Post by halblingefrau on Jun 21, 2010 10:08:38 GMT -5
I decided to start this un-official switching thread because I have started the switching journey while waiting for a mentor, and I'm bound to have lots and lots of questions.
First of all, intros. I work as a data analyst in Flagstaff, AZ and live with my husband, 2 ferts, and 2 dogs. Flagstaff, some of you may not know, gets very cold in winter and not too hot in summer (unlike the rest of AZ). We love the mountain climate.
The fuzzies are both young boys named Loki and Asher. Loki was my first fert and he came home with me around Halloween. We guesstimated his birthday to be July 15th, which makes him ALMOST a year old at the time of this posting. He is a chocolate color with a light mask. Loki is very small, about a pound. I think he is a little thin so we are going to the vet soon to just make sure everything is good.
Asher came to live with us when I decided Loki needed a fert brother or sister to keep him company. Asher was born around Thanksgiving and came home with me when he was around 10 weeks old. He is a panda and is deaf. Now at 8 months, he weighs in at 3 pounds and dwarfs his older brother.
We had our first successful raw soupie eating on May 27th for Loki and May 28th for Asher. I made a soup out of blended chicken thigh with skin and fat, and also broke up the bone and ground it into the soup. I also added 1 raw egg with shell and two chicken livers. Loki took to it when I dabbed it on his nose. Asher required me to shove it down his throat practically (he is SO stubborn). Once he tasted it, he became a soupie eating freak. The boys have been on a "soup in the morning and evening, kibble the rest of the time" diet. I have a mix of Zupreem and DFS Natural.
Earlier last week, we had our first introduction of bone (I didn't grind up the drumstick bone) and Asher went nuts chewing on it and stashing it various places. Loki also enjoyed it whenever Asher let his guard down. I added some meat chunks to the soup this last time around, and it was all eaten and lapped up gleefully.
My next step is to cut the meat off a chicken thigh, chop it into chunks, add cut up heart pieces, and try that out with the boys.
So that was a lot to read. If you're still with me, thanks so much!
First of all, intros. I work as a data analyst in Flagstaff, AZ and live with my husband, 2 ferts, and 2 dogs. Flagstaff, some of you may not know, gets very cold in winter and not too hot in summer (unlike the rest of AZ). We love the mountain climate.
The fuzzies are both young boys named Loki and Asher. Loki was my first fert and he came home with me around Halloween. We guesstimated his birthday to be July 15th, which makes him ALMOST a year old at the time of this posting. He is a chocolate color with a light mask. Loki is very small, about a pound. I think he is a little thin so we are going to the vet soon to just make sure everything is good.
Asher came to live with us when I decided Loki needed a fert brother or sister to keep him company. Asher was born around Thanksgiving and came home with me when he was around 10 weeks old. He is a panda and is deaf. Now at 8 months, he weighs in at 3 pounds and dwarfs his older brother.
We had our first successful raw soupie eating on May 27th for Loki and May 28th for Asher. I made a soup out of blended chicken thigh with skin and fat, and also broke up the bone and ground it into the soup. I also added 1 raw egg with shell and two chicken livers. Loki took to it when I dabbed it on his nose. Asher required me to shove it down his throat practically (he is SO stubborn). Once he tasted it, he became a soupie eating freak. The boys have been on a "soup in the morning and evening, kibble the rest of the time" diet. I have a mix of Zupreem and DFS Natural.
Earlier last week, we had our first introduction of bone (I didn't grind up the drumstick bone) and Asher went nuts chewing on it and stashing it various places. Loki also enjoyed it whenever Asher let his guard down. I added some meat chunks to the soup this last time around, and it was all eaten and lapped up gleefully.
My next step is to cut the meat off a chicken thigh, chop it into chunks, add cut up heart pieces, and try that out with the boys.
So that was a lot to read. If you're still with me, thanks so much!