Ah, my cats were 18 months when I started the swicth and even they were very fussy! So I can imagine how hard it would be with an older cat. It has taken me 6 months to get one of them to eat bone (had to substitute with egg shell for quite a while)! And the other one would happily eat bone but not offal of any kind! She still wont eat it unless it is mushed up?!

Some of the people on the Raw Cat list on one of the links in that post have been trying to swicth their cats fully for years!!

However, dogs are SOOOOO much easier You should have no probs with your pup!

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Chester sometimes had the natures menu nuggets. Do you think it would be ok to add a raw egg + shell to these?

Yep I dont see why not...I personally crush it up and break the egg shell up quite a bit then pour over the meal.

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Do you give the yolk & White of the egg as well or just the shell?

The whole thing, just mush it up and pour it on. For the cats when they wouldnt eat bone I sometimes gave dried and powdered egg shell to replace the bone...but this wouldnt be long term and not how I feed in general.

Some people I know give the whole egg just in the garden! lol...very messy...and then hose down the grass after...but I read that the shell needs to be crushed up small to actually make use of it, so thats why I mash it small.

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Thank you as always very helpful

no probs

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Fab, sure this will help a lot of people out
Wish there was something like this when I started out 6 years ago!

Hi Jesi, welcome to the forum!

6 years? you must know a thing or two about raw feeding now then - please do stick around and I'm sure you can lend some of your experience to others just starting out

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Katie you have done a great job and covered tonns.
Don't think there is anything I'd add.


Oh, except on the freezing things lol ...

The parasites in salmon are only likely to be found in Pacific North-West salmon and similar species from the same area, which is unlikely to be found fresh here anyway, so not a huge worry.

Pork if you are paranoid about Trichinosis (which is virtually unknown in the UK too).

But the only one of these I would actually be concerned about is beef products, especially minced beef. This could be contaminated with Neospora caninum, and should always be frozen prior to feeding. Not that I fed it much, the protein is not a great one and are so many better meats to feed.

The good things is most suppliers deliver frozen meats so you never have to worry.

I used to use Landywoods for years, but changed to The Dog Food Company last year and loved them.

Although I am changing my dogs diet at the moment, but thats a different story..