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08-18-2013, 11:53 AM | #1 |
Don't Litter Spay&Neuter Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: So Cal
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| Raw feeders, I have a question... Is there supposed to be blood in the raw food? Is it ok, I mean I never read about the bloody part & it's kinda grossing me out. I'm giving them OC Rawdog Rabbit for dinner only & they absolutely LOVE it & are doing fantastic on it. They've had Nature's Variety, Primal & other premade raw food & I never noticed blood in them? The place I got it from ordered the wrong size for me, I wanted the big package of medallions, but got me the smaller tub instead. I had to defrost the whole tub & section them into plastic baggies & refreeze them. It has what looks like bloody juices...when it's defrosted again. loll
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08-18-2013, 01:17 PM | #2 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Vital Essentials is kinda of bloody too and I didn't care for it...I think the less "processed" the more bloody the food is..I think it's kinda gross too but Izzy didn't seem to mind it... But I couldn't get passed the blood so we went back to Primal raw
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08-18-2013, 01:28 PM | #3 |
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| I feed Vital Essentials too. And yes, it does tend to be bloodier than other premade raw. Blood is fine.
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08-19-2013, 09:05 AM | #4 |
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| Ok, so the bloody juices are ok...but still yucky! Next time, I think I'll order the patties, much easier. Thank you!
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08-19-2013, 09:21 AM | #5 |
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| Hmm I want to try the duck. I have always been so intrigued by Raw, but never tried it on Peanut.
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08-19-2013, 09:24 AM | #6 |
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| Jenny: Are you still feeding the CC?
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08-19-2013, 09:30 AM | #7 |
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| You should try it for Peanut! I never understood the fat content on raw food, it's much higher since you need to convert it into dry matter, but apparently, the fat content in the raw is ok (I still don't know why loll). Princess can't have high fatty foods bc of her colitis, but she does so great on raw food (firm tiny poopies). The OC Raw Dog is excellent, they use less bone & add more calcium to match the 1:1 calcium to phosphorous ratio. They don't have duck...they do have rabbit & goat (which they're gonna try next, it's thawing in the fridge now).
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08-19-2013, 09:32 AM | #8 |
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| Yup, they get Open Sky for breakfast & Momo gets it moistened bc he no longer chews his food. They get raw for dinner. So far, they really like the CC duck & venison best.
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08-19-2013, 09:37 AM | #9 | |
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I could def use one to substitute a dinner for Peanut!!
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08-19-2013, 11:08 AM | #10 | |
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50% protein 44% fat 6% carbs. Those percentages vary a little depending on who you're talking to. A kibble-based diet is 18-32% protein 8-22% fat 47-74% carbs. Dogs eating a raw diet don't have the 47-74% of carbs to burn to use for energy. They use fat for energy instead. That's why the fat content of raw a raw diet is so high. Some premade raw contains fruit, veggies & other carb sources. So you shouldn't see such a high fat percentage in food with those ingredients.
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08-19-2013, 12:51 PM | #11 |
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| Anyone feeding Nature's Variety be aware that the rabbit comes from China. That is the only one that isn't raised in the US or New Zealand. I won't feed anything that comes from China.
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08-20-2013, 04:03 AM | #12 |
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| This sounds very interesting. I really don't know anything about this raw food. Where do you find this food? I would like to try it. I have an overweight chihuahua, the raw food sounds like it would be good for him. It's been very hard to slim him down. He will cry and cry when I give him less food, he is hungry. |
08-20-2013, 05:31 AM | #13 |
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| Petco does not carry raw. You can go online and google nature's variety and put in your zip code and a local store will shown. Once you are at the store you will see the different brands of raw food that they carry.
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08-20-2013, 09:03 AM | #14 |
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| I know Mika's raw cat food will occasionally have blood in it. She loves it so who am I to judge. She eats it all within 5 min.
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