Raw Feeding New Pet, Help Please?
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Oct 27th, 2009 |
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Hi!
I’m already a raw feeder but I just got a new kitten and I’ve forgotten how to start them off.
He’s only 8 weeks old; a DSH and is a little small for his age. So far he’s been on a diet of EVO canned and a little EVO dry. I absolutely have enough for the weaning period.
I own Tom Lonsdale’s books but I’m still a bit stuck on what to feed him until he’s big enough to eat a variety of organs, meat and bone.
I was thinking feeding him just frozen then thawed feeder mice OR (please don’t judge me!!!) breeding my own feeder mice and killing them for him to eat.
Any thoughts?
THANKS!
BTW I’m asking this in the dog section because you get more people who are knowledgeable on feeding raw in here generally.
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At 8 weeks old I’d just start him straight off with variety, his digestive system hasn’t gotten used to a food yet. He should be able to handle the bones in cornish game hens.
I know with dogs we often start with chicken for a couple weeks and then slowly add in the variety. I start pups with variety from day one. With cats you run into another interesting problem, they will imprint on certain foods. Its a survival mechanism for them, which you can avoid by feeding variety from the get go. The imprint factor is why people often have a hard time switching older cats over, or heck even feeding them a different brand.
Nothing wrong with raising your food either. I’d do it if I could. Then you know the quality of the feeder animals (or own food) and you can give them a quality life before becoming lunch. I think we owe any animal that is meant for food at least that much.
I have never raw-fed our cats. I wish I had been aware of the health advantages of raw-feeding when I was raising Persians, as well as for our many other pet cats.
But, I found these good tips for weaning kittens with Raw:http://thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com/200…http://thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com/200…
Cats are strict carnivores.This means they some of their nutrients can be obtained only from animal sources.However being a carnivores doesn’t mean that all of the nutrients need to be from animal sources or that a carnivorous animal could survive eating muscle meat only.
Cats need more animal protein and fat then dogs and cannot survive on omnivorious diet. Much of the cats energy supply derived from fats, whereas dogs obtain most of their energy from carbohydrates.
Mates Raw
Suit
Cat; dpog, ferret, turtle,lizard
Ingredients
100g of fresh lean beef mince
1/2teaspoon of fish oil
3g of bone meal
2 teaspoon of chopped fresh liver
1/4 carrot juiced
1/4 cup of broccoli, parsnip, cauliflower pieces
Process the cauliflower, broccoli and parsnip pieces intop a paste with the carrot juice.mix the mince, liver and bonemeal together.Add the vegetables, fish oil to the meat. Mix all ingredients throughly . Serve at room temperature
Note with cats if you feed them too much meat and not enough vegies, there coat will becoming greasy