Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2011 10:12:18 GMT -5
As many of you know, Paulie is trying to lose his excess weight gained by the year he was on pred and his body's happy reception of raw meats.
For the past 6 months his diet has consistently been one NV raw medallion in the morning and one at night. He has lost weight on this, increased activity, and been pretty happy. At the occasional 3 medallion a day before pred, he was definitely getting chunky.
Well, Paulie has since discovered Ziwipeak Venison is delicious, and now gets one small serving ( a little over a dinnerware sized table spoon, or covering the bottom of the Ziwipeak scoop--kinda .5-1 NV medallion sized) in his cage a day to eat at his leisure. He most certainly eats in the day, and occasionally needs a snack refill (he now eats it even when he's not locked in the cage and wants a snack).
I am wondering on suggestions to reportioning his diet so he doesn't gain weight again. Since he can only eat the red meats and rabbit varieties of NV, I can't switch him to a lower fat variety to compensate. I know eating healthy snacks is good for him, but I also don't want his belly to drag the ground. And, I think he has gained some weight since starting this snack.
On the upside, his litter box is still pretty awesome.
For the past 6 months his diet has consistently been one NV raw medallion in the morning and one at night. He has lost weight on this, increased activity, and been pretty happy. At the occasional 3 medallion a day before pred, he was definitely getting chunky.
Well, Paulie has since discovered Ziwipeak Venison is delicious, and now gets one small serving ( a little over a dinnerware sized table spoon, or covering the bottom of the Ziwipeak scoop--kinda .5-1 NV medallion sized) in his cage a day to eat at his leisure. He most certainly eats in the day, and occasionally needs a snack refill (he now eats it even when he's not locked in the cage and wants a snack).
I am wondering on suggestions to reportioning his diet so he doesn't gain weight again. Since he can only eat the red meats and rabbit varieties of NV, I can't switch him to a lower fat variety to compensate. I know eating healthy snacks is good for him, but I also don't want his belly to drag the ground. And, I think he has gained some weight since starting this snack.
On the upside, his litter box is still pretty awesome.
