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Franceen · 02-05-2008, 05:38 PM

Hi everyone

I have been giving my Tootsy's diet a great deal of thought and had lots of useful info. on homefeeding and commercial foods etc. from people on this forum. I started home feeding and Tootsy really benefited from it. I have been reading all the threads about raw feeding and looking at recommended sites for more information about it. Well, I was preparing Tootsy's meals today and a piece of meat fell onto the floor and she ate it with relish and begged for more! I decided then and there to try the raw feeding. She LOVED her first meal - you'd think that I had given her a bowl of liver treats! I decided to add some organic frozen mixed veg to the raw meat to bulk it out. I put them in the blender and added them to the raw meat. She ate that with relish as well! But, I have read on some sites that you should just give them the raw meat/chicken/fish etc and nothing else! Does anyone here do that or do you add veg & fruit?

I gave her just over a quarter of a pound of beef today - is this enough? Should I just give her meat and nothing else or should I carry on with the cup of frozen veg added to it? She has been very hungry of late and eating like she's been condemned! I decided I had better weigh her today and was shocked to fine that she now weighs 10lbs 5 ozs(

?!!). She used to weigh 8lbs. She needs to get those pounds off and I wondered if anyone could give me some help with working out the size of portions I should give her!

I have some organic chicken thighs in the freezer and I was thinking of giving her one of those, raw, tomorrow without the skin and with the bones in - is this okay? As a daily diet, I was also thinking of giving her, say, a chicken thigh in the morning and yogurt/cottage cheese with apple sauce for lunch and then beef and veg for dinner. Is this too much food? Do I still add some Missing Link to her food and some calcium? She is not fond of lamb but does like fish, so I could exchange one of the meat meals for fish. Can I use frozen fish fillets and just defrost them and give some to her; or should I buy fresh fish from the fish shop and give some to her, gutted and boned but leaving the scales and skin on (Yuk,Yuk,Yuk!!)? I have heard that raw feeders do this.

I would be so grateful for some advice on this new diet as I feel so nervous about this radical change of diet and worry that I could upset her tummy, make her ill (or even plumper)!!!

Luv

Franceen xx

02-05-2008, 05:38 PM	#1
Franceen YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 581	First raw meal! Is raw meat all she gets now? Hi everyone I have been giving my Tootsy's diet a great deal of thought and had lots of useful info. on homefeeding and commercial foods etc. from people on this forum. I started home feeding and Tootsy really benefited from it. I have been reading all the threads about raw feeding and looking at recommended sites for more information about it. Well, I was preparing Tootsy's meals today and a piece of meat fell onto the floor and she ate it with relish and begged for more! I decided then and there to try the raw feeding. She LOVED her first meal - you'd think that I had given her a bowl of liver treats! I decided to add some organic frozen mixed veg to the raw meat to bulk it out. I put them in the blender and added them to the raw meat. She ate that with relish as well! But, I have read on some sites that you should just give them the raw meat/chicken/fish etc and nothing else! Does anyone here do that or do you add veg & fruit? I gave her just over a quarter of a pound of beef today - is this enough? Should I just give her meat and nothing else or should I carry on with the cup of frozen veg added to it? She has been very hungry of late and eating like she's been condemned! I decided I had better weigh her today and was shocked to fine that she now weighs 10lbs 5 ozs(?!!). She used to weigh 8lbs. She needs to get those pounds off and I wondered if anyone could give me some help with working out the size of portions I should give her! I have some organic chicken thighs in the freezer and I was thinking of giving her one of those, raw, tomorrow without the skin and with the bones in - is this okay? As a daily diet, I was also thinking of giving her, say, a chicken thigh in the morning and yogurt/cottage cheese with apple sauce for lunch and then beef and veg for dinner. Is this too much food? Do I still add some Missing Link to her food and some calcium? She is not fond of lamb but does like fish, so I could exchange one of the meat meals for fish. Can I use frozen fish fillets and just defrost them and give some to her; or should I buy fresh fish from the fish shop and give some to her, gutted and boned but leaving the scales and skin on (Yuk,Yuk,Yuk!!)? I have heard that raw feeders do this. I would be so grateful for some advice on this new diet as I feel so nervous about this radical change of diet and worry that I could upset her tummy, make her ill (or even plumper)!!! Luv Franceen xx