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Post by corrij on Sept 23, 2011 14:36:49 GMT -5
Ok that sounds about right to me. ^.^ I'm excited!
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Post by corrij on Sept 26, 2011 20:21:50 GMT -5
Any updates?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2011 21:44:08 GMT -5
Ah right! I thought I posted here I would want to add a couple more bone in meals. Maybe 1-2 more a week. Are their stools dry at all? You want around 8-9 bone in meals weekly.
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Post by cubsfanhaynes on Sept 27, 2011 11:15:23 GMT -5
I'll watch the bone in the quarter tonight and give you a better idea of what they eat. That would male 8 bone-in meals even without the turkey leg, however I have been leaving the turkey leg bone in for several days and smother it in their organ mush so they continue to eat on it even after the turkey is gone.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2011 11:17:21 GMT -5
Also, how is the new baby doing with the raw? Stools, energy level? Are they having issues with any of the food?
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Post by corrij on Sept 27, 2011 11:39:35 GMT -5
I don't think their stools have been dry. They aren't runny, wet but they hold their form.
Would adding egg shells to the meat mush make them count as bone in? And do the shells need to be ground or will crushed work?
The baby is eating well. He's having a little trouble tearing into the meat but I scored it lightly and that was fine, or once the other have ripped into it it cuts up the edges enough he can get his little teeth in it.. He tends to eat when we wake them up to play and then again after we put them back in the cage. It's cute because he'll fall asleep right next to what ever he's been eating on. Then wake up and trundle to snuggle up with the others. I watched Draco take a chicken wing away from him, but Kvothe just turned and ate at the leg that was in there too.
The boys are eating well, Babydoll is too though she never seemed to have the ravenous appetite of the boys. Or maybe I just missed it. All of them have tons of energy, they bounce all over the place and tire each other out.
I haven't noticed any reactions to the food. So far they've had pork, beef, chicken, turkey, cornish hen, venison.
We haven't decreased the amount of food, actually increased it slightly, and there is always some left over when we put the next meal in. Like Saturday morning we gave them a turkey leg and about 1/3 of a pound of ground turkey. When Saturday night rolled around there was still a good amount of the ground and about half the leg left.
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Post by cubsfanhaynes on Sept 27, 2011 20:28:42 GMT -5
Nothing especially runny, it's soft, but like Corri says it holds form. It also depends on the meal of the day. Btw when the turkey leg is eaten free offer I break it with a meat hammer and let them go after the marrow and the bits.
Also, the chicken quarters have thigh and a little spine in them and the only thing left after they had one today was leg and a bit of thigh.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2011 21:02:37 GMT -5
So out of the whole turkey leg, what percentage do you think they eat?
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Post by cubsfanhaynes on Sept 28, 2011 2:37:34 GMT -5
After looking it over tonight I would say 90% possibly more. After they eat the meat I let the leg bone sit until it's dry on the outside. Then I smash it with the meat tenderizer and it breaks into little shards, and strings of marrow (still soft and wet cause bones function awesome like that) then I put the shards and marrow into their bowl. Between the four there are only the ends left.
As for the chicken quarter I put in today, they have eaten a lot of the meat and have obviously eaten at the bit of spine in the thigh. So they are eating bone out of those.
Once they've finished off the quarter I'll do the same with the leg bone, let it dry up a bit; then shatter it and offer them the shards.
When they leave bone chunks of significant size laying around, I like to leave it until I see no new chewing (which is surprisingly easy to tell with bone) then I clean it out.
That's my report on turkey legs and chicken quarters. They also ate two eggs today too.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2011 18:02:52 GMT -5
Well if they're eating most of the turkey bone, then we can count it toward your bone in meals. I think sprinking some eggshell on one of the weekly meats would be a good addition. Just watch for dry stools and constipation. Does the new baby eat every meat fine? Is he fully switched to everyone? If so, then I'll resubmit the menu with notes on the turkey and we will get you graduated
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Post by cubsfanhaynes on Sept 29, 2011 0:04:43 GMT -5
Yeah he is having no problems with meat. I was worried for a bit because he seemed tired and lethargic, but he has been a ball of crazy the last few days; so no worries anymore.
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Post by corrij on Sept 29, 2011 7:19:45 GMT -5
DO the egg shells need to be ground, or will crushing them work?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2011 10:08:34 GMT -5
I would grind them if possible
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2011 9:51:50 GMT -5
So I think adding 1 more bony meal like wings or ribs will be all you need. The quarters are not too bony, so adding a bit more would be ideal.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2011 10:43:31 GMT -5
Do you think you could send me an updated menu with one or two extra bone in meals? That is all you really need to graduate
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