THE AMOUNT YOU PUT OUT TO THAW WILL BE BASED ON HOW MANY DOGS OR OTHER ANIMALS YOU ARE FEEDING .PLAN ON 1 POUND OF MEAT AND A PIECE OF CHICKEN PER DAY FOR YOUR BASELINE FOR DOGS UP TO 50 POUNDS . FOR SMALLER DOGS, BASE YOUR DAILY FEEDING ON 1/2 POUND OF MEAT PER 20# OF DOG. BONES OF SOME SORT MUST BE INCLUDED , EITHER RAW MEATY BONE , GROUND CHICKEN WITH BONES GROUND INTO IT, OR CHICKEN NECKS OR FRAMES.
FOR ADULT CATS, ABOUT 1/4 POUND OF MEAT PER DAY, AND YOU MUST BE SURE SOME PORTION OF THEIR DAILY MEAT RATION CONTAINS BONES. OUR WHOLE GROUND CHICKEN IS IDEAL. BEEF MIX WITH 15% KIDNEY, LIVER AND HEART WILL PROVIDE ORGAN MEATS, GREEN TRIPE WILL PROVIDE ENZYMES AND PROBIOTICS. A VARIETY OF MEATS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK INSURES PROPER AND COMPLETE NUTRITION FOR ALL CARNIVORES. SUPPLEMENTATION WITH 1/2 TO 1 TSP. OF OUR PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE SALMON OIL, AND 1/8 TO 1/4 TSP OF OUR ORGANIC GROUND NORTH ATLANTIC KELP WILL ENSURE THE TRACE ELEMENTS, OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS AND MINERALS ARE PROVIDED.
FOR FERRETS AND YOUNG WEANING KITTENS, FEED 4 TO 8 TABLESPOONS PER DAY, SOME PORTION OF WHICH MUST CONTAIN BONES, MIXED WITH KITTEN REPLACEMENT MILK. AGAIN, OUR GROUND WHOLE CHICKEN IS PERFECT FOR PROVIDING BONES TO SMALLER BABY ANIMALS EATING RAW. AS THEY GET OLDER, THE SMALLER ANIMALS CAN GRADUALLY INCREASE THEIR MEATS AND VARIETIES INTAKE UNTIL THEY REACH ADULTHOOD. YOU WILL FIND THAT YOUR PET WILL DECIDE WHEN HE OR SHE IS FINISHED EATING, THEY WILL NOT GORGE THEMSELVES ON RAW BECAUSE THEY WON'T FEEL THE NEED TO TRY TO STUFF THEMSELVES ON THEIR NATURAL DIET AS THEY DO WITH KIBBLE. THE GRAIN BASES OF KIBBLED FOOD ARE JUST FILLERS SO YOUR DOG IS CONSTANTLY FEELING THAT IT MUST EAT BECAUSE THE BRAIN ISN'T GETTING THAT SIGNAL THAT NUTRITIONAL NEEDS ARE COMPLETE, EVEN THOUGH KIBBLES ARE LABELED AS "COMPLETE NUTRITION" ACCORDING TO USDA REQUIREMENTS. IT MAY BE COMPLETE BY HUMAN SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS, BUT THE ANIMALS BODIES ARE TELLING THEM SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOUR RAW FED ANIMALS WILL NOT CONSTANTLY WANT TO DRINK GALLONS OF WATER, ALTHOUGH FRESH WATER MUST OF COURSE BE PROVIDED. THE NATURAL WATER CONTENT OF THE MEATS IMPROVES THEIR HYDRATION, WHEREAS KIBBLE ACTUALLY DEHYDRATES THEM, CAUSING THEM TO NEED TO DRINK MUCH MORE WATER WHICH PUTS MORE OF A STRAIN ON KIDNEYS.
AS YOU GET MORE INTO FEEDING YOUR DOGS OR OTHER PETS RAW, YOU WILL LEARN WHO NEEDS A LITTLE MORE PER DAY AND WHO MAY NEED A LITTLE LESS. ONE POUND OF THIS MEAT THAWED EQUALS ABOUT 2 FULL CUPS. THE CUBES WE SHIP ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 POUND IN SIZE BUT ARE NOT EXACT. THE PURCHSE OF AN INEXPENSIVE ELECTRONIC SCALE IS HELPFUL. NURSING BITCHES(DOGS), QUEENS(CATS) AND JILLS(FERRETS) WILL NEED TWICE AS MUCH OF EVERYTHING, AND THEY WILL ESPECIALLY NEED MORE RAW BONES DUE TO CALCIUM DEMANDS ON THEM FROM GROWING AND FEEDING PUPPIES, KITTENS AND KITS. IF YOU FEEL YOU CANNOT PROVIDE THEM WITH ENOUGH BONES, THEN BY ALL MEANS USE A CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT SUCH AS KALAC, A PRODUCT WE CARRY IN OUR DOG BLOOM PRODUCTS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF THIS SUPPLEMENT WILL ENSURE PLENTY OF CALCIUM FOR YOUR BREEDING AND LACTATING FEMALES.
WE HAVE WEANED OUR ORPHAN KITTEN STARTING WITH GROUND CHICKEN AND KITTEN REPLACEMENT MILK, AND MOVING ON TO THE BEEF PRODUCTS MIXED WITH GROUND CHICKEN AS SHE GREW. SHE IS NOW ON THE FULL RAW DIET, AND SHE GETS THE SAME VARIETIES OF MEATS THAT OUR DOGS GET, INCLUDING GREEN TRIPE. SHE HAS NEVER HAD DRY OR CANNED COMMERCIAL CAT FOOD AND IS THRIVING.
WHEN TRAVELING, IF YOU CAN PACK A COOLER FULL OF ICE PACKS AND SODAS OR BEER, THEN YOU CAN PACK A COOLER FULL OF FROZEN MEATS FOR YOUR DOG OR CAT. SIMPLY SEAL THE PORTIONS YOU FEEL YOU WILL NEED IN FREEZER BAGS AND PACK THEM INTO THE COOLERS WITH ICE GEL PACKS OR PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES FULL OF FROZEN WATER. THE COLEMAN XTREME COOLER IS AN EXCELLENT TRAVELING COOLER, WE USED THEM WHILE TRAVELING FROM ALASKA TO TENNESSEE AND STILL HAD FROZEN MEATS AFTER 10 DAYS OF TRAVELING.
