Hi all,
New to the site. So, yes, hello! I have a 15 week old American Curl (as yet unnamed, I call him Goose because I suck at naming, I may post a separate thread with photo and to help get votes on the name ideas I have). He's on a mix of raw (loves Radcat turkey, doesn't mind Primal turkey or chicken & salmon), various grain free canned and a bit of Orijen kibble during the day to make sure he has all the calories he wants.
Lucky me, he seems to prefer raw food - canned he will eat the first serving of but rejects anything refrigerated (even once I warm it up) unless I take away all kibble and he's quite hungry. I'm slowly decreasing the kibble I put down (we are off of free fed and now giving 1/4-1/3 cup per day) and will continue to do so, but may feed some canned. We'll see.
I've made up a shopping cart at Hare Today to try a variety of ground mixes (with the Alnutrin because I'm too lazy to mix my own supplements at this point). However, I noticed how high the bone content is in many of the mixes. I've been seeing 10% as the goal. I read some threads on here suggesting adding in boneless meats and organs to reduce that. So, being the nerd I am, I built a spreadsheet to check the quantities required for proper bone content. I wanted to share this both so you guys could tell me if it makes sense (I see some people commenting they only add maybe a pound or so of boneless into 5 lb mixes which have 27% bone - which by my math gets you nowhere near 10% of total). Also, in case this is useful to anyone else who is considering trying out Hare Today.
I was going to order 5lb mixes of some things, but it worked out that 2lb was generally easier to modify with more reasonable amounts of organ or meat. I will be rotation feeding, so I did not try to get completely perfectly balanced at every meal. The smaller portions are probably better for figuring out what my kitten will and won't eat.
Please let me know if you have any suggested modifications.
New to the site. So, yes, hello! I have a 15 week old American Curl (as yet unnamed, I call him Goose because I suck at naming, I may post a separate thread with photo and to help get votes on the name ideas I have). He's on a mix of raw (loves Radcat turkey, doesn't mind Primal turkey or chicken & salmon), various grain free canned and a bit of Orijen kibble during the day to make sure he has all the calories he wants.
Lucky me, he seems to prefer raw food - canned he will eat the first serving of but rejects anything refrigerated (even once I warm it up) unless I take away all kibble and he's quite hungry. I'm slowly decreasing the kibble I put down (we are off of free fed and now giving 1/4-1/3 cup per day) and will continue to do so, but may feed some canned. We'll see.
I've made up a shopping cart at Hare Today to try a variety of ground mixes (with the Alnutrin because I'm too lazy to mix my own supplements at this point). However, I noticed how high the bone content is in many of the mixes. I've been seeing 10% as the goal. I read some threads on here suggesting adding in boneless meats and organs to reduce that. So, being the nerd I am, I built a spreadsheet to check the quantities required for proper bone content. I wanted to share this both so you guys could tell me if it makes sense (I see some people commenting they only add maybe a pound or so of boneless into 5 lb mixes which have 27% bone - which by my math gets you nowhere near 10% of total). Also, in case this is useful to anyone else who is considering trying out Hare Today.
I was going to order 5lb mixes of some things, but it worked out that 2lb was generally easier to modify with more reasonable amounts of organ or meat. I will be rotation feeding, so I did not try to get completely perfectly balanced at every meal. The smaller portions are probably better for figuring out what my kitten will and won't eat.
Please let me know if you have any suggested modifications.
