How fun! :blobpink:
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!Oh my God Lauren I have a blast reading your posts - you are just SOOOOOOO happy :lol3::lol3::lol3::lol3:
I love it!
Great meals you are having there - I can't believe the strides your crew is making, especially the PIA's
I AM so happy - and it really has been making such a difference in my cat's too. I don't fret now if they refuse a meal... I just try to offer them something else and getting "sneaky" about the offering's IS so much fun. 
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for the first time this morning - only about 1/4 tsp. and then (drum roll, please.........
:nausea: :sick: ...............) yep - MAN he is just totally sensitive to "red" meats. I am pretty sure he has to be a poultry/rabbit only raw eater. I learned that today. So far since we have started this process - he has barfed up ..... Nature's Logic Rabbit (very red meat and lots of fruit powder 
, Nature's Variety Venison, Nature's Variety Beef, Nature's Menu Lamb. He tolerates Nature's Variety Organic Chicken, Nature's Variety Rabbit, Nature's Menu Turkey. Today I have Nature's Variety Chicken thawing - I am excited to see WHO will LOVE that one 
and who will not :bigmouth: ANY BETS ANYONE???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl: :2cts:
I will not be ordering anymore NM Lamb. Not a favorite at all - not even with Wilbur IF the NM Chicken is a big hit then I will order more of that and more of the turkey. Might even try their beef... the guy at NM said that he would give me a free bag of beef to try IF one of the other's didn't work out. Such a great guy, John was his name :nod:) Chicken. SO I did not wait until his stomach settled. I just fed Perkins, Presley and Pip the NVO chicken. They all ate about 1 12/ ounce 
OH let's see - the rincess: WELL - she refused her EVO beef - and even refused some rehydrated S&C Lamb. :wife: (pulls hair - we need a smiley that does that too :lol3
SO momma took her into the bathroom for a special feeding. Fromm Salmon - she needs to get her Lysine every day so I have to work a little extra harder with her at times. I notice that she is an every other day Miss Piggy. :dk: Not sure why. But yesterday and especially last night, she must have eaten at least two days worth of food. She gobbled up the raw chicken that I mixed in with the Weruva Paw Lickin chicken yesterday. So will do the same thing for dinner with her today :cross:
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...and the four PImyA's (:hmm: I think adding an "s" on the end of PImyA means I have more than one AS$) :dk: :scratch: :spit:
Maybe... PsImyA? (Pains in my .... ) :dk: :lol3: Just giving you HAPPY FREEZER options!
YES - I do have to keep track of who is eating what and how much. I don't have a spreadsheet though - too technical for me :rofl: I am from the old age and still use a pad of paper and pen. Kinda like a journal - works for me though :bigthumb:I'm so happy that things are progressing so nicely over your way
I guess with six different eaters, you must have a spreadsheet on your new freezer telling who eats what, huh? I know just with FOUR I will have to have something else I'll be feeding everyone the wrong stuff.
Wow, the Pipster surely does have a sensitive stomach if 1/4 teas made him
It is awful and I feel so very badly. I had been trying to get him to "taste" the NM Lamb for a couple of week's and finally this morning he gave in and ate it (a teeny amount) because he was so hungry. That could be part of it - his stomach was empty. He has never vomited up food before starting this raw transition. He is just really sensitive to the red, rich meats, I guess. He is on Animal Essentials Plant Enzymes and Probiotics and I do think that is helping him. BUT Lamb and Pipsqueak - is a big 
:lol3: My FREEZER thank's you:spit:
So if the Pipster can only have light meats, maybe try a pound of quail or pheasant from HT? :dk: Or the duck! Mine didn't take to it right away, but even Shel is eating the ground now!
And weird about Perla - Spooky seems to do that sometimes too! I have no idea what's up with that!
I was thinking that as well - a little of both the pheasant and the quail :bigthumb: GOSH - so fun just to think of ordering for my babies!! I just love this part of raw feeding. The next part - getting them to eat the stuff - :hmm: not so much.. but will say - my day's are never boring :lol3: AND I just LOVE LOVE so very much preparing meals, spending time trying to get them to eat the meals, and more importantly the biggest one of all- the deep connection I am building with each of my six. I don't know how to explain it other than that - just simply a deeper bond with each of them through this process. I have to take each cat as an individual in how they are taking to the raw meat's and vary each day according to that cat's needs. I think they just notice the extra special time I am putting into each meal and they love me for that - even if they don't always eat the meal - they do notice...... some consolation in that!!!! :lovegrin: :heart3:
It's funny how "little" things like this can be so exciting! :lol3: But I agree - picking and choosing new things to try is so much fun!:lol3: My FREEZER thank's you
Well, the fun here is figuring out how to get tricky and get them to eat! :anon: :rub:The next part - getting them to eat the stuff - :hmm: not so much.. but will say - my day's are never boring :lol3:
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I do know they've had a good meal when not only do they eat all of their food, but after the meal, after grooming, Tuxie, Lazlo, and Billy find a place to sit and knead and purr. :rub:
I will keep an eye on my freezer then
ara2: So far it has been behaving itself and working quite well. :cross: Hopefully your replacement is working perfectly Will let you know when I have the time for the drive. Thanks!!!!
