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Would you ever add more water to all this? Going off of Pierson's recipe, doesn't really apply here, but I'm wondering if I should go ahead an add bone broth or water if it works.

@Ritz  The chicken and turkey that are supplemented are from a pet deli shop that does premade ground raw. They grind it in the deli right there every weekend and add their own supplement mix which consists of (Wild Artic Salmon Oil, Organic Safflower Oil, Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Alfalfa...

So we've been going on 2.5 weeks with nothing but 100% commercial raw. It's been going great. It's pre-made and says complete and balance meal for the ones with the supplements. I have 4 questions but I'm a novelist so here's my story/questions lol.... I bought a bigger 5lb tub and I guess...

@roguethecat  I'm trying to find day old chicks and looking around. I'm not even sure how to approach that haha. Do I just give them the whole chick or do I have to do anything/remove anything? I'm not sure if they would even go for it ...  @Maureen Bradley  Crazy! Remy is not a common name. I...

When all the commercial raw food started showing up at my local pet store and I started doing research, I had my "AH-HAH! I can afford this!" moment. Lol.  In 2005, made the switch from regular store kibble to high quality kibble because I did research after the MAJOR pet recall. I found out...

I just switched to commercial raw because I wanted to switch to raw asap and it was the easiest, but not the most cost efficient. It works for us and we may switch to prey model once I learn more about it. It's a learning curve, but do-able! I'm the laziest person ever, lol.  But there are...

I think the saying is they survive, but don't thrive on it. I grew up in an Asian family who didn't believe in spending money on vet bills or good food for the pets. While I lived under my parents roof dependent on their income, all of my cats did survive on Meow Mix.  I came across some news...

Lucky! I've been trying to find some chewy meats for my cats that they'll actually enjoy. I tried chicken feet but no go. I'm going to try gizzards and hearts next... I WISH my cats would chew on them. They're on commercial raw so they're getting the good stuff, but it's all ground. Nothing for...

YAY! I did the same thing! But I only added in half a can of warm water. Considering I changed from kibble to wet because one of them had a UTI, I was EXTREMELY happy, lol. Now, they are on 100% raw so no canned food anymore but it was sure fun adding in water AND having them consume it all. I...

Cats are picky and and they like to be difficult. Some times my cats will chow down like crazy, sometimes they're meh about the food and pick at it. No matter the flavor. I find that sometimes switching out all the time makes them less enthused because if they chowed down before and I change the...

Oh! I will have to do that then.. well.. maybe if I can't trick them into eating chunks of meat LOL. I admit, I'm pretty lazy haha. I tried checking their state of teeth to see how bad they may be, but they weren't cooperating at that time.

Any advice on how to trick them into liking chicken feet? I just rolled it in wet food and left it there. They ate around it. I'm not sure I can chop it up but I can sure try. I just gave them the whole thing rather than chunks.

@Maureen Bradley, when you say Remy, I get so confused because that is my son's name :) Well, they don't like the anchovy fish for omega-3's and they don't like chicken feet for chewing. Will try hearts and gizzards next. Hearts would be chewy muscle meat that can count towards aiding the...

I did the prescription wet food for a couple of days. I would personally choose wet over dry though. While I researched what to do next as far as diet goes, I came across so many statements of "any wet food is better than all dry food". Adding water in the wet food helps too - just getting more...

Oh, and another question. I really do appreciate all the help :) Eggs. When people say raw eggs, naturally I think of the eggs my family and I eat. That's fine, right? Doesn't have to be organic or something else like quail eggs? I was going to try to give them some anchovies, but they don't...

Well that's good to know! Thank you :) I feel quite lucky that I have a local resource that provides quite a selection and all at an affordable price! At least I can take advantage of the selection now that I know it's not "bad" to have large animal meats once in a while.  I guess the last...

Thanks for clearing that up! I assumed it was like true freeze-dried where you just have to re-constitute. I didn't read much of the package information. Again, thanks! I would've felt like that was a step back had I purchased some.  Thanks! My mom was awful with food safety. Seems I may have...

That is odd that your vet said that about raw food, but I'm not surprised. I was trying to tell my vets that we feed them good quality dry foods (Canidae, NVI LID, etc.) because no by products, no grains, blah blah blah. Vet tech said she'll ONLY feed Science Diet, Purina, or Royal Canin because...

Ah. Finally did some reading at http://fnae.org/raw.html on thawing, serving and warming raw food so NOW I feel like I'm doing good with this whole raw diet deal, lol.  Now I'm trying to read up on all this DMB, carbs, proteins, and calories deal.    I understand how to get DMB.. I think. For...

Do you feed it straight from the fridge so it's a little cold then? I always pull it out because I need it to be warmer before feeding. I think that's where I'm going wrong. I don't know how to get it warm without pulling it out 30 min before feeding time. I'm hoping the local made raw ones...