Weights: Merlin 2.83 lbs. Hermes 2.85 lbs.
Ok, Here's what they eat during the week. Please keep in mind that Merlin is eating only raw grinds, he's had a few setbacks, and he is not progressing at the same rate as Hermes. Thank you.
Hermes eats bone. This is his dinner menu for a week beginning on Sunday:
Sunday:
AM: Chicken wing tips (bone) and chicken meat (approximately 3-4 ounces)
PM: Chicken wing tips (bone) and chicken meat " "
Monday:
AM: Chicken wing tips (approximately 3-4 ounces) (w/egg shell)
PM: Pork meat (approximately 3 ounces) (w/egg shell)
Tuesday:
AM: Chicken wing tips (bone) and pork meat (approximately 4 oz)
PM: Lamb and pork meat (w/egg shell)(approximately 3-4 oz)
Wednesday:
AM: Organ grinds (ground beef heart, chicken livers, beef kidney) w/chicken meat (w/egg shell) (approximately 3 oz)
PM: Chicken wing tips and chicken meat (approximately 3-4 oz)
Thursday:
AM: Pork meat (w/egg shell)(approximately 2-3 ounces)
PM: Chicken wing tips (approximately 2-3 oz)
Friday:
AM: Chicken wing tips w/chicken meat (3-4 oz)
PM: Chicken wing tips (3-4 oz)
Saturday:
AM: Cube goat milk and quail egg scrambled raw
PM: Beef slices and chicken wing tips (approximately 3-4 oz)
Also: As of this morning (7/15/13) I have begun adding Call of the Wild (Wysong) to their meals
MERLIN: He will have the same meal as Hermes, but it will be ground/sliced very thin. He WILL eat meat slices, but only when he wants to. He is very "sensitive", a delicate soul that takes everything very slowly, and that includes his eating. He initially was just behind Hermes, and was even eating chicken wing tips. Then he became a little ill, and quit altogether. Per my mentor, I have been giving him .50 Kefir to help with diarrhea, and it's done very well. So, I started him back on raw mush soup which they both love. He quickly took it up again, and is now eating slivers/small chunks of meat.
He will go to Hermes dish and smell and lick the chicken wing tips, but won't eat. I'll pick him up and put one into his mouth, rub on his gums, he will lick, but he spits it out. It is unusual, because Hermes is larger and more muscular, yet when they rassle, Merlin is the aggressor and Hermes becomes submissive. Was hoping he'd follow in Hermes' pawsteps, but so far, no.
I prepare chicken mush soup (heart, liver, chicken) and pour into ice cube trays, freeze, then use 2 per meal. I will add to it whatever meat Hermes has for the meal, i.e., chicken meat, lamb, pork, beef.
Sunday:
AM: Ground chicken meat and egg shells (approx. 2-3 ounces)
PM: Ground chicken meat and egg shells (approx. 2-3 ounces)
Monday:
AM: Mush soup and lamb slices/chunks (w/egg shells) approx. 2-3 ounces
PM: Mush soup and pork slices/chunks (w/egg shells) approx. 3 ounces
Tuesday:
AM: Mush soup and chicken meat slivers (w/egg shell) (approx. 3 oz
PM: Mush soup with NV Duck grinds and pork slivers (approx. 2-3 ounces)
Wednesday:
AM: Organ grinds (Beef heart, chicken liver, Beef Kidney) (w/egg shell) (3 oz)
PM: Mush soup and NV duck grinds chicken slivers (2-3 oz)
Thursday:
AM: Mush soup and pork slivers/chunks (w/egg shell) (3 oz)
PM: Mush soup and NV duck grinds (2-3 oz)
Friday: (7/12/2013)
AM: NV chicken grinds (2 large chunks) ate completely
PM: NV chicken grinds (2 large chunks) ate completely
Saturday:
AM: Cube goat milk and quail egg scrambled raw
PM: Mush soup and slices/chunks beef (w/egg shell) (approx. 3 oz)
Their meals vary constantly, but they always get at least one protein in every meal. They are very fond of chicken and pork. They like lamb and beef, but it MUST be fresh. They don't like to eat it after it's been frozen.
I have learned so much from the forum, and thank everyone for the opportunity to join and learn. I feel that I am doing the best for my boys by feeding them raw. Hermes is a perfectly raw boy. Merlin, as I said is timid and I have confidence I will get him to the bone stage, he's just going to take longer.