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Post by otterwoman on Jan 16, 2011 6:35:36 GMT -5
Before this I always just mixed the pumpkin with their meat. Today I'd opened a new can and thought I'd try to hand feed some, to see if they actually liked it. Well they loved it! My two best eaters were tripping over each other to lick the pumpkin from the spoon. Is that normal that they love their pumpkin?
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Post by shilohismygirl on Jan 16, 2011 7:39:44 GMT -5
Absolutely. mine love it! I make soup with it for them, and freeze it in ice cube trays-they love it like that mixed with other things too. Pumpkin in moderate amounts is really great for them.
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 16, 2011 10:19:39 GMT -5
Some love it, some don't. I have to who will crawl over anything and everything to get to it. Others who are indifferent, and a couple to who'm it is absolute, total poison, unless disguised as something else,  |
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Post by goingpostal on Jan 16, 2011 11:15:48 GMT -5
Is there a reason to use pumpkin specifically? I've always wondered. Like rather than a different squash or something? I haven't found any plain canned pumpkin locally yet.
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Post by otterwoman on Jan 16, 2011 11:47:27 GMT -5
On the raw diet, it helps their digestion by taking the place of the fur they don't get unless you feed whole prey.
right? wow, I've learned a lot in a couple months!
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Post by Jackie on Jan 16, 2011 11:56:13 GMT -5
My girls love the pumpkin, too. Especially Trixie. I make a warm mix with pumpkin and olive oil and she goes crazy for it! |
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Post by sunnyberra on Jan 16, 2011 12:18:02 GMT -5
Hiko and Sian love it, but the Lovebirds only eat it in soup, despite all my tries to get them to eat it plain (not a big deal, really, I'm just lazy, LOL)
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Post by Heather on Jan 16, 2011 20:56:42 GMT -5
Yes, otterwoman, that is exactly right  Well done ciao |
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Post by goingpostal on Jan 16, 2011 21:01:10 GMT -5
I know it helps digestion, but why pumpkin? Like as opposed to butternut squash or something? I was making soup with raw the other day and wondering because I don't have any pumpkin but I do usually have a chopped squash variety because of my iguana and thought about adding some instead.
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Post by bluemoose on Jan 16, 2011 21:05:33 GMT -5
I think squash would be fine too. Pumpkin is just really easy to find because it comes canned.
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Post by justahannah on Jan 16, 2011 21:52:52 GMT -5
I halve and bake acorn squash, it works the same as pumpkin but is easier for me to find.
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Post by Heather on Jan 16, 2011 22:56:19 GMT -5
Actually, if looked at in that manner you can use any veggie, avoiding things like carrots or beets that the sugar content is even higher when cooked (check out the glycemic index if in question that can help you too, to check which veggie can better help your little one). The only thing that is important is to remember that your little carnivores cannot break down the cell walls on their own....so that being said then it must either be cooked or frozen, so that it doesn't become a blockage itself or so that the gut bacteria can at least make use of it (remember, like fur your little fuzz cannot make use of it themselves, nutritionally). I prefer to cook it. Pumpkin is just easier and most keep it on hand to move blockages and hairballs so more convenient and it comes readily accessible in a can ciao |
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 17, 2011 9:55:28 GMT -5
You could certainly use butternut squash if that's easier to find. Some get that in baby food jars. Just make sure there is nothing else in it but the squash.
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Post by goingpostal on Jan 17, 2011 11:33:14 GMT -5
Interesting info, good to know, I'll still keep an eye out to buy some canned pumpkin but nice for future reference that I can cook up some squash instead if need be. Wherever possible I like to use up stuff I have on hand.
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Post by otterwoman on Jan 20, 2011 5:25:56 GMT -5
I thought I might try a can of squash since it seems to be an alternative and just see how they go for it. When I bought it, I noticed that the canned squash is a dollar cheaper than the canned pumpkin.
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