Anyone in the Wilmington NC area..

[gewaltiger Sturm]

...feed raw? Im looking for a good supplier or even someone to split orders with. Right now I get "Primal" pre made raw from a store in Wilmington but I think it would be more cost effective to make my own.

[Holmeshx2]

It would DEFINITELY be cheaper to make your own. Do you have a separate freezer for the pup? if not definitely get one so you can stock up on bulk orders you can generally get them for around $50 on craigslist and its sooo worth it.

Now I'm not in wilmington I'm up at Fort Bragg however have found some really great resources and have someone I'm working with now and we bounce resources off of each other (shes in Raleigh) I'd be glad to coordinate with you on some larger orders if you occasionally wanna make the trip up here. She just found a duck source in PA for .89 lb for necks and like .95 for carcasses which is the best I have ever seen for duck so planning a trip to PA to stock up and shes from Wilmington and planning a drive down that way for some fish she found cheap(ish) down there

We have some good sources for Turkey, pork and some beef, and then a decent one for chicken. Thats about all I have found so far. If you find anything down that way let us know because for a good price I'm sure we'd make the trip.

[gewaltiger Sturm]

That sounds great. I have a cubic foot freezer I keep rats and rabbits in for my snakes. Im down to 1 snake so I have plenty of room. I would love to get with you and work something out! I am going to go to a couple places I have been thinking might be able to help me out as well. I will let you know

[Holmeshx2]

any good sources for rabbit? working on that now haha

[gewaltiger Sturm]

Originally Posted by Holmeshx2

any good sources for rabbit? working on that now haha

Yep. I have a guy about 2 miles from me I can get all the rabbits I need. I used to anyway. Dont see a reason why I couldnt get them now. He has free range chickens,rabbits,goats, all kinds of stuff. I dont know how cost effective it would be but now I order my rabbits from rodentpro.com. They are clean and feed a good diet and come in all different sizes

[ChancetheGSD]

Blue Ridge Beef: Raw Meat for Dogs - Cats

I use their foods. It's all grinds, some with bone and some without so I feed RMB from the grocery store when I feed boneless ones. (And the organ grind is sooo much easier to get dogs to eat than solid livers and things) They actually carry a LOT more than listed on the website. They have chicken, beef, quail, rabbit, venison, green tripe, turkey, organ grind, ect...Large variety. You can contact the company directly for bulk orders as well. This is what I feed, it's the easiest and cheapest I've found around here (Dunno about over in Wilmington though but might be worth checking out anyways) and the only source I know of that has green tripe. (Which I only pay $4.60 for 5lb of! )

Regardless, I can tell you their food is waaaay cheaper than Primal.

[Holmeshx2]

Chance where are you in NC? I have some really great resources alot cheaper then BRB.. they are the only source I have for tripe though.. where are you getting tripe at that price? Also I haven't found the BRB venison would love to know where you found it?

Also on the subject of rabbit (Blue ridge is too expensive for rabbit at least at the store by me) did you ever find out what the guy near you is selling the rabbit for? Oh and goat I know I have someone whos DIEING for some goat.

[ChancetheGSD]

I get BRB from Natures Emporium in Burlington. I get 5lb of chicken/bone grind for $5.50 and the beef (no bone) is the same price as the GT. (5lb for $4.60) I buy the other grinds in smaller chubs since beef/chicken/tripe are the 3 main foods I feed (Besides canned fish a couple times a month and venison during hunting season) and with only Zoey to feed right now, I'm not worried about special ordering any other formulas in bigger amounts considering the prices. I pay between $2.30-$3 for 2lb of the other formulas. Organ grind is like $2.30 I believe? But that stuff last me forever since you don't have to feed much OM. I admit, the organ grind is pretty expensive considering what you can get in stores but all my dogs have always split out things like liver so having it already ground with other OM is worth the extra money IMO. Lol!

Where are your sources at? Fort Bragg is a bit far from me (Unless it's really good prices to make up for gas), anything closer to Graham/Burlington?

[raqqasa]

Cool, yup Wilmington being on the coast has the best prices for frozen sardines I have never paid more than like .50 for a pound of chicken and we pay around .25 to .33 a pound for turkey. Lamb, Beef, and Pork is a dollar a pound.

I have two 19c.u. foot freezers so I can stock in bulk, the next time I'm making a trip to Wilmington is for the Azalea festival.

[robk]

Originally Posted by Holmeshx2

It would DEFINITELY be cheaper to make your own. Do you have a separate freezer for the pup? if not definitely get one so you can stock up on bulk orders you can generally get them for around $50 on craigslist and its sooo worth it.

Now I'm not in wilmington I'm up at Fort Bragg however have found some really great resources and have someone I'm working with now and we bounce resources off of each other (shes in Raleigh) I'd be glad to coordinate with you on some larger orders if you occasionally wanna make the trip up here. She just found a duck source in PA for .89 lb for necks and like .95 for carcasses which is the best I have ever seen for duck so planning a trip to PA to stock up and shes from Wilmington and planning a drive down that way for some fish she found cheap(ish) down there

We have some good sources for Turkey, pork and some beef, and then a decent one for chicken. Thats about all I have found so far. If you find anything down that way let us know because for a good price I'm sure we'd make the trip.

I need to get with you one day about your raw sources. I have the worst time figuring out what to feed and where to buy it here.