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Kitty wants spoon feed BARF diet!
Hello,
I recently started feeding my kitty a barf diet. I was transitioning her with a cooked chicken/raw egg yoke baby food. When preparing the cooked chicken I noticed my kitty was really interested in the raw meat. So I let her try some. She LOVED it. Therefore, I decided to speed up the transitioning process a bit. Giving her half the cooked chicken/raw egg yoke baby food and half just raw meat with instinct plus. The kitty is still "interested" in the food. She'll lick it for a while. But then she wants mama (that's me) to finger feed her. Why is that? Does she not like the texture? What should I do. I can't finger feed her the rest of our lives?? Let me know. c Edit/Delete Message |
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Today Kitty Licked Bowl Clean -- No finger feeding!
All I did was section the food out into little pieces rather than one big clump. I also left the room.
When I re-entered my girl had licked her bowl clean! Good girl! Only thing is, she keeps meowing a bit. I think she misses her carbs. Is that normal? Should I give in? Perhaps that's not it at all. Maybe she is still hungry? I feed her 1/2 cup of the meat mixture a day. 1/4 cup in the morning. 1/4 cup in the evening. Is that enough? She is a little overweight. I swear I think I need to join a barf diet support group! LOL! |
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Cats don't need carbs, they get their energy from meat fat and protein, so she is probably asking for more, she loved it so much, lol. If she is hungry she will eat on her own.
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Is 1/2 cup a day enough?
My kitty is a little overweight. I've read to feed her the size of a mouse two times a day.
Snowball is gorgeous. I see he is on a leash. I'm looking for a good harness and leash myself. Any recommendations? Last one I had broke and the kitty got free. Have you ever heard of a walking cat jacket. |
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I've heard great things about this one, although have never used it myself: http://metpet.com/shopsite_sc/store/...ingjacket.html
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I have never heard of a walking jacket, that would be a great idea. I don't measure out how much each cat eats, except for Sweet Pea who is a little pudgy. She gets about 1/3 cup three times a day. She is a fairly active kitty. Puddles and Jasper will eat tiny amounts throughout the day and night and they eat from the same bowl so I haven't measured how much each eats.
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Cat maid to: Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 13 yrs) Jasper RIP (2001-2018) Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014) Puddles RIP (1996-2014) Snowball RIP (1991-2005) In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.-English Proverb “While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.” Stephen R. Covey |
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1/2 and 1/2 mixture for a few more days... then she goes all raw.
[QUOTE=sugarcatmom;777238]That's awesome that you're feeding your cat fresh food. Are you eventually planning to move towards all raw? I'm a little concerned that the 50% cooked chicken portion isn't balanced.
Absolutely. I was told the the cooked chicken/raw egg yoke baby food was a good transition from dry food to raw. I was planning on just giving her that for a week or so then transiting to all raw (with instinct plus). But my little stinker seemed really interested in the raw chicken as I was making the baby food. When I let her try the raw she loved it so I just sped up the transition process. She'll get the 1/2 and 1/2 mixture for a few more days... then she goes all raw. It's already made in the the freezer. |
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[QUOTE=Christina Thoma;777567][QUOTE=sugarcatmom;777238]That's awesome that you're feeding your cat fresh food. Are you eventually planning to move towards all raw? I'm a little concerned that the 50% cooked chicken portion isn't balanced.
Absolutely. I was told the the cooked chicken/raw egg yoke baby food was a good transition from dry food to raw. I was planning on just giving her that for a week or so then transiting to all raw (with instinct plus). But my little stinker seemed really interested in the raw chicken as I was making the baby food. When I let her try the raw she loved it so I just sped up the transition process. She'll get the 1/2 and 1/2 mixture for a few more days... then she goes all raw. It's already made in the the freezer. |
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