Baileys and Maen's kibbles have run out since they return and with no kibbles in the house, it's a good time to try out raw, again.
The last time they had raw wings (3 sections), they were young. Their poops were firm but white. And the amount of poop was really little.
Now that they are 5yrs old, somehow it did not seem as beneficial. They had diarrhoea for the 2 days they had been on the raw trial (1 wing each for breakfast, and blended fish + purée raw brocolli and carrots for dinner). And it was bad -_________-" Both pooped loose stools, LOTS of loose stools. We had to keep clearing after them. But like the past, their stools were white, likely coz of the bones.
Were the wings not fresh? Were they detoxing? Was it because they are too old to take raw food all of a sudden now? Hmm...
So, in case this was a bad move, we went to get them their Orijen again. In addition, I also got them Primal. Hehe.
They got kibbles for yesterday and still had a little diarrhoea afterwards. It was better than previous days, lesser poop and firmer in the beginning, looser towards the end of their toilet session.
I gave them Primal this morning and they have not pooped till now. Just gave them their dinner, also raw. Hopefully they will not be having diarrhea again.
I dont really know what I'm doing. Did not want them to rely on raw when they go through quarantine when we go back, but if I want them to do even better, delaying the switch because of quarantine also makes no sense. Will probably do a rotation diet and see if they can adjust well to it.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Raw diet
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During the switch, best stick to barf patties.
Cos by giving the wings and the fish+vege...it's not as balance and they mst likely will LS.
To prevent LS, stick to the patties...then slowly switch the chicken parts..
For our case, i chopped up 1 chicken each for a furkid. Mixed the chopped parts in a bowl then repack them in 150gms packet for daily usage. Freeze them and thaw a bag everyday. SO end of the week, each of them get to eat 1 whole chicken. Can throw in bits of organs and blend veges but gve in small amount, too much will just LS. Adjust amount accord to their tolerance...maybe for a start, 1 teaspoon of blend vege into the raw food.
But since feeding patties already balanced, don't need to add anything liao. ^^
the first day when they were on chicken, then fish+vege, I think I overdosed on the vege, thus the LS. too much fibre, maybe?
will take note. Will get them to get used to the patties first before going into more raw. u get the butcher to chop up chicken for u? Here the chicken either in common parts or whole. And I hv no chopper to cut them into smaller pieces.
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