We did it!! FINALLY!!
First day on nothing but raw!
We are beginning with 2 weeks of turkey, then will do 2 weeks of chicken, then 1 week of beef (with chix RMBs). Today was our first day.
For breakfast, Grimm loved the turkey neck pieces, and ground turkey. Added was a bit of lowfat plain yogurt and brewers yeast-- these he has been on for a month in prep for raw switch. Dinner was a turkey drum with a bit of ground turkey, the yogurt and brewer's yeast. It was about a pound of food each meal.. a bit more than half was RMB.
No salmon oil, vitamin E, and no liver yet-- I want to see how he does on just the plain ole RMB & MM for a while. Then I will very
slowly add tiny bits of liver and salmon oil & vitamin E . (Grimm may or may not be fat sensitive)
Grimm was DELIGHTED with the food change!
I can see that he especially loves the turkey necks and drums, the bone crunching seems to put him in a deeply contemplative, Zenlike mood.
He does drink less water, partly cos the food has a water content, but also cos kibble is really salty.. I tasted it.
On that note, DH sometimes plunders, pilfers and scarfs down some of Grimm's raw foods.
German folks can safely eat raw meats here.
I am so excited about
finally switching!! I toss my empty kibble bag away tomorrow. WOW! I feel so good about what I am doing for Grimm. I wish I were able to have started this sooner!
This will be interesting to see how the raw affects Grimm, as he is currently going through a Butt Expansion Project. He is developing a double-wide "jumbo bum," much like a Clydesdale, all muscle-- and he has always had a skinny flat butt and pale, thin body with poor muscling. His head is getting w-i-d-e-r right now, shoulders more muscled... he is not truly filling out yet (he is 19 months and slow-developing Czech lines), but his teenagery body is changing. Be intriguing to see how he does on raw. I had to increase his kibble a LOT right now as he gets ribby with all the changes.
Stay tuned tomorrow. Same Bat Time,
same Bat channel-- for "The Poop Report!"
