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Post by brkieffner on Apr 26, 2012 12:21:07 GMT -5
Hello all!
It has been a LONG LONG time since I've been here. I went MIA due to some very stressful dealings and now that it is all FINALLY over, I'm back. I still have my little Cassiel. She is doing quite well and has been eating raw her entire life. I have two cats as well which I've mentioned before though Tux may not have been around.
Anyway on to the question. I'm looking to get my cats onto a whole prey diet. Cassiel currently and forever will stay at my parents. They chose not to feed her whole prey but I sneak a pinky in there every so often. So the question...my cats readily took to raw and I'm actually switching them to raw this week (they've only had raw meals rarely) and I wanted to know about whole prey. There isn't a lot of information out there about whole prey, just raw whole prey and the like.
I want to know the best way to start them on this. I thought maybe trying my hand at feeding them a pinky to start and work my way up?
Also, they don't really explain HOW MUCH to feed. Is one mouse a day sufficient? One quail? Two? Split up? I know it's a lot to ask but I really just need a clear cut answer on how to switch my cats to whole prey and how to do it. Also, how much to feed them since I don't want overweight or underweight cats.
Thanks for the help!
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Post by Sherry on Apr 26, 2012 13:46:52 GMT -5
When I was checking out raw for my cats, I was told approx. 5% of their ideal body weight was what I should feed. I'd imagine it would be the same with whole prey.
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Post by Heather on Apr 26, 2012 14:08:50 GMT -5
I believe that's correct. The one thing to remember is that cats, should be fed more than once per day. I found switching to prey was a more difficult endeavour than raw but then I just couldn't seem to find the correct motivator for the cats. I do have two who will eat prey, but the one wouldn't even dream of touching it...I've seen him sniff a mouse and walk away shaking his paws. Like the ultimate in YUCK I stopped feeding Merlyn prey when he would chow down on the mouse, only to cough it back up about 10 or 15 minutes later....gross ciao
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