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So I've been feeding my cats franken prey for a while now, and I'm hoping to get some info on grinders. Whenever I finish cutting up a chicken/turkey/duck carcass I can't help cringing at how much bone ends up just going to waste. There's even meat left on the thing after I'm done, no matter how hard I try to get as much as possible. It feels like throwing money away when I toss the carcasses, so now I'm wondering if it would be possible to grind them up as bone-in meals, while still feeding franken prey the rest of the time.
At the moment my cats primarily eat quail bones (the younger can occasionally be coaxed into eating chicken wing tips/smashed up chicken necks, but the older just spits that stuff out). I'm hoping what I want to do is possible, and that I can cut back on the quail and save myself some money if I invest in a grinder. I'd keep the quail in their diet, for variety and because I don't want my younger cat to decide she can't chew bones. But at $5 per lb quail is a pretty expensive bone source...
Anyway, to the people on here that grind their cat's food: what grinders do you use? Would a grinder be able to handle all the bones in a chicken/turkey/duck/rabbit carcass? How finely will a grinder grind large bones like thigh bones, drumsticks, or turkey/chicken backs?
Thanks for your help
At the moment my cats primarily eat quail bones (the younger can occasionally be coaxed into eating chicken wing tips/smashed up chicken necks, but the older just spits that stuff out). I'm hoping what I want to do is possible, and that I can cut back on the quail and save myself some money if I invest in a grinder. I'd keep the quail in their diet, for variety and because I don't want my younger cat to decide she can't chew bones. But at $5 per lb quail is a pretty expensive bone source...
Anyway, to the people on here that grind their cat's food: what grinders do you use? Would a grinder be able to handle all the bones in a chicken/turkey/duck/rabbit carcass? How finely will a grinder grind large bones like thigh bones, drumsticks, or turkey/chicken backs?
Thanks for your help