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Post by Sherry on Dec 8, 2011 19:57:28 GMT -5
Oh, that makes a difference ;D I'd still like the tentative menu, though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2011 13:38:39 GMT -5
Okay I can do that. I've noticed something recently though, they never eat the raw food until they get full even when given as much as they can eat. They eat some and hold off the rest until i give them kibble at night so they don't get insulinoma.
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Post by Sherry on Dec 11, 2011 14:26:06 GMT -5
Oh the little beggars!!! Since they are now eating the raw fine, try leaving the kibble out one night. See how much they'll eat by morning.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2011 21:39:41 GMT -5
Okay, what are some signs I should look for just in case?
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Post by Sherry on Dec 12, 2011 21:45:14 GMT -5
Hind end weakness, drooling, spacing out, etc. To be perfectly honest, the odds of it happening are pretty remote, but definitely possible. If you are more comfortable, try just putting about half their normal amount of kibble instead
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2011 10:10:30 GMT -5
Your idea worked. They are getting full from eating the raw food, but i still but a tiny bit of kibble in the cage overnight just in case. Its not to much though.
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Post by Sherry on Dec 16, 2011 10:44:54 GMT -5
I think you can safely take the kibble out entirely!!! That's fantastic Ok, let's get a balanced menu set up now That way we can "tweak" whatever they may need.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2011 18:00:13 GMT -5
Okay, I wont put it in tonight then. And okay, should we start that once i get back from vacation then? Or does it not really matter?
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Post by Sherry on Dec 17, 2011 1:03:58 GMT -5
Depends on when you are leaving!!! If you've got a couple of days, we'll get it done now. Otherwise, it can hold til you are back
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2011 15:32:01 GMT -5
I guess it would be best to wait until I get back. I'll keep doing what i was doing before, and when I get back we can set up a feeding schedule.
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Post by Sherry on Dec 21, 2011 21:41:00 GMT -5
Sounds good- have fun!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2012 10:18:40 GMT -5
I'm back from my vacation. So we can get started on their meal plan
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Post by Sherry on Jan 8, 2012 12:16:45 GMT -5
Fantastic! Hope you had a great time Okay, general meal plan should be: 4 days bone in, 2 days muscle meats, 1 meal liver/organs, other meal is "free", or whatever you like to make it. I generally use whatever I have most of for this one. One of the muscle meat meals needs to be heart.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2012 13:25:31 GMT -5
I was going to use the ready made medallions from natures variety. How would I plan i mean in regards to that?
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Post by Sherry on Jan 8, 2012 15:01:09 GMT -5
Sorry If you are doing all commercial raw, just a minimum of 3 proteins. If you like, you can always smash up things like chicken necks for the dental aspect and feed those twice a week. Again, as we'd talked about before, use your two cheapest(if you can get them eating beef), pick up a couple of others and give them a meal or two a week from the more expensive ones. Example menu would be: Monday- NV chicken Tuesday- NV beef Wed.- Nv rabbit Thurs- NV chicken Friday- NV beef Sat. -NV lamb Sund- NV beef That way, you save some money with feeding mainly less expensive, and still get some variety in there. You can substitute the venision and bison on alternate weeks if you want to go there. And if you do want to do something like chicken or turkey necks for their teeth, you could give them on the days when they get the more exotic meats, reducing those down to one meal a week of each.
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