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Rafiki

Rafiki

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My breeder uses American Grinder. http://www.americaneaglemachine.com/meat.htm It handles the bones and grinds them up fine and doesn't jam up. But this grinder is expensive and literally weighs 100 lbs.

I remember finding a website by a vet that was pro-raw that had several that she recommended that weren't quite so industrial and expensive. I will post that link if I can find it again.

This one on Amazon has had a lot of positive reviews as long as you don't grind skin as that seems to jam it up pretty good: STX-INTERNATIONAL-STX-3000-TF Has any one on this forum used it?
 
Rafiki

Rafiki

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Deborah said:
Rafiki...it's best to start with small whole prey -- pinkie mice or fuzzies, day old chicks, baby quail just to see if the cat will take to whole prey and to give the jaw muscles time to build up strength to eat larger bones. During this time, it will still be necessary to feed the food the cat is transitioning from because the baby animals do not have the same nutritive value as mature animals.

Thanks Deborah! I will give the pinkies and baby chicks a try (ewww). And yes, she will continue to eat her raw chicken as well.
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John Popp

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I have the Weston #32 Grinder. It's way overkill for the job and extremely heavy. The good part of it is that it has a wide throat, commercial quality, stainless steel construction and has a wide range of accessories available. I believe Paige has or had one as well and heavy enough where she just left it on the counter. It could probably grind bones for 8 hours straight without ever staggering, but the reality is something like the Weston #12 is certainly up to the task.

Don't be fooled by wattage numbers as wattage doesn't suggest that there is any torque to the motor. Lots of good on paper grinder fold up pretty quickly and you'll be doing more with it than making a couple sausages. Others have pieces that aren't stainless steel but rather coated aluminum and not dishwasher safe. Definitely plenty of good ones out there, so solicit a bunch of recommendations.

Different meats have different nutritional profiles so there is definitely necessary to add supplements and most often additional organ meats. Then you need to be able to switch things up a bit and make sure you have varied offerings. Your cat doesn't like eating the same thing everyday just like you don't so a varied menu is important. Personally I would start with chicken as the transition away from the current food and then start adding in other poultry and rabbit.
 
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Louie'sDad

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Does raw feeding eliminate the need for a water fountain? To those using the GB: are you using the model with the added refrigeration unit for cooling.
 
Rafiki

Rafiki

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Be careful with the turkey as a lot of cats aren't fond of it. It was a test of wills to get them to eat some chicken that just had a small portion of turkey gizzards. Later I learned that it wasn't just the gizzards, but none of them wanted anything to do with turkey. They relented, and so did I swearing it off.

I have to say that I can tell when I have fed them the raw turkey versus the chicken. Rafiki is not a picky eater but less just say that she is rather fumey after turkey. She enjoys playing in a 5' long crackley tunnel. I had my head in one end of it when she farted. Oh, oh my!
 
Rafiki

Rafiki

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Rafiki said:
Be careful with the turkey as a lot of cats aren't fond of it. It was a test of wills to get them to eat some chicken that just had a small portion of turkey gizzards. Later I learned that it wasn't just the gizzards, but none of them wanted anything to do with turkey. They relented, and so did I swearing it off.

I have to say that I can tell when I have fed them the raw turkey versus the chicken. Rafiki is not a picky eater but less just say that she is rather fumey after turkey. She enjoys playing in a 5' long crackley tunnel. I had my head in one end of it when she farted. Oh, oh my!
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Oops....did something wrong....this was in response to John Popp's message about being careful about feeding turkey.....
 
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