Hi, all!
I've been doing a lot of browsing today and I got to thinking (dangerous territory, I know!) - why not pull together a thread of menus?!
Can everyone who feeds a solely raw food diet post what you feed, how much, and when? Be specific, so new readers can readily see what you're doing. Maybe you could include how much your kitty weighs and/or why you made the specific choices you did? Mimosa, FurryFriends, Koobe, Missymotus, BrookeSphinx, are you out there?
Wouldn't that be a great resource for folks who are new to raw?
Below is my weekly menu (if you've seen mine before - this is the new and improved version!). I have six cats on raw, ranging from Heather, a demure 9 pounds even, to Meghan, my always-on-the-verge-of-being chunky girl, who weighs just under 12 pounds; their combined total weight is right around 63 pounds.
In all cases where a set amount is divided between all six cats, thinner cats will get slightly more than fatter cats.
Breakfast
Twelve ounces of each of the following is divided between all six.
Monday: Whole chicken hearts
Tuesday & Saturday: Beef Round or Stew Meat chunks.
Wednesday & Friday: Whole Duck Hearts.
Thursday & Sunday: Pork Loin Chunks.
Wednesday & Friday: Whole Turkey Hearts.
Lunch
Monday & Saturday: Three pieces of Chicken Wing each, except Heather, who gets two. I use only the wing tips and the middle pieces and I cut the middle pieces in half between the two bones (not across them).
Tuesday & Friday: 1oz of Chicken or Beef Liver and 1oz of Chicken Gizzards for every cat except Heather, who gets only 3/4s of an ounce of the liver. I feed the liver first and when it's gone, feed the gizzards.
Wednesday: Four Chicken Breasts-with-Rib Halves divided between them (I remove about 3/4s of the meat first).
Sunday & Thursday: 1oz of Beef Kidney and 1oz of Chicken Breast for every cat except Heather, who gets only 3/4s of an ounce of the kidney. I feed the kidney first and when it's gone, feed the gizzards.
One cat, Ralph, throws up organ meats when they are fed alone. For him only, I chop the organs and the accompanying meat and mix them thoroughly before I give it to him.
Dinner
Monday: 12oz of Chicken Breast chunks is divided between them.
Thursday & Saturday: All the meat from a skinned Chicken Quarter is divided between them.
Tuesday and Friday: 12oz of Rabbit chunks is divided between them.
Wednesday & Sunday: All the meat from a Turkey Drumstick is divided between them.
Once a week, I dump two or three dozen crickets in the tub and let the cats pick them off as they wish and every weekend, they each get about 3/4 of a wild-caught, packed-in-water sardine. Every now and again I'll drizzle eggs over their food and once in a blue moon I'll bring home something unusual - bison meat or quail, for instance - to just surprise them.
In this menu, no single item is fed more than twice a week.
I've been doing a lot of browsing today and I got to thinking (dangerous territory, I know!) - why not pull together a thread of menus?!
Can everyone who feeds a solely raw food diet post what you feed, how much, and when? Be specific, so new readers can readily see what you're doing. Maybe you could include how much your kitty weighs and/or why you made the specific choices you did? Mimosa, FurryFriends, Koobe, Missymotus, BrookeSphinx, are you out there?
Wouldn't that be a great resource for folks who are new to raw?
Below is my weekly menu (if you've seen mine before - this is the new and improved version!). I have six cats on raw, ranging from Heather, a demure 9 pounds even, to Meghan, my always-on-the-verge-of-being chunky girl, who weighs just under 12 pounds; their combined total weight is right around 63 pounds.
In all cases where a set amount is divided between all six cats, thinner cats will get slightly more than fatter cats.
Breakfast
Twelve ounces of each of the following is divided between all six.
Monday: Whole chicken hearts
Tuesday & Saturday: Beef Round or Stew Meat chunks.
Wednesday & Friday: Whole Duck Hearts.
Thursday & Sunday: Pork Loin Chunks.
Wednesday & Friday: Whole Turkey Hearts.
Lunch
Monday & Saturday: Three pieces of Chicken Wing each, except Heather, who gets two. I use only the wing tips and the middle pieces and I cut the middle pieces in half between the two bones (not across them).
Tuesday & Friday: 1oz of Chicken or Beef Liver and 1oz of Chicken Gizzards for every cat except Heather, who gets only 3/4s of an ounce of the liver. I feed the liver first and when it's gone, feed the gizzards.
Wednesday: Four Chicken Breasts-with-Rib Halves divided between them (I remove about 3/4s of the meat first).
Sunday & Thursday: 1oz of Beef Kidney and 1oz of Chicken Breast for every cat except Heather, who gets only 3/4s of an ounce of the kidney. I feed the kidney first and when it's gone, feed the gizzards.
One cat, Ralph, throws up organ meats when they are fed alone. For him only, I chop the organs and the accompanying meat and mix them thoroughly before I give it to him.
Dinner
Monday: 12oz of Chicken Breast chunks is divided between them.
Thursday & Saturday: All the meat from a skinned Chicken Quarter is divided between them.
Tuesday and Friday: 12oz of Rabbit chunks is divided between them.
Wednesday & Sunday: All the meat from a Turkey Drumstick is divided between them.
Once a week, I dump two or three dozen crickets in the tub and let the cats pick them off as they wish and every weekend, they each get about 3/4 of a wild-caught, packed-in-water sardine. Every now and again I'll drizzle eggs over their food and once in a blue moon I'll bring home something unusual - bison meat or quail, for instance - to just surprise them.
In this menu, no single item is fed more than twice a week.
