Thank you all for your responses - and thank you "Witchy" for all the information. I ordered the mazuri today for both slab meat and whole prey so I can be prepared as we slowly switch over his diet. I don't know if the breeder was giving supplements or not, I've been away from my computer all day today and didn't have a chance to email her. I plan to send her a message tonight. I sure hope she was doing something. But I will definitely take extra caution with him once he arrives - and have him thoroughly checked by our vet. Is there anything specific I should have the vet look for?
So far, he appears very healthy in all the pictures and videos I've been receiving, so I hope we have been able to evade any health problems. But I will definitely follow your advice in the transition to raw food, and try to do it a little more quickly than normal if he is tolerating everything okay.
So far, for the raw, I have purchased ground chicken, turkey and duck from Darwins - which includes bone, organ, as well as added minerals and vitamins (including taurine) to their meat. They claim it is not necessary to give any additional supplements when feeding their ground meat, as it is a complete balanced meal. I don't know if it would hurt to give additional supplements as well? Can you give too many supplements? I also plan to add some ground rabbit from Rabbits4U or Hare Today.
I haven't decided on whole prey yet . . . I'm not totally opposed to the idea, I'm just not sure
I'M ready for it right away. I hadn't even planned on feeding any raw until this last weekend, but I spent an entire day reading about diet and nutrition and realized how beneficial it is to their health. But I may need to work myself up to the raw prey - haha.
On another note - I will have one of our guest bathrooms set up for his 2-week isolation period, and plan to spend every moment I can in the bathroom bonding with him. My question, is it important to keep him in this room for the full two weeks? Or if he is transitioning really well, is one week enough time? And / or, is it okay to bring him to sleep with us in bed at night and then return him to the bathroom during the day? This is my first Savannah, so I want to make sure I'm doing everything right.
By the way, his name is Sir Razi Matata (which means secret troublemaker), but we will call him Razi for short. Attached are a couple recent pictures of him. As you can see he has a serious case of the fuzzies
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Thank you again for all your information. I'm so grateful for this forum. I've learned so much already just reading through all the past posts.
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