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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 314016" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Jo, I know about the fasting. I will have to give my guy a few biscuits in there as if he goes without food entirely, he will puke his guts up.</p><p></p><p>I am torn on what to do with the transition back to a raw diet. Like you, I was always taught to fast, and then do a forced switch.</p><p></p><p>The company that makes this food recommends doing a transition like you would do when switching from one brand of kibble to another. So, there is some conflict there.</p><p></p><p>I actually have a lot more experience with feeding raw foods than I do with feeding 'kibbles' and the like.</p><p></p><p>Even when I ran the cattery and had a herd of cats (not like a hoarder, mine were all pampered pets who looked good enough and were well socialized enough to do very well in the showring. Most I ever had at one time was nineteen kittens plus six adults. 7 of kittens belonged to a pregnant stray we had rescued...talk about living in a ZOO)</p><p></p><p>I used to buy chicken backs in 40lb cases, fish 40lbs at a time, and husband and I and the critters both canine and feline went through nearly a whole steer per year.</p><p></p><p>We raised Maine Coon Cats. They are huge, have big litters of big kittens, and eat like nobody's business.</p><p></p><p>I don't have the storage space to feed raw like in those days. I don't have the basement in which to put the 30cu.ft. freezer, nor the type of counter on which to mount the meat grinders and stuff.</p><p></p><p>One thing I found disconcerting about the DCO RX kibble is that after feeding it for a couple of months, not only did Gryphon's coat blow all to heck, but he's developed staining on his teeth for the first time in his life.</p><p></p><p>On the super premium foods he had no problems with staining. He stll gets a couple of RAW beef knuckles per week, or a few chicken back if I can get them, and maybe that prevented the staining before.</p><p></p><p>I dunno</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 314016, member: 1963"] Jo, I know about the fasting. I will have to give my guy a few biscuits in there as if he goes without food entirely, he will puke his guts up. I am torn on what to do with the transition back to a raw diet. Like you, I was always taught to fast, and then do a forced switch. The company that makes this food recommends doing a transition like you would do when switching from one brand of kibble to another. So, there is some conflict there. I actually have a lot more experience with feeding raw foods than I do with feeding 'kibbles' and the like. Even when I ran the cattery and had a herd of cats (not like a hoarder, mine were all pampered pets who looked good enough and were well socialized enough to do very well in the showring. Most I ever had at one time was nineteen kittens plus six adults. 7 of kittens belonged to a pregnant stray we had rescued...talk about living in a ZOO) I used to buy chicken backs in 40lb cases, fish 40lbs at a time, and husband and I and the critters both canine and feline went through nearly a whole steer per year. We raised Maine Coon Cats. They are huge, have big litters of big kittens, and eat like nobody's business. I don't have the storage space to feed raw like in those days. I don't have the basement in which to put the 30cu.ft. freezer, nor the type of counter on which to mount the meat grinders and stuff. One thing I found disconcerting about the DCO RX kibble is that after feeding it for a couple of months, not only did Gryphon's coat blow all to heck, but he's developed staining on his teeth for the first time in his life. On the super premium foods he had no problems with staining. He stll gets a couple of RAW beef knuckles per week, or a few chicken back if I can get them, and maybe that prevented the staining before. I dunno [/QUOTE]
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