Brian M
Well-known member
Hi
I posted in another thread about our decision ,in my everlasting pursuit of healthier Cavaliers ,about our decision to change the girls food from a kibble base to raw based meals.
We decided to go with http://www.naturalinstinct.com/ raw food as it seems to offer for a person of my limited knowledge a good complete Cavalier diet to start all the girls off with and then we will see how we progress ,and so far they have all eaten every meal with relish, and like all good Cavaliers always look for more and most importantly there is no sign of any sloppy poos .So for our first batch we ordered 10 one kilo bags of the Natural Instinct raw mixture which comprisers of chicken ,lamb ,ground bone and other assorted goodies which as I guesstimated will feed them all for approimately 17 days based on an approximation of 600 gramme for all four per day ,though I do add some boiled veg and a few burns kibble ( 6 pces per Cav ) and another five different lots of vitamins and oils and of course their whitebait ,calamari and king prawn and a teaspoon of plain probiotic yogurt.We did try them all with a raw meaty lamb neck bone on Sunday ,but as mentioned Poppy and Daisy just growled at each other ,Lily licked hers and Rosie hadn't a clue what it was so after an hour of utter chaos they all went in the bin ,and so far I haven't had the courage to try any chicken wings with any of them .Just ordered their second lot yesterday and this time we will try N. I. tripe mix but only as the company told me their was no smell attached to it , and then on Sunday we will have our first weigh in so I will then be able to tweak the quantities if needed in the hope that our Pops can continue on her downward scale weight wise ,but I have just remembered Sibby's biscuits arrived today courtesy of wagtails and they have to all be eaten fairly quickly so I shall have to keep a sharp eye on their total food intake .
I posted in another thread about our decision ,in my everlasting pursuit of healthier Cavaliers ,about our decision to change the girls food from a kibble base to raw based meals.
We decided to go with http://www.naturalinstinct.com/ raw food as it seems to offer for a person of my limited knowledge a good complete Cavalier diet to start all the girls off with and then we will see how we progress ,and so far they have all eaten every meal with relish, and like all good Cavaliers always look for more and most importantly there is no sign of any sloppy poos .So for our first batch we ordered 10 one kilo bags of the Natural Instinct raw mixture which comprisers of chicken ,lamb ,ground bone and other assorted goodies which as I guesstimated will feed them all for approimately 17 days based on an approximation of 600 gramme for all four per day ,though I do add some boiled veg and a few burns kibble ( 6 pces per Cav ) and another five different lots of vitamins and oils and of course their whitebait ,calamari and king prawn and a teaspoon of plain probiotic yogurt.We did try them all with a raw meaty lamb neck bone on Sunday ,but as mentioned Poppy and Daisy just growled at each other ,Lily licked hers and Rosie hadn't a clue what it was so after an hour of utter chaos they all went in the bin ,and so far I haven't had the courage to try any chicken wings with any of them .Just ordered their second lot yesterday and this time we will try N. I. tripe mix but only as the company told me their was no smell attached to it , and then on Sunday we will have our first weigh in so I will then be able to tweak the quantities if needed in the hope that our Pops can continue on her downward scale weight wise ,but I have just remembered Sibby's biscuits arrived today courtesy of wagtails and they have to all be eaten fairly quickly so I shall have to keep a sharp eye on their total food intake .