I'm currently feeding a mix of canned, commercial raw, and frankenprey to Jasper (9mths old). As I'm sure many here can relate, the whole bone ratio issue is doing my head in and is holding me back from feeding more homemade raw. Ideally, I would like to feed only bone in meals, but just can't trust that I'm getting it right. So I would like to feed some bone-in and some boneless.
I live in Australia and there really isn't much around for those who want to feed their cats raw. I'm so jealous that you guy's in the states have complete supplements like tcfeline. Anyway, I've found a calcium supplement for pets available in Australia. It claims to be suitable for raw fed cats and dogs. I wanted to post it here and see if any you amazingly well informed raw feeders have come across this or similar products before. It recommends the same dose for cats and dogs and I have no idea if that is normal. I am guessing that this would be used to balance the muscle meat % and the liver and kidney % would be fed in addition?
The product is called Mavlab balanced calcium powder. It's reasonably priced at $11 for 250gm. The info from the product description is as follows.
Composition - each kg contains calcium 363 g (as carbonate 970g), phosphorus 13g (as sodium Tripolyphosphate 50g), cholecalciferol 2,000 microgram (vitamin D3 80,000IU).
Indications: Calcium and vitamin D3 supplement for dogs, cats and horses; aid in correcting the calcium to phosphorus ratio in meat and grain diets.
Dosage and administration: Dogs, cats. 1 measure (4g)/500g meat fed. Horses. Grain diet: 1 measure/400g of grain fed; bran diet: 2 measures (8g)/400g of bran fed.
Thanks.
I live in Australia and there really isn't much around for those who want to feed their cats raw. I'm so jealous that you guy's in the states have complete supplements like tcfeline. Anyway, I've found a calcium supplement for pets available in Australia. It claims to be suitable for raw fed cats and dogs. I wanted to post it here and see if any you amazingly well informed raw feeders have come across this or similar products before. It recommends the same dose for cats and dogs and I have no idea if that is normal. I am guessing that this would be used to balance the muscle meat % and the liver and kidney % would be fed in addition?
The product is called Mavlab balanced calcium powder. It's reasonably priced at $11 for 250gm. The info from the product description is as follows.
Composition - each kg contains calcium 363 g (as carbonate 970g), phosphorus 13g (as sodium Tripolyphosphate 50g), cholecalciferol 2,000 microgram (vitamin D3 80,000IU).
Indications: Calcium and vitamin D3 supplement for dogs, cats and horses; aid in correcting the calcium to phosphorus ratio in meat and grain diets.
Dosage and administration: Dogs, cats. 1 measure (4g)/500g meat fed. Horses. Grain diet: 1 measure/400g of grain fed; bran diet: 2 measures (8g)/400g of bran fed.
Thanks.