This proposition is tailored to my specific scenario.
I feed ground diet (95% from Hare-Today, and grind at home in future). I also give drumsticks and necks as treats daily.
My kittens will eat rabbit almost every time, only rejecting if they are not hungry,.
I feed it every other day and the other days, I rotate through my other HT meats.
As I introduce new proteins, I gauge their reaction and adjust my next orders accordingly.
They have gobbled on chicken, pork, goat and mutton.
The one meat they outright rejected (skipped TWO meals, offered over 24 hour period) was goose.
With all the meats that are not rabbit, at one point I had to add a topper or drop in some wet food (which they would not eat anyways) and they would finish (except the goose).
Like many cats on rotating diets, its hard to tell if a rejection is because they are not hungry or are repulsed.
So here is my proposed solution that I may start doing tonight, please read and share if you have tried this, or have a better idea.
1. Defrost 1lb of constant protein (rabbit) and 1lb of daily rotation protein (chicken today, pork tomorrow, lamb next day, goat etc).
2. Mix in bowl. (Either fully blend or have separate proteins chunk, each cat is different).
3. Serve.
As as they like rabbit flavor, this will hopefully reduce rejections of rotating proteins.
Stop the bribing (toppers).
This addresses the low fat and high bone ratio of their staple of rabbit.
This would also address those who fear/think that cats will have a perpetual "upset stomach" if they don't eat the same thing every day.
The only negative, in my book is my 2 cats eat 1lb a day, so I only have to defrost 1lb at a time and that will be consumed in 24 hours.
Now I will have to do two pounds, mix serve and store the other day and a half in the fridge, not the biggest deal, I just got used to the freshness factor.
Thanks!
I feed ground diet (95% from Hare-Today, and grind at home in future). I also give drumsticks and necks as treats daily.
My kittens will eat rabbit almost every time, only rejecting if they are not hungry,.
I feed it every other day and the other days, I rotate through my other HT meats.
As I introduce new proteins, I gauge their reaction and adjust my next orders accordingly.
They have gobbled on chicken, pork, goat and mutton.
The one meat they outright rejected (skipped TWO meals, offered over 24 hour period) was goose.
With all the meats that are not rabbit, at one point I had to add a topper or drop in some wet food (which they would not eat anyways) and they would finish (except the goose).
Like many cats on rotating diets, its hard to tell if a rejection is because they are not hungry or are repulsed.
So here is my proposed solution that I may start doing tonight, please read and share if you have tried this, or have a better idea.
1. Defrost 1lb of constant protein (rabbit) and 1lb of daily rotation protein (chicken today, pork tomorrow, lamb next day, goat etc).
2. Mix in bowl. (Either fully blend or have separate proteins chunk, each cat is different).
3. Serve.
As as they like rabbit flavor, this will hopefully reduce rejections of rotating proteins.
Stop the bribing (toppers).
This addresses the low fat and high bone ratio of their staple of rabbit.
This would also address those who fear/think that cats will have a perpetual "upset stomach" if they don't eat the same thing every day.
The only negative, in my book is my 2 cats eat 1lb a day, so I only have to defrost 1lb at a time and that will be consumed in 24 hours.
Now I will have to do two pounds, mix serve and store the other day and a half in the fridge, not the biggest deal, I just got used to the freshness factor.
Thanks!