I do know they've had a good meal when not only do they eat all of their food, but after the meal, after grooming, Tuxie, Lazlo, and Billy find a place to sit and knead and purr. :rub:
:rub: I DO LOVE THAT TOO...... the after a good meal, the grooming, the satisfied look they have, and then the snuggle nap times. AND it IS fun trying the new meats and seeing who loves what 
So I have some thawing in the fridge for tomorrow. GOSH I hope they still like it :lol3: It has been awhile. Maybe Perla will start eating raw meat regularly now :cross: she has been boycotting ALL raw meat. I am able to hide fresh small cut-up pieces of raw chicken in her dinner though. She doesn't notice it HEE HEE :nod: I was looking at it tonight in the china cabinet and noticed that the small dessert plates would be great for serving raw meat to the kids. SO :rofl: the china plates are now going to get some use - FINALLY - the kitties going to eat in style I figured why not - if it's good enough for company that we never have over, it is good enough for the kitties 
- Larry flew to Austin, Texas tonight for one day so he doesn't know about the china plates yet 
BUT HEY CAROLINA - are you near Austin, Texas???? I told Larry to pick up some Rad Cat - :lol3: Yeah right - a cold day in hell nfire: when that will happen
Here is a funny :lol3:.......... SO you know Larry and I have been married for twenty-six years and I have a full set of Pickard China that serves twelve. How many times have I used this china in the last 26 years????? Maybe about three times
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about the china - I too have some special ones.... The ones that the kitties eat - you can often see in the videos Ipost, the white porcelain with flowers on them... these for example: and she still paints everyday Every time I go to Brazil I get a bunch of thing from her - I have TONS - for my walls, all over my house - she does beautiful work.... but it just so happens that they are shaped perfectly for the kitties, especially to serve raw meat..... even better for cut meats! I just never found anything better! I am not in Austin..... But he can go to a store, put it in a styrofoam box, and take it in the plane as cargo I do this all the time back home with shrimp - works well
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Well.... I don't eat on them.... They were painted by my grandmother..... She is 99 years old
I posted that video of them eating turkey on the catlovers group page on youtube..... My aunt say it... "fancy kitties these of yours.... eating on china painted by grandma!" Oh my, I wanted to disappear - All the grandkids want these china and there is Bugsy, eating a big slab of raw turkey on it
Oh well..... 4-paws, bu great grand-kids all the same, right? At least in my :heart3: they are!
You totally should tell Larry to get some Rad Cat!!
BEAUTIFUL china, OH Carolina, incredible story about your Grandmother, it is astonishing AND she is still painting at 99 years of age ........ 
AMAZING!!! OMG - I would have shrunk under any available table after that comment from your Aunt about Fancy kitties .... well - they are your kids after all :lovegrin: ....... Nothing but the best for the kitties Those are very special dishes :nod: :heart3: I asked Larry tonight when he called. He is only there for a few hours tomorrow for a meeting or two and said he would have no time to go shopping for the cat's..... WHAT - HOW COULD HE NOT HAVE TIME FOR THE BABIES - he flies home tomorrow afternoon and is very short on time. Likely excuse :hmm:
Thank youOMG -
Yeah.... She is the best.... She is my love.... The best grandma in the whole entire World! :love: She has been painting porcelain for a good 30 years now, or more - she does incredible work - still goes to "classes" to paint everyday.... Spends all morning in there with "the girls" as she calls them :lol3: Too cute for words Special dishes indeed!
OMG HOW FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What spoiled little kitties that we have :lol3: YEP - I have 12 place settings that have never been used. Pickard bone china - cream in color with a crescent silver moon along the side. I am actually going to start using these plates for us as well. Just crazy to have them sitting in a china cabinet not ever getting used. The cat's ate in style this morning. Very nice china for the babiesFeralvr,OH MY GOD, what a coincidence, guess what I've started using to feed the cats? My Pickard saucers! I've been loving feeding the cats on BONE china!
It was my parents' wedding gift, a huge set from a relative who worked there, and I got the china when my mom updated (to Corelle, I am not kidding). It's made me such a dinnerware snob, because everything else is so heavy, and chips and breaks so easily! That set wasn't for special occasions, those were just our dishes. They're actually great for feeding cats; they're nearly indestructible. I've dropped a plate into the sink, on its edge, and it didn't even chip.
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OH Carolina - your grandma does sound really, really special. WOW good for her at her age going to class every morning. THAT is what keep's her going. She sounds amazingThank you
I think one day I might go to a restaurant supply store - they must have these types of plates.... in porcelain.... The ones I like the best I think are to serve appetizers - they are long and flat, slightly round corners- just absolutely perfect for meat, and don't bother their whiskers :bigthumb:
Awwwww..... too bad Larry couldn't get the food - I can imagine that request made a funny conversation piece though
:heart3: Bless her heart.... :heart2:
FUSSY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :stomp: I had forgotten that the four fussies don't like Wellness Trout/Salmon. So that started out the morning in a downward spiral. I also brought down the NV Rabbit thinking they would all love to have it back in on their plates for breakfast. NOPE.... OMG - WHAT IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotate: Although Perla DID eat her food with Fortiflora. YEP - back to the Fortiflora now that I am offering raw with breakfast downstairs. I offered them NVO chicken downstairs too and it was a no go :dk: SO UPSTAIRS we went to serve them raw on their china plates :rofl: Offered the NVO chicken which of course got devoured up. Why can't they eat it downstairs - Are they trying to make momma crazy 
:scatter: :nothappy: Offered NM Chicken which was taken well by Perkins and no one else Pipsqueak was looking for more NVO chicken. I told him NO - try the NM Chicken. He was not interested. Nor was Presley. Oh well.... such is life in the home of fussy raw eating kitties :bigmouth:
