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« on: Tuesday 29 May, 2007 »

Okay, lets get some discussion going on how exactly you feed the animals who share your home. Hopefully we can get some tips from each other and help out anyone who is new to the idea of animals eating raw.

A beautiful cat named Ruhsa shares my home. She moved in about a month ago (after my dear old Sana had to be put to sleep) and I started her eating raw striaght away. She is approximately 1 year old and spent the first 9 or so months of her life as a stray then wound up at a shelter, pregnant, before I bought her home. Basically, her diet consists of a piece of fish for breakfast at about 7am (just before I go for my run, or when I get back, depending on whether I'm having a good morning or not, lol!  laugh) She then eats again somewhere between 8 and 9am, when she gets a chicken neck. Then between 3 and 10pm she gets another 4 or so chicken necks, spread out, depending on how hungry she is.
I would normally say that it is best to feed animals one big meal once a day but the first time I tried that with her she almost immediately threw up a big pile of undigested fish and chicken detox, which was pretty gross, so I'm sticking with the spread-out feeding for now! 
Every couple of weeks it is also important that she has a meal of liver (at the moment I have lambs liver).
Ruhsa is absolutely FULL of energy (it has been13 years since I had a kitten - I forgot how energetic and playful they are!!) and she is growing rapidly. Her hair is medium-long (read: she's a fluff ball!) and is clean, soft and shiny. At the shelter she was shy, nervous and too scared to come out from the tight corner she was hidnig in but now she is incredibly friendly and outgoing. I gave her no transition from dry biscuits and tinned meat to raw, it was just striaght up one to the other - let me tell you, she was pretty excited the first time she got a chicken neck! Overall, I couldn't be happier with how she is going and I wuold never consider feeding her anything else.
In terms of price, it is not expensive at all to feed Ruhsa - I pay about $4.50 a week for all the chicken necks she eats and then $3 - $6 for the fish. It largely depends on the type of fish I buy as to what is costs - to buy basa fillets it is very cheap but a couple of weeks ago I bought her a whole rainbow trout with scales, head, bones etc (it had been gutted though). This was a lot more expensive but I think it is important that she have a little of this every week to get everything she needs.

So there you go! How do you feed your animal companions?
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 29 May, 2007 »

I feed my one a specially prepared BARF diet that you can get from animal supplies shops, it's called BARF and they do it for dogs and cats. Or I feed her a mixture of meat and organs from the meat section of the grocery store. I like BARF though because it is properly formulated. Chicken wing once a week which she grinds right down and licks clean. She is fed twice a day, once when I get up and once when I get home, and she gets a sizeable portion though she never ever knocks back food. she loves anything meaty and chases my boyfriend when he is over but i won't allow her to have cooked meat.
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 29 May, 2007 »

Hey Princess, does the BARF food come with an ingredients list? I'd love to know what's in it!  smiley
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 29 May, 2007 »

yep they sure do and here is some more info:
http://www.petdeli.com.au/cms/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabID=3445&ItemID=3649
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 30 May, 2007 »

I have two cats and a dog. None of them have ever liked kibble, and I struggled for awhile to get them to eat it but gave up.

Gucci (cat, 3yrs) I rescued her from being put down at the vet. She was 3mths old and it was New Years Eve, so they were going to put her down that night. Gucci is the boss of the animals in our house. I have seen her take on our 'neighbours' dog (2yr old husky x) who wandered up here and she had him leave yelping. She eats the most. She was very skinny until about 3 months ago and then suddenly got huge! I have now worked out that she has found the dumping pit (dead animals) behind the farm piggery. I am very grossed out, but she seems to love it!

Flower (cat, 18mths) is very slack. She is half feral (Gucci's daughter) but has the hunting skills of a chicken! Flower loves fish, but Gucci won't go near it.

I feed both of them raw chicken necks, eggs, kangaroo mince (sourced from the culling that is done in the area) and anything else I have around. I also buy organ meat once a week.

Jake (dog, 2yrs) has recently gone raw. I fed him home made food up until then. Cooked meat, rice and vege. Now he gets raw meat (same as the cats) and some of the pulp from my juicer, and he seems to be handling it really well. I also grate hard vegies and mix them through sometimes. He has always eaten fruit with us. My daughter shares with him whatever she is having at the time. Madarins, grapes, apple cores, etc. He loves mangoes and watermelon!
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 30 May, 2007 »

Thanks for that Princess, will check out the site later.

Gucci and Flower sound gorgeous (and I know Jake is, from the photo you posted the other day! smiley) That's great that Jake likes fruit - it seems that some animals like it and others dont and it's that simple! All of them sound like they have awesome diets... I would like to give a word of warning regarding kangaroo mince, however. It is quite likely that kangaroos carry a range of parasites that they can live with happily but which can be very detrimental to domestic animals health. Sana, my beloved cat who just had to be put to sleep, was believed to be suffering toxoplasmosis. This was not confirmed but she was tested for a number of other possible things and all came back negative, meaning it was highly likely she had toxo, and the most likely place she contracted this was the roo mince she was eating. I don't want to scare you Dragonfly, or anyone else, and I DEFINATELY don't want to criticise what you're feeding the animals who share your home... I just don't want anyone else to suffer the heartbreak I endured with Sana's illness and death.

Thanks for sharing!  ohyeah
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 30 May, 2007 »

Thanks for that information about the kangaroo meat Freedom, I appreciate it and I will look into it. I am always open to advice. I think it's important to be informed too.  laugh
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