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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 22:58:56 GMT -5
Thanks, I will give them smaller meals because I noticed during those few days they were both eating much more and were much more open to see what was in the bowl They both ate the turkey wings quite rapidly though. We will see tomorrow, its always another day.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 23:03:28 GMT -5
That's great! What was the consistently of the turkey wings? Ground or cut up?
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 23:07:00 GMT -5
I chopped it all up into small chunks, I also crushed the bone and chopped it. I'm making headway, I don't think they like ground much :/
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 23:10:06 GMT -5
That's good! How big were the pieces? Mine don't like ground either It's either bone or soup. No in between.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 23:11:35 GMT -5
uhm, I'd say slightly bigger than fingernail size. I'm sort of just quickly chopping it now instead of precisely.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 23:13:47 GMT -5
As long as they're still eating it, gradually make the pieces bigger let me know how they do with breakfast
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 11:36:55 GMT -5
Okay, so this morning, I took 2 oz of ground pork and put it into the blender with 1 egg as a treat and I know Pandora loves egg and also 20 ml of water. I sprinkled a little bit of freezedried on top, not much 1 piece per bowl and voila! They are licking it up like no tomorrow! I'm pretty sure today is an organ or heart day so I have to go home and grab meals for the next few days....
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 12:38:00 GMT -5
Awesome! Did you put the egg shell in as well? If not, next time ad the shell because it will help firm up their stools.
Deficiencies take a while to build up, so don't worry if you can't get those meals in this week.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 14:12:16 GMT -5
I didn't even think about adding the shell in. As of right now, their stools are a good consistency. My sister and I will be passing by anyways (I think) so I will grab food for the next week or so for them. I know deficiencies take long to form but I want to be consistent so they get used to all their foods Silly fuzzballs.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 14:17:22 GMT -5
Yeah, eggs can make for funky stools, so adding the shell helps to counteract that.
How has their energy been?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 15:13:00 GMT -5
Its fairly good, they sleep a lot together obviously but when they're running, well, they're running. I find that they're really bored of all their toys, I don't know what to do, I spoil them rotten and so I'm trying to find odd object around the house to give them. They just stash them and forget about them.
I also think I'm going to weigh them tonight to see how they've been doing. I'm thinking that Pippa would have lost weight since she ate a lot of sugary treats from her previous owner and was chunky!!! I'm hoping Pandora gained, fingers crossed!
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 10:37:43 GMT -5
Okay, I didn't get a chance to weigh them last night but will do so today. I also didn't get a chance to go to my apartment and pick up their food but I went this morning and brought ALL of my meat with me They ate flawlessly last night... Which means they ate close to 4 oz each yesterday! I guess I should re-vamp their schedule at least for this week. So far it has been: Monday- Mince Pork, Turkey Leg Tuesday-Mince Pork and Egg, Turkey Leg For the next part of the week it will be...Also note that the twice a day organ/heart is 1oz per meal and most non-bone meals will be supplemented with bone meal powder. Wednesday-Stewed Beef and Beef Lung, Stewed Beef and Beef Lung Thursday-Pork Heart and Duck Wing, Pork Heart and Duck Wing Friday-Pork Liver and Turkey Leg, Pork Liver and Turkey Leg Saturday-Beef Heart and Stewed Beef, Beef Heart and Stewed Beef Sunday-Pork Kidney and Mince Pork, Pork Kidney and Mince Pork Next week I will devise a schedule that is more spread out as opposed to having 4 back to back days of organ and heart meals! ***Actually Jackie, after your post I realized that the Pork Kidney on Sunday is not necessary for this week.... hmmm... let me see if I can revamp this to work out well (and less stinky!) Wednesday-Stewed Beef and Beef Lung, Stewed Beef and Beef Lung Thursday-Pork Heart and Duck Wing, Pork Heart and Duck Wing Friday- Duck Feet and Mince Pork Saturday-Pork Liver and Turkey Leg, Pork Liver and Turkey Leg Sunday-Beef Heat and Stewed Beef, Beef Heart and Stewed Beef ^^^^ There at least now they have 2 days, one rest day and then 2 days... not 4 back to back
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 11:24:55 GMT -5
They ate flawlessly last night... Which means they ate close to 4 oz each yesterday! Wonderful! On your menu, looks good, but you will probably have some stinky stools (heart + liver = yuck). The bone will help. Adding some fiber (canned pumpkin) will also help the stools. How are you feeding the turkey leg?
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 11:39:46 GMT -5
Thanks! Eughhh I know the stools will be bleh! I don't have any canned pumpkin simply because everytime I buy some, it goes rotten, I find it is quite a waste. I tried to freeze it and defrost it but I found this really altered the way it looked I wasn't comfortable with feeding it with their food. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can prevent it from going bad? or any specific tricks that you use? As for the Turkey Leg, I am chopping the meat off and then I really tenderize and crush the bone like no tomorrow and cut it up into the meat ****Updates... They've both barely eaten 2 oz of 50/50 beef lung and stewed chunks. They're not large fans, I think I will need to start making these into soups for them. Jackie, I recall you posting that you split them over 4 meals. If they're not really eating that much a day how do I make sure they're getting their 2 oz of liver&organ&heart each a week? I just weighed them. They both have slightly gained, not enough to make a huge difference but I noticed it was different than last time. I weigh them in grams and then convert into lbs online. Pippa is 1,074 grams or 2.37 lbs.... she was 2.34 lbs a week ago Pandora is 774 grams or 1.71 lbs....she was 1.66 lbs a week ago Yay! Pandora definitely gained! Pippa looks slimmer but in a good way because apparently she slightly gained as well.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2012 15:12:59 GMT -5
They ate all of their beef lung and chunks last night actually so they did eat about 4 oz of food each. I think I have just been judging their eating habits based on a couple of hours but I notice by the time the 12 hour mark hits, they have eaten all of it, or a couple of pieces left.
They seem more eager to eat everytime I bring food up. Pandora is the first to look into the bowl now! Although I must say Pippa is always the more eager one to try the food itself.
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