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I am dipping my toe into a raw food diet for my 3 year old red tabby, Buster.
I decided the easiest way was to start him out on commercial frozen and chose the Primal brand because they are very local, manufactured in San Mateo, CA where we live. I bought the Primal Frozen Formula Beef and Salmon cubes.
Buster weighs 13 pounds which the vet has said is an optimum weight for him so I have been feeding Buster a 5.5 - 6 oz of wet canned food a day broken into two meals, one 4 AM (we are very early risers) and then again at 4 PM. At night he gets about 3/4 oz of Natures Balance dry food as a treat.
For the past week I have been giving him a 1/2 cube of the Primal formula mixed into canned wet food twice a day. So far he seems to have adjusted to it very well. No loose stools and he eats it up with no problem. Tomorrow I am going to increase the Primal to 1 full cube mixed into his wet food twice a day for another week with the plan to hopefully transition him to no canned food within another 2 weeks.
I know that Primal also has chubs, their frozen mix (w/ produce) chub and their frozen grind (w/o produce). Both state that they are for supplemental feeding only.
I am confused about how these chubs can be incorporated into his meal plan with the Primal cubes. How much and how often? Can someone give me an idea of what to do?
Thanks!
I decided the easiest way was to start him out on commercial frozen and chose the Primal brand because they are very local, manufactured in San Mateo, CA where we live. I bought the Primal Frozen Formula Beef and Salmon cubes.
Buster weighs 13 pounds which the vet has said is an optimum weight for him so I have been feeding Buster a 5.5 - 6 oz of wet canned food a day broken into two meals, one 4 AM (we are very early risers) and then again at 4 PM. At night he gets about 3/4 oz of Natures Balance dry food as a treat.
For the past week I have been giving him a 1/2 cube of the Primal formula mixed into canned wet food twice a day. So far he seems to have adjusted to it very well. No loose stools and he eats it up with no problem. Tomorrow I am going to increase the Primal to 1 full cube mixed into his wet food twice a day for another week with the plan to hopefully transition him to no canned food within another 2 weeks.
I know that Primal also has chubs, their frozen mix (w/ produce) chub and their frozen grind (w/o produce). Both state that they are for supplemental feeding only.
I am confused about how these chubs can be incorporated into his meal plan with the Primal cubes. How much and how often? Can someone give me an idea of what to do?
Thanks!