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I have two cats, Billie and Charlie. I would occasionally give them raw food to chew on as a treat. While Billie finishes his raw threat in a few seconds flat, Charlie could take up to 20 minutes to finish it if not more! A part of me wonders if Charlie does not know how to use his jaws...
For example, if I were to give both cats a chicken wing tip, I can hear Billie cracking the bones in the wing tip as he bites down. Meanwhile, I don't hear anything when Charlie bites but I can see that he is trying to get through to it. He eventually manages to eat it. I learned that smaller pieces are better for him. I once gave him a chicken foot and the poor boy was working on it for so long, he gave up. (Billie was delighted though and took over the treat). Otherwise, Charlie is a healthy cat with great looking teeth and normal looking gums (No redness in sight). He doesn't vomit or have issues with stool so at least there's that. But I am just a tad worried about his jaws. I want to bring this up with the vet but they are very much against raw
My raw threats rotate between chicken gizzard, chicken neck and chicken feet. And they rotate between wet food and commercially made raw food.
Any idea as to why he doesn't simply bite through? Is he just a soft biter?
(Please see attached my discontented Charlie boi)
Thank you!
I have two cats, Billie and Charlie. I would occasionally give them raw food to chew on as a treat. While Billie finishes his raw threat in a few seconds flat, Charlie could take up to 20 minutes to finish it if not more! A part of me wonders if Charlie does not know how to use his jaws...
For example, if I were to give both cats a chicken wing tip, I can hear Billie cracking the bones in the wing tip as he bites down. Meanwhile, I don't hear anything when Charlie bites but I can see that he is trying to get through to it. He eventually manages to eat it. I learned that smaller pieces are better for him. I once gave him a chicken foot and the poor boy was working on it for so long, he gave up. (Billie was delighted though and took over the treat). Otherwise, Charlie is a healthy cat with great looking teeth and normal looking gums (No redness in sight). He doesn't vomit or have issues with stool so at least there's that. But I am just a tad worried about his jaws. I want to bring this up with the vet but they are very much against raw
My raw threats rotate between chicken gizzard, chicken neck and chicken feet. And they rotate between wet food and commercially made raw food.
Any idea as to why he doesn't simply bite through? Is he just a soft biter?
(Please see attached my discontented Charlie boi)
Thank you!
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