Gizzards

[F/3]

I recently ordered gizzards with my very large (750.00)
Order from Hare today. Is it considered organ meat like liver or more like heart?
How much should I give him? Just a little bit daily?
I try to give him about an inch square of liver at his night time meal. Should I give him the same amount of gizzard at his breakfast meal?
Thanks

 

[WitchyWoman]

Gizzard is organ meat. Nothing like the liver so you can feed more often. And you don't have to feed liver every day. 1-2X per week is fine.

 

[F/3]

Thanks for the reply. Is gizzard good for them? Can you feed to much?

 

[WitchyWoman]

Gizzards are great. You can't feed too much. Mine don't like them apparently because they are too darn lazy to chew that much even when I cut the gizzards up. They do like to bat them around the house if I try to feed whole gizzards. (Please don't think badly about my lazy SVs)

 

[F/3]

Gizzards are great. You can't feed too much. Mine don't like them apparently because they are too darn lazy to chew that much even when I cut the gizzards up. They do like to bat them around the house if I try to feed whole gizzards. (Please don't think badly about my lazy SVs)

Lol

 

[Kristin]

Gizzards are great. You can't feed too much. Mine don't like them apparently because they are too darn lazy to chew that much even when I cut the gizzards up. They do like to bat them around the house if I try to feed whole gizzards. (Please don't think badly about my lazy SVs)

I think we are jealous of your lazy savannahs. Not for long though...I bet Atticus will get them moving

 

[John Popp]

My crew hated gizzards. They turned their nose up on them every time I added them in. Never had any better success than the single one a whole chicken came with. Was really hoping they would like turkey gizzards as that would have made for some serious bargain shopping after turkey day.

 

[Moggiesnewmom]

According to info in the Cat CRAP Facebook group, gizzzards should be considered part of the proportion of muscle meat and should not be considered part of the 10% recommended excreting organ. But opinions seem to vary a lot, which makes it hard to be sure we are feeding a balanced diet. Like the website below shows gizzards as a muscle meat, but only seems to recommend 6% bone. Which differs from other sources which recommend 10% or even 15% bone. It is confusing and seems important to get it right...

https://perfectlyrawsome.com/cats/prey-model-raw-pmr-for-cats/

 

[Ninja-n-Bear]

The only way to be sure is to do a blood test to look at the nutrient levels.

 

[John Popp]

While gizzards are certainly an organ, they are largely made up of muscle. I think it would be a real stretch to count them as part of the organ meat in recipes.