On Raw for 1 week, and...

I notice a tiny improvement already in his tartar!! Beginning with the very tips of his tooth-summits getting whiter.

I could be mistaken, but I think I already see a change in coat lenth as well as density. This is summer.. and he is getting PLUSHER.

I am positive I notice a change already in his coat pigment. Grimm's coat base color that shows through his black hairtips is usually a very pale, washed-out, dirty pale grey-buff. Now, it is starting to turn somewhere between warm mocha and sunset orange.. hard to explain. <span style="color: #CC6600">The color an oak leaf turns in the autumn-- rich, golden reddish-orange-beige</span>. Wow.. that is exactly the color LOL! Also: BIG surprise.. much more black coming in on his coat.. with glossy blue highlights! Can a coat really change so much in only a week?

Grimm is more relaxed in the house. This puzzles me. He is not ill, as far as I can see... and the kibble he was on was grain-free. He just flops and chills. Bonechewing clearly is a medatative experience for him.

Poops are tiny. I am still having trouble regulating.. either too contipated and pooping just a bit of boneshards, or watery. But sometimes I get perfect poops that are just an odd color, like orange-y. (no blood, just orange-ish colored doo-doo) ALL poops are tiny, though.

It's been a week, so I introduced a tiny bit of offal today, a piece of turkey liver the size of my thumbnail. (Lookin' at yer thumbnail now, aren't ya? )

This is supposed to be another "turkey week," to switch Grimm to raw gradually. But, my butcher has run out of turkey necks. Can I dare to begin to introduce another meat source-- use a chicken leg as RMB now? Poops are not always perfection yet, but, no horrible sick diarrhea like I expected in switching. Can I give the ground turkey as MM still.... and begin to use chix legs as the RMB? Will disaster ensue if they are in the same meal?

Grimm LOVES the raw food!

The only negative is: He has gotten quite ribby and thin. feeding more meat could break the bank, feeding extra fats and oils can set off the runs with Grimm. Maybe it is just that turkey is such a comparatively lean meat? I plan to use chicken legs as my main RMB, instead of turkey necks.. maybe that will help in my overall meal plan for his chubbitude?

Q:Why do people caution about using heart as a MM sometimes, saying it is "richer?" I know we have covered this before, that it is a MM like any other.. is it tougher to digest, or more likely to cause loose poop? Thanks for the info!