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Old June 14th, 2010, 06:55 PM
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Could it be that the raw simply doesn't have as much 'smell' as the kibble? An explosion of flavour or aroma?

I'd try cutting the raw up into smaller sections, and drizzling it with some home-made gravy. Or quickly braising the raw in a pan, then giving it when it's cooled down. That's how Bodhi got to like liver and kidneys. We'd gradually braise it less and less, until we served it raw. Initially she wanted food at room temperature, and would let cold food warm up first. Perhaps that's something you can try. At the time, we put the raw meat into a bag, and dunk it in warm water to let the meat warm up more quickly. Then we gradually let it warm up less and less. We still use that to thaw frozen meats so that the flavour/aroma gets freed up (it doesn't smell as strongly when it's cold or frozen).

I'd definitely move away from the Iams, and onto a more biologically appropriate kibble, without grains and fillers. We tried Orijen, but Bodhi wasn't too keen on that. She was better with Inova and with Now (we're occasionally feeding her kibble so that she doesn't lose the taste for it since we cannot give her raw when she's in a kennel for whatever reason, or when we are camping on smaller islands where raw is just unaffordable, and we can't freeze/refrigerate our own meat). We soak the kibble a bit first, so that it doesn't act like a sponge inside her tummy, and we put salmon oil or coconut oil on it to give Bo some more incentive to eat it while giving her the extra oils she needs if she's eating kibble.

Just some thoughts?
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