, 2009 21:30:55 GMT -5
I have now gotten the other three to also give a try to pork chunks. Frida is still being very very picky. we have started putting her in a separate cage so that she has access to the food and does not have to worry about the others stealing it from her.
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Post by tss on Jan 18, 2009 22:25:47 GMT -5
Stealing food has also been an issue here. Lilly is so tiny that the boys steal from here without worry, she's learnt to stay to the side and wait until they've eaten a bit before she tries eating.
How'd they like the pork??
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Post by musickoala on Jan 20, 2009 22:45:53 GMT -5
They liked it. They also have tried and enjoyed gizzards. Gizzards cause them to somewhat start fighting over the chunks. Frida is doing better We have gottn her to eat small chunks of chicken, sometimes we have to add a bit of ground kibble for her to go near it but we are going little by little.
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Post by tss on Jan 22, 2009 12:12:12 GMT -5
Gizzards are always a really big hit around here, they had some lastnight actually!! I'm glad Frida is doing better.
Have you been able to try organ yet?
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Post by musickoala on Jan 22, 2009 17:45:52 GMT -5
no not any in particular... any recommendations?
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Post by musickoala on Jan 24, 2009 20:06:56 GMT -5
just put in some chicken livers and so far they all seem to be interested. Frida is the only one who hasnt started testing it. She has however tried some pork chunks so we are going to put some in her little sleep/eat area later.
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Post by musickoala on Jan 26, 2009 8:55:43 GMT -5
Gave them chunks of pork yesterday and they all went over and started chomping away. Frida was even interested in it although she was somewhat hesitant to go and battle with the others for a chunk. When they were all chowing down we gave Frida a chunk. She sniffed it and started to lick it. Slowly when she recognized the taste she started to bite into is on the edge a tiny bit. When the others finished theirs they started to come after Frida and her chunk of pork. Aiko was being a bit rough with Frida and all Aiko would want to do is hide the chunk for later. We separated them and then when everyone started coming right near Frida she started getting defensive and hissing and making a sound my boyfriend and I consider similar to a bark. They all seemed to learn after that sound that Frida should not be messed with while trying to eat.
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Post by tss on Jan 26, 2009 19:22:59 GMT -5
Are the chicken livers that you get packed in a tub with the bloody looking water? If so you can try mixing some of that in with some ground chicken or turkey for Frida, start out with a very small ammount of the juice and see how it goes.
It is soooo cool that they are taking to everything so well.
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Post by musickoala on Jan 26, 2009 22:58:29 GMT -5
i think they were although they seemed slightly frozen when i first opened up the container. Frida is starting to get more interested in the different foods we put in. They seem like trying to head out of the cage with some food and try to stash it in the living room.
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