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Originally Posted by josephine
thanks for that i have been reading up on the dry foods and would like to wean my older cat off of it. Also i think i would like to introduce them both to raw feeding and is it ok to feed half raw and half wet and help would be much appricated.
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Fantastic!
Half and half is absolutely fine. For the wet food half, the brands Spid and I have listed are the best to feed as they don't contain grains. For the raw food, this is what you do:
Buy some meat - I've found some nice packs of turkey legs, ready chopped at Tescos that are under £3 each.
Buy some liver - chicken livers are cheap and great to use
Buy some chicken wings or any other meat with small bones in
Chop up the meat into small pieces, chop up a little amount of liver (should be approx. 5% of the total meal). Mix together and feed to the cat. Simple, right?
Feed the chicken wings separately - it will probably take some time before they'll be able to chew and eat them. If it takes more than a few weeks, you have to supplement the meat with a little ground eggshells for calcium.
Don't be discouraged if your cats won't eat it straight away... like all kids they'd rather have McDonalds (dry food) than food that's good for them - give it some time and don't give up, you'll get there in the end!
This link is also helpful, and that website in general has a lot of good information about raw feeding:
Practical Guide