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Originally Posted by Piccolo's mom  This is an amazing thread ! But I got totally confused. Piccolo will be 2 years old in December and he is doing great on Canidae and Missing Link Plus. His weight is 4lbs. Now when I am reading about the raw diet I'm tempted to try it but I couldn't find the link how to start the diet. Do I stop feeding him Canidae at all or give him both ?
Can anybody help me, please, to find a schedule or a link how to switch to this diet ? And what meat to feed ?
Thank you very much in advance. |
If you switched to raw then you would need to stop giving canidae altogether as feeding raw and kibble can cause digestive problems.
There isn't really any meat that you cannot feed, although you may find that some meats do not suit him.
When starting it can be beneficial to start with only one meat, feed all the different products from that meat (i.e muscle meat, rmb's and organ meat) and after about a week if you are sure they are fine with that meat then you can introduce another one. This is also good as if suddenly they have a bad reaction then you can pin point it to the latest food you added. Also its often a good idea to feed live natural yogurt a few times a week at the start as it acts as a digestive support to them.
Some useful links about switching,
http://www.rawdogranch.com/gettingstarted.htm http://www.rawmeatybones.com/diet/exp-diet-guide.pdf http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm http://www.ruffkutz.co.uk/page4.htm