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I have a sick kitten who I am trying to get to eat more than a few bits of dry food.
It worked.
I cooked him a little chicken tender in chicken broth and chopped it up and fed it to him slightly warm and he just loved it--he went nuts over it. This is a little guy who will not eat anything else I put out for him, warm, cold, wet, packaged, nothing. He won't even eat the fish flavored liquid diet I got from the vet.
The other cats loved it too.
It's white meat chicken tenders boiled in swanson broth, cooked all through, not raw at all. (I am currently researching raw food diets for them.)
My questions are will this be a nutritious food to feed on a regular basis, or will I need to add vitamins/supplements?
Or maybe just feed once a day? And give wet food the other two feedings? (I feed the kits three times a day and was planning on doing this until they are about six months at which time I'll feed twice a day.)
I'm figuring Peek will eat it mixed in with his wet food but Boo probably wont. I think I just found something he likes and he's going to be one of those really finicky eaters....Of course he WAS hungry. He hasn't eaten for days except a little dry food pellets. This he chowed right down and it looked like he could've eaten two more at least.
I have another post about him being sick; I am worried about him. But I am hoping to get some advice on whether this is an okay idea for feeding kittens/cats? Please give me any advice you have. If Boo doesn't throw up I am planning on feeding him more of this later tonight.
The other question is how to prepare it. I am thinking I would like to cook the tenders up as I feed them, rather than cooking the whole package then refrigerating it. Or maybe do both. Keep some already cooked on ice then cooking it so I can serve it room temp per meal. Do I have any bacteria issues to consider since I am cooking this meat? And, how long will raw chicken be okay in the fridge? Thanks so much!~
It worked.
I cooked him a little chicken tender in chicken broth and chopped it up and fed it to him slightly warm and he just loved it--he went nuts over it. This is a little guy who will not eat anything else I put out for him, warm, cold, wet, packaged, nothing. He won't even eat the fish flavored liquid diet I got from the vet.
The other cats loved it too.
It's white meat chicken tenders boiled in swanson broth, cooked all through, not raw at all. (I am currently researching raw food diets for them.)
My questions are will this be a nutritious food to feed on a regular basis, or will I need to add vitamins/supplements?
Or maybe just feed once a day? And give wet food the other two feedings? (I feed the kits three times a day and was planning on doing this until they are about six months at which time I'll feed twice a day.)
I'm figuring Peek will eat it mixed in with his wet food but Boo probably wont. I think I just found something he likes and he's going to be one of those really finicky eaters....Of course he WAS hungry. He hasn't eaten for days except a little dry food pellets. This he chowed right down and it looked like he could've eaten two more at least.
I have another post about him being sick; I am worried about him. But I am hoping to get some advice on whether this is an okay idea for feeding kittens/cats? Please give me any advice you have. If Boo doesn't throw up I am planning on feeding him more of this later tonight.
The other question is how to prepare it. I am thinking I would like to cook the tenders up as I feed them, rather than cooking the whole package then refrigerating it. Or maybe do both. Keep some already cooked on ice then cooking it so I can serve it room temp per meal. Do I have any bacteria issues to consider since I am cooking this meat? And, how long will raw chicken be okay in the fridge? Thanks so much!~