jacksdad wrote:It sounds like you buy your raw food pre prepared. have you tried 100% making it your self from very fresh human grade food? might be worth while as a control to narrow down where the problem maybe coming in. So you have a much better feel for what the quality of the meat is, how much fat, how much and why kind of veggies etc.
To be honest, I trust their preparation more than my own
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I can't give Jasper too many RMB because of his guarding - it's no problem if it's something he'll eat reasonably quickly, such as the chicken carcasses, but if he should take one off to a quiet corner and I approach him not realising it's still there, there could be issues. So I like the fact that their mince mixes have the cartilage & bone included. He also gets more variety, though there does seem to be quite a lot of venison in today's delivery - I wonder if that's a bit rich? As I understand it, in the UK raw food sold for dogs has to be human quality. Here's the website if you're interested:
http://www.nurturingbynature.co.uk/default.asp
The raw veggies are an enormous range - a typical container may well have Carrot, Cabbage, Sprouts, Apple, Banana, Pineapple, Lettuce, Cucumber, Orange, Ginger, Parsnip, Beetroot, Garlic and Parsley in it, but it will depend on colour and season. So difficult to exclude anything dodgy, but on the other hand he's not going to get very much of one particular type.
Clare, that's how I feel about feeding just mince - it's a bit of a catch-22! I think to start off I'm going to stick to what he's having now but cut the veg down by half and introduce the pancreas when they get some in. I'm toying with the idea of converting the cat to raw too so I might reduce Jasper's meat quantities a bit by giving some to the cat! I do suspect the veg - his poos have a fibrous look to them - so I might even cut it out altogether for a few days.