Winter's Cinder
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We go our new edition a little over 4 weeks ago... she was just under the 7 week mark when she joined us... we did kibble at first until she got used to our home and thats what the breeder fed her... after much research we decided we would give the raw diet a go... from everything we read this seemed to be the best thing for her as far as her overall health..I have never done a raw diet, everything is new to me on this front...
so 2 weeks ago I started chopping up chickens... I tried a leg at first just to see her try to eat it... I didnt think she would be able to chomp it up herself but I wanted to assess her overall gusto... she really wanted it but she just wasn't able to figure it out... so i got out my trusty cleaver and after getting it down to size... I thought I was gonna have a mess for sure and it would be coming back up as fast as she huffed it down... but nope!!! The first week I really watched her eating habits and her bathroom antics... everything seemed ok so last week I upped her amount to 3 lbs (i started with 2 lbs a day/feeding her that total over 3 meals) I thought for sure she was never gonna eat all 3 lbs but she hasn't showed signs of not wanting more... lol... she gobbles each pound meal down like there isn't gonna be another. ..but she has slowed down just a smidge. ...
Today marks the start of the 3rd week and since she doesn't show any sign of problems with chicken... ive started incorporating some pork to start a transition to another protein... ive mixed up the next 5 days worth of her meals being 2lbs chicken/1lb pork steak the first 2 days and 2lbs pork steak/1lb chicken the 3 days after that... if all goes well I'll transition to all pork next week... does this sound like a good plan? If so... what are some good pork bones to cleaver up for her? Or should I stick with mostly pork meat and fill in the bone part of the diet with chicken backs and necks?
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so 2 weeks ago I started chopping up chickens... I tried a leg at first just to see her try to eat it... I didnt think she would be able to chomp it up herself but I wanted to assess her overall gusto... she really wanted it but she just wasn't able to figure it out... so i got out my trusty cleaver and after getting it down to size... I thought I was gonna have a mess for sure and it would be coming back up as fast as she huffed it down... but nope!!! The first week I really watched her eating habits and her bathroom antics... everything seemed ok so last week I upped her amount to 3 lbs (i started with 2 lbs a day/feeding her that total over 3 meals) I thought for sure she was never gonna eat all 3 lbs but she hasn't showed signs of not wanting more... lol... she gobbles each pound meal down like there isn't gonna be another. ..but she has slowed down just a smidge. ...
Today marks the start of the 3rd week and since she doesn't show any sign of problems with chicken... ive started incorporating some pork to start a transition to another protein... ive mixed up the next 5 days worth of her meals being 2lbs chicken/1lb pork steak the first 2 days and 2lbs pork steak/1lb chicken the 3 days after that... if all goes well I'll transition to all pork next week... does this sound like a good plan? If so... what are some good pork bones to cleaver up for her? Or should I stick with mostly pork meat and fill in the bone part of the diet with chicken backs and necks?
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