Kibble into raw

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Hi wise ferrents! I have a transitioning question. Knowing my four fuzziness are finicky eaters and need tons of patience and encouragement I started my own soupie plan. Now I'm wondering if I was brilliantly dumb about this. First I have everything needed for switching to raw. I am also; keeping journal, weighing, watching poop, and recording amounts eaten. 
Backgorund- started with pulverized wysong epigen 90 and water 8 days ago. By day two all were at least tasting and by day 3 they were meeting me at the gate waitng for their soup. Consummation has resulted in soft Mushie poop but no other adverse reaction.

Day 4 - 2 oz of kibble mash plus I started adding freeze dried rabbit. About 1/4 oz of freeze dried to 2 oz of kibble. Almost all consumed.

Day 5 - 2oz of kibble I added rabbit and chicken. 1/4 oz each, all consumed.

Day 6- 2 oz of kibble I added 1/2 oz rabbit and chicken, and liver. Sliver of liver... They thought that addition rather dumb on my part. Won't try that again for a few days. More than half consumed.

Day 7 - 2 oz total weight of rabbit, chicken, lamb, and pulverized egg powder with 1 oz of kibble. Mostly all consumed. 

Day 8 - same as day 7 but I also added three pellets of raw rabbit. Consumed half but not with the usual enthusiasm.

here comes my question. During all this I have been keeping dried kibble in cage, because I don't think they are, as yet, eating a sustainable amount. I have been withholding kibble for a few hour before and after eating kibble raw. 

At this point should I take kibble out of the cage or continue the slow transition with kibble (they are eating  3-4 oz of dried kibble daily) until they are eating raw, half raw or what? I don't want to cause a bacterial bloom that sets me back a week. 
 
What say yee O'wise ones' ... Oh and I am apply for the mentoring program.

thanks ahead of time.  

[racheld]

It sounds like taking out the kibble would be fine, since they recognize the soup and FDR mix as food. You're doing great!

[Sherry]

I would remove the kibble from the cage and transition the kibble out of the soup over the next 3-4 days as well.

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Last night I snuck 3 pieces of raw rabbit pellets into their soup! They ate all of the soup! This morning rabbit again and introduced the smell of lamb on my hands, dipped a dried piece of the lamb into their water, swished a bit and offered smells and licks (1 licked, 3 smelled with interest , no takers )

I have noticed several of the freeze dried products I am using already have taurine in the ingredients list, should I add more? Or is the supplement for the totally raw faze?

[racheld]

You shouldn't need to supplement taurine when they're completely switched to raw unless you're unable to fun any kind of heart.
If your soup has heart in it and the fdr you're feeding has taurine, you shouldn't need to supplement right now either. But if the only taurine they're getting is from the fdr right now you may want to supplement.