Your whole prey menu, please?

kjeter15 · 01-08-2013, 11:42 AM

There is an awesome post about what people feed every week but most of the post are not whole prey. I and I know others are working on switching from raw to whole prey. I thought it would be a good idea to have a list for all or mostly whole prey. Including the age or size of prey might help too.
I have some hopper mice and 1 week old quail ordered to start.
thanks
Kim

hoofmaiden · 01-10-2013, 02:55 PM

I feed my cats 90% mice. Unless your cat is just starting out on whole prey, it's best to feed adult mice--large or XL. I feed mice probably 12/14 meals a week--the other meals are quail (dressed, not whole), venison, a little liver, etc. Just for variety.

bombyxmori · 02-04-2013, 04:05 AM

Generally ...
70% small rats
30% frankenprey of chicken, beef, lamb, quail, fish

Green tripe when I can buy it in small amounts. Rarely, other organs like testicle. Very rarely, a small can of grain-free wet food.

Right now she's with a sitter for two weeks, so getting 50% rats, 50% half a dressed quail with a bit of beef liver packed in the cavity.

I'm not pleased about about always feeding rats and quail from the same source, but that seems to be the best I can do right now. At times she's had a lot more variety; at other times, she's survived on canned salmon for several meals in a row. When I get home, I'll step up the game a bit, no pun intended.

Kim, where did you find the week-old quail?

kjeter15 · 02-04-2013, 10:05 PM

Since I wrote this my Sasha had several days of vomiting and went off all food for awhile. Now she happily eats jumbo mice. I still have to cut them up and we call them meeses pieces because we're goofy. She loved her week old baby quail. I plan on trying to reintroduce her to beef soon.
As soon as I can I'll get a small freezer for just her food and add rabbit and Guinea Pig.
Oh and my frozen prey source is
Snake Food, Reptile Food, Feed Carnivores, Birds of Prey : Layne Labs.com
I like them because 1) they are here on the west coast 2) the best prices I've been able to find and 3) They donate to zoos and animal rescue places

01-08-2013, 11:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
kjeter15 Kitten Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 28	Your whole prey menu, please? There is an awesome post about what people feed every week but most of the post are not whole prey. I and I know others are working on switching from raw to whole prey. I thought it would be a good idea to have a list for all or mostly whole prey. Including the age or size of prey might help too. I have some hopper mice and 1 week old quail ordered to start. thanks Kim

01-10-2013, 02:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
hoofmaiden Premier Cat Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 4,110	I feed my cats 90% mice. Unless your cat is just starting out on whole prey, it's best to feed adult mice--large or XL. I feed mice probably 12/14 meals a week--the other meals are quail (dressed, not whole), venison, a little liver, etc. Just for variety. __________________ Elizabeth and Calvin (brown tabby DSH); Conrad (B&W DSH); Erik (W&B DSH); and Jonah (blue tabby DSH)

02-04-2013, 04:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
bombyxmori Kitten Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 4	Generally ... 70% small rats 30% frankenprey of chicken, beef, lamb, quail, fish Green tripe when I can buy it in small amounts. Rarely, other organs like testicle. Very rarely, a small can of grain-free wet food. Right now she's with a sitter for two weeks, so getting 50% rats, 50% half a dressed quail with a bit of beef liver packed in the cavity. I'm not pleased about about always feeding rats and quail from the same source, but that seems to be the best I can do right now. At times she's had a lot more variety; at other times, she's survived on canned salmon for several meals in a row. When I get home, I'll step up the game a bit, no pun intended. Kim, where did you find the week-old quail?

02-04-2013, 10:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
kjeter15 Kitten Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 28	Since I wrote this my Sasha had several days of vomiting and went off all food for awhile. Now she happily eats jumbo mice. I still have to cut them up and we call them meeses pieces because we're goofy. She loved her week old baby quail. I plan on trying to reintroduce her to beef soon. As soon as I can I'll get a small freezer for just her food and add rabbit and Guinea Pig. Oh and my frozen prey source is Snake Food, Reptile Food, Feed Carnivores, Birds of Prey : Layne Labs.com I like them because 1) they are here on the west coast 2) the best prices I've been able to find and 3) They donate to zoos and animal rescue places

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