So I did try feeding the kitten a chicken wing. I beat it a few times with a rolling pin (don't have a mallet) to crush the bones since it was their first try and took it in for them.... Both sniffed at it and immediately went for it
I ended up having to cut it up though, instead of feeding it whole.
One of the kittens tried to take off with it....(getting blood and stuff from it on the carpet), and also they had a hard time biting off chunks to chew.
It was neat to watch them chew away at it. They really seemed to like it.
(the next day they gobbled up a plate of cooked chicken meat)
Questions:
1. Is there any harm in chopping it up like I did? (chopped it into smallish pieces that they didn't have to rip apart)
2. If I feed them a plate of raw 2 or 3 times a wk, do I need to supplement? They still have dry and canned foods. (free fed dry, canned 3x day right now...on the day they get raw, it would take away 1 of the canned foods)
3. Anyone in Canada: where do you buy the prepackaged raw foods and are they chopped up?
4. To chop it up, would it be ok just to use my food processor? (it has a meat blade....not a grinder) I mean, I guess I worry about too small of bones getting stuck in their throat.
My issues/limitations in feeding raw:
- I don't want raw meat on my carpet (the kittens are in a carpetted room temporarily, for another few weeks)
- I have very messed up hands and a back injury... physical limitation on preparing the raw (and no, noone else would do it. My husband thinks its gross and is worried bout salmonella, etc. etc. and my kids wouldn't be able to chop the bones) (so if they do drag it off the plate, I have a difficult time cleaning up after them)
- they would only get poultry, and maybe some lean ground beef (ETA: and mice/rats). We don't eat alot of beef....mainly poultry and fish (plus hamburgers, sausage, ham occassionally) BUT... if they seem to like the ground beef, I would be willing to pick up some steak or something (whatevers cheapest in the beef department) during grocery shopping. I would also be willing to try a pork chop (my one daughter likes them, but we don't buy them normally since only 1 out of 4 eats them... but I could buy one for the kitties, if they don't like it, my DD will eat it)
- I don't want them to be finicky eaters like Kizzy is....I'd like them to eat everything available, so if I do end up parting with them, their new owners can feed however they chose.... plus with recalls, its making it hard for those finicky cats when their food is recalled.
- if there comes a point in my life that I can invest the $ in a meat grinder, and have better use of my hands, I would highly consider switching them to raw with dry food for when we go away, etc.
Thanks for any thoughts/answers/comments.
One of the kittens tried to take off with it....(getting blood and stuff from it on the carpet), and also they had a hard time biting off chunks to chew.
It was neat to watch them chew away at it. They really seemed to like it.
(the next day they gobbled up a plate of cooked chicken meat)
Questions:
1. Is there any harm in chopping it up like I did? (chopped it into smallish pieces that they didn't have to rip apart)
2. If I feed them a plate of raw 2 or 3 times a wk, do I need to supplement? They still have dry and canned foods. (free fed dry, canned 3x day right now...on the day they get raw, it would take away 1 of the canned foods)
3. Anyone in Canada: where do you buy the prepackaged raw foods and are they chopped up?
4. To chop it up, would it be ok just to use my food processor? (it has a meat blade....not a grinder) I mean, I guess I worry about too small of bones getting stuck in their throat.
My issues/limitations in feeding raw:
- I don't want raw meat on my carpet (the kittens are in a carpetted room temporarily, for another few weeks)
- I have very messed up hands and a back injury... physical limitation on preparing the raw (and no, noone else would do it. My husband thinks its gross and is worried bout salmonella, etc. etc. and my kids wouldn't be able to chop the bones) (so if they do drag it off the plate, I have a difficult time cleaning up after them)
- they would only get poultry, and maybe some lean ground beef (ETA: and mice/rats). We don't eat alot of beef....mainly poultry and fish (plus hamburgers, sausage, ham occassionally) BUT... if they seem to like the ground beef, I would be willing to pick up some steak or something (whatevers cheapest in the beef department) during grocery shopping. I would also be willing to try a pork chop (my one daughter likes them, but we don't buy them normally since only 1 out of 4 eats them... but I could buy one for the kitties, if they don't like it, my DD will eat it)
- I don't want them to be finicky eaters like Kizzy is....I'd like them to eat everything available, so if I do end up parting with them, their new owners can feed however they chose.... plus with recalls, its making it hard for those finicky cats when their food is recalled.
- if there comes a point in my life that I can invest the $ in a meat grinder, and have better use of my hands, I would highly consider switching them to raw with dry food for when we go away, etc.
Thanks for any thoughts/answers/comments.