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Post by Sherry on Mar 14, 2011 21:18:20 GMT -5
And they are eating all of the above really well? Bone, organ, etc? The only real change I'd make is adding in more chicken hearts for the taurine. Or if you can't find the heart meat, using a taurine supplement. Can you get beef heart? You could use that for one of the meals(if they'll eat it!) on beef day. Proteins are good, bone in is good. Also, do you know how to substitute? Ie: bone meals(like quail, rabbit, commercial raw, whole prey) for bone in meals, things like lamb, etc for muscle meals? Also, just so you are aware, heart is a muscle meat, not an organ. You can also put in things like kidney, lung, etc along with the liver. Just add to it, and decrease whatever else you are adding to the liver. Sorry- dumb question, but I've got to ask
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Post by whiteboy on Mar 14, 2011 21:27:10 GMT -5
havent thught of heart im going to look for it tomorrow and more things wih bone. its hard to find things at walmart wish this town im stuck in had a butcher it would be so much easyer to find the things i want for the ferts. but yea i hadent realy thought of taurine and i thought more bone would be good for the teeth if anything else. 1 problem im having is portion sizes i dont have a scale yet and just eyeing the food. i give it to them and they wolf it down then i add a little more to last till the next meal.
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Post by Sherry on Mar 14, 2011 21:30:40 GMT -5
That's not a bad way to do it! Walmart may have taurine supplement in their pharmacy- ask them! If not- do you have a health food store around there? If so, go in and ask about it. I looked around mine for about 30 minutes before giving up and asking ;D She took me right to it How comfortable are you with feeding raw now? And what I was referring to with the bone is knowledge on substitution of one bone for another As in, you realize whole prey would be fed in place of, say, chicken wing? Or lamb would be put in place of beef chunks?
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Post by whiteboy on Mar 14, 2011 21:56:26 GMT -5
with raw im getting more comfterable feeding it to them the problem now is finding the foods and getting the portions right. but yes i will look for the taurine sub tomorrow im sure gnc or even walmart will have some. but im going to look for a hunting processer around here and see what they do with the scraps. since there no butcher which sucks not just for the ferts but for us lol i like good meats to. thx for the help
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Post by Sherry on Mar 14, 2011 21:59:31 GMT -5
Ok, I'm going to talk to Heather about getting you and your fuzzums graduated She's the boss here ;D
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Post by Heather on Mar 14, 2011 22:15:49 GMT -5
Congratulations . You and your little furbabies have graduated in record time. Your menu shows you understand the necessary components to allow your little ones to continue to grow strong and healthy. Great job. Please understand that your mentor will continue to be around to answer any questions you may have. You may pm her at any time or you can post your questions to the list. Congratulations. Give your little meat eaters....a great big hug ciao
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Post by Sherry on Mar 14, 2011 22:19:40 GMT -5
I thought you'd be graduated in no time You've shown you DO understand what you are doing with these babies, and congratulations!!!! I do hope to see you around here. We really do need people who know what they are talking about with diet, etc. And you do
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Post by whiteboy on Mar 14, 2011 22:28:40 GMT -5
thank you guys so much and thxs for the help and step by step walk through. hard part was training me not the ferts to eat the food (they eat whatever is in front of them) but heres a pic of them with 1 raw chicken wing. i have learned that 2 need to be in the cage since they both are greedy and axel is vary vocal about haveing to share with the bigger pandora
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