I Am Feeding Raw Diet (b.a.r.f) I Would Like To Know..?
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Nov 3rd, 2009 |
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I Have a 12 week old female rotti pup. She is 30 pounds. I would like to know how much to feed her. How much % of her body weight. I know for adults is 2-3%, but how much for pups?
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no no no you CAN feed a puppy a raw diet and you DON’T need supplements. The pup can get all the right nutrients from real food, you just have to make sure you do some research and know what ratio of meat, edible bone, organs, etc to feed. As far as amounts, start with 2% of expected adult weight and go from there. If your pup finishes her food super quickly and is looking a little thin, feed more. If she starts looking pudgy, feed less. It’s very individual and affected by activity level too (just like with humans, we don’t all need the same amount of food). Some dogs quickly learn to self regulate on raw food because they’re getting enough nutrients so they don’t feel the need to keep eating and eating.
You’re doing a great thing for your dog feeding her real food! I would just say that along with BARF diet, look into raw meaty bones – chewing on appropriate raw bones is sooo good for a dog’s teeth. Good luck
Many advocates of raw feeding are now suggesting feeding puppies until a year old, a high quality puppy food rather than a raw diet. Something like Innova Evo. Even in the wild the mother dog will regurgitate food for the pups for some time.
I want to warn you that you can’t JUST feed raw diet, you will have to add suppliments if they are going to be healthy. Second, i would do about 1 cup one to two times a day.