Yes, the Macs is very similar to the Grau - but with the tins you have there are no grains. If I sent you a pouch you can also try that.

Yep you did send a pouch too. Thank you so much.

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Well I put out the last of the Grau this evening, for the first time WITHOUT any Felix mixed in, and we had some lovely clean bowls verrrrry quickly... in fact it was the quickest they have eaten their dinner so I honestly think they prefer it without the Felix mixed in.

Unfortunately the Grau is now all gone and the kittens were sniffing around their empty bowls for something to eat, so I thought I'd try them on a little bit of raw. I weighed out 20g of the mince and broke it into chunks on a plate, then put it down for them.

Well, Dinah took a sniff of it, jumped back (literally!) away from it and ran and hid for a few moments, while Monty got his nose right in there, had a sniff and a lick of it, but didn't actually eat any. Meanwhile, Dinah came back and got her nose right into it as well, then - to my amazement - picked up a piece and started chomping on it! This was when I realised it was a bad idea to put the plate in its usual place in the living room, which is carpeted... as she was chewing it as a wild cat generally chews a piece of meat and putting it down in between chews. Yuck.

I sat and watched her eat the whole plateful of mince! Okay so it was only 20g but that's 20g more raw food than she's ever eaten in her life. I was really proud of her and she even licked the plate clean. Monty sat and watched her suspiciously the whole time.

Very interesting. I put out a tiny bit more to see if she was still hungry and she ate a piece then left the rest. I put Monty next to the plate when Dinah was out of the way to see if he would eat without her there, and he did have another sniff, but didn't eat any.

This will be an intriguing experiment. I think we'll have to mix the raw in with some of the Grau to start with, once it arrives, to get Monty to go near it... but Dinah appears to really enjoy it straight off.

Meanwhile I think Monty may still be hungry and I am struggling with what to put out for the poor lad. Might have to be one of those cans of Mac's. I'm a bit worried about giving them too much new food in such a short space of time but I'd really rather not give them any more Felix. In fact I think I'm done with Felix now...

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So glad to read that Dinah & Monty had their first taste of raw yesterday and that Dinah seems to be enjoying it! Yay!

Our 3 have taken to eating so much raw now on top of their dry, I used to only feed maybe 1/4 of a 250g mince sausage for them a day, and now they eat at least half a 250g mince sausage a day! And it's slowly rising!

*We get our complete raw mince in sausages and they are added with supplements that make it a complete food!

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That's good, Arnold wont eat any of the Darlings minces which baffles me as he eats other raw treats.

I wouldn't worry about giving them the Macs, its the same quality as Grau which I fin ls doesnt mess with their tummies so much.

Arnold will only eat a couple of varieties of the Macs pouches, fussy b*gger, and they work out stupidly expensive if you were just to feed those so he only gets them occaisionly.

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Since it's looking unlikely that any Grau will arrive today, and we're going away on Monday morning, the kittens got raw for their breakfast this morning with a bit of Lily's Kitchen mixed in with it.

It's the only food I can guarantee there'll be enough of to last us until we get home from Scotland on Wednesday. I will have to gradually work Lily's kitchen into their food and check their poos between now and Monday morning to make sure they're okay on it. But they wolfed down the little bit I did give them.

I would be happy for Dinah to be on 100% raw while we're away but I just don't think Monty's quite got the hang of it yet. We'll see how we go over the next couple of days but Monty is a big fan of commercial pate-consistency food it seems.

I'm still really annoyed with myself for not ordering more Grau initially. But then I had thought we would be able to get our Scotland trip out of the way with them staying on the same food the breeder had them on... didn't expect to change their food after just a few days! But they really didn't like the Felix and were not thriving on it like they clearly are now with the better food. Can't believe how chunky Monty feels now.

If we can successfully get them both eating Lily's Kitchen and Darling's raw between now and tomorrow night, I'll be happy for them to eat a combination of those two foods while we're away and I'll be able to rest assured that there's enough food here for them.

Blimmin' 'eck I just nearly had a heart attack! Felt something on my knee and moved my keyboard tray to find two kittens nested under my computer desk on top of my printer! They jumped out at the sound of the keyboard tray being pushed in and scared the life out of me OMG!!! Kittens are not good for the faint-hearted... they hide so easily!

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Aaaaaand the situation has changed yet again...

Just got a call from my father-in-law. The trip to Scotland is cancelled (did I wish hard enough? ) as their dogs have a flea infestation and their usual dog-sitter can't take them.

This means we will be home with the kittens... and this makes me happy.

Still doesn't solve the issue of no Grau over the weekend but hopefully a delivery will come on Monday morning so we'll be able to pick it up on Tuesday morning. (Missed deliveries go to our local depot usually and we can pick up 24 hours later.)

In the meantime, raw and Lily's Kitchen will have to be the way to go as we just don't have enough of anything else to consistently feed these two who have turned into voracious eaters! Hard to believe it's the same two kittens who were leaving most of their food a week ago.

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