My raw feeding experiment
Sorry, haven’t been able to post for a while, partly because I’m incredibly busy workwise. And the little spare time I do get is spent scouring the internet for information on raw feeding. So I thought I’d give you an update on my raw feeding experiment.
Since Monty’s bout of cystitis (which thankfully seems to have cleared up entirely) I decided to not get him, and the girls, back on dry food. But wet food gives them too little to chew, which can lead to dental and gum trouble. So, I have been reading up on raw feeding. I still feed Whiskas pouches but gradually throw in the odd chicken wing or stomach.
Feeding time now means trying to coax the furries into nibbling real meat off real bones. To be more precise: trying to coax Tatja and Monty… Little Minnie doesn’t need coaxing. No sirree! When confronted with her second chunk of raw chicken wing she got the message. Yup, that thing is food! Just put your teeth into it and start ripping and tearing away at all that lovely meat. Don’t forget to look feral and growl menacingly while in the process. When left with a meatless bone, you simply go gnash-crunch-swallow and hey presto, no bone! Look at me, folks! That’s how us fearsome wildcats eat! Grrrowl!
Tatja and Monty just sit and watch. Occasionally they paw a chunk, sniff it, lick it… and look up at me. Awww mummy please cut it up for us! We don’t like the yucky bone. We don’t wanna eat messy like horrid Messy Minnie. It’s gross. We want weenie wittle morsels! Or even better, Whiskas!
If they keep going on like this, I’ll have to revert to plan B. Which means feeding ground raw meals. You can buy the stuff frozen and it contains meat, organs and bone in the right proportion. The main drawback: it’s soft so I still have to give them something chewable. I’ve read chicken necks and raw beef are good for chewing. And I can also give them the odd Hill’s t/d dental biscuit for treats, of course. Or a small dried fish.
Anyway, I am not yet sure which way this experiment is going. I’ll keep you posted, and of course would love to hear your opinions.
My raw feeding experiment
I have had no real problems with mine being on the wet with just their small ration of dry which does include the Hills Oral,I have only one who has any mouth problems & he has suffered with gingivitis,touch wood that hasn't even flared up this last year but his actual teeth are fine & so are all the others,even the thirteen year old was given a clean bill in that department at her check up.I have no doubt at some point one of the six is going to need a dental but at the moment they have all got that "ring of confidence"......
I have tried them on the raw rabbit but they all walked away in disgust so back to good old Felix !
My raw feeding experiment
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Antonia
Heheh... if you quote THAT commercial, you must be about the same age as me... :LOL:
Do you think the 'MCs are prone to gum disease' story is exaggerated?
Shows that our grey cells must still be working though doesn't it,but a big worry that the commercial was sooooo long ago....!
I have to say that amoungst my friends who have MC's I do not know of many of them with gum problems other than perhaps a bit while teething but the interesting thing that I have noticed is it seems to be worse in the reds,my problem one is the red & white boy,another friend who had three only had gum problem with the red,enough to need ab's like my boy & a third person had it with "reds including red silver",rest of them no problem at all & we all tend to feed differently,one of them used to be dried food plus the raw .
We have a lot of MC's come through work now & I can't honestly say that I have noticed a lot of "gum disease"to make me think it is something they are prone too,perhaps will have to be a bit more observant but normally when it is a breed the same as yours you tend to remember more about them anyway so on what I have seen I would have to say I think it is exaggerated but no doubt the people out there who have looked into it,or who have MC's really suffering with their mouths would disagree......I am only too pleased that Bruce's gums seem to have settled down as he is getting older & his teeth are still purrfect !