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Post by valkyriestorm on Sept 23, 2009 18:39:41 GMT -5
My boys will still not eat any other meat other then ground chicken and ground turkey by Primal. I need help. In my other post on here, I ground up some rabbit meat and they will not even eat that, I even added Duk Soup. So far I have tried rabbit and beef and they still will not eat it no matter how hungry they are. When I tried the rabbit yesterday and just took some of the meat and hid it all over my apartment. Then I gave them what they usually eat and they ate it. Why are they being so difficult and what can I do??? I want then to have more variety. And again they will only eat the meat if it is ground. Thats another area I still need help in, eating raw whole
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Post by sherrylynne on Sept 23, 2009 19:04:05 GMT -5
What you need to do is get your name on the mentoring list  . With every new meat, I have to use soups, or a very fine grind, and do the "scruff and stuff" with Boris  Make yourself some puree soup with a new meat, and start doing that. It does take time, but it does work. |
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Post by Heather on Sept 23, 2009 22:11:41 GMT -5
I had a switching student who had some trouble introducing new meats to her two girls. They were older and insulinoma...high risk switch. We resorted to using the same method that is used for very difficult cats. This method works very well, it takes time and patience but in the end her little girls were eating ground chicken, pork, rabbit, turkey and mouse (rodentpro, I believe)
You start with the base that everyone loves, preferably their raw soupy mix. You can do that easily with your ground chicken or turkey from Primal. You then take the new meat and grind it...as it's just meat even your food processor should be able to handle it, or order a different type of meat from Primal....pork, rabbit (they're both mild flavoured meats). You take a small amount, a quarter of a tsp to the 1/2 c or 4 oz. of their regular meal. It's not anything, they shouldn't and cannot taste it, but they can vaguely smell it. It's the start. As they eat that regularly, then you add a little more.....1/2 tsp or a little more....again once they're eating it up the amount of meat. This takes a long time but it's not stressful to any party and requires little to no risk as they switch. If they refuse their meal, then go back to the previous amount (if you move too quickly they will refuse to eat the mix). As you work in more and more of the new meat, you keep adding more and more until they're eating the new meat, without the base food. I use this method for switching sick ferrets who cannot go without food.
Good luck
ciao
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Post by valkyriestorm on Sept 24, 2009 17:37:57 GMT -5
That sounds like a good way. I will try that when i get a different meat next time, Thanks
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