Reg: 01-12-2008
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We started Enoch on drumsticks because the stores we go to didn't have chicken backs or necks. Yesterday was the second day on the drumsticks. This morning when I took him out he vomited a few times. It was yellow in color. After he vomited he pooped but it looked like a lot of poop. Is there something about drumsticks that I should be aware of and can anyone venture a guess why this might have happened?
Reg: 06-27-2007
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Loc: Orcutt, California
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Is this his intro to RAW? How big is he, and how old?
Sometimes dogs new to RAW have an adjustment period. Their bodies aren't used to having real meat and bone to digest. It isn't uncommon to have throw up, even with bone pieces in it at first. Sometimes you will even see bone in the stool at first. All normal and OK.
Was his breakfast late? If it was past his normal eating time, that will cause his tummy to start getting ready to eat, and if the food isn't forthcoming, they will throw up the unused bile.
Legs are pretty bony, you might want to go with chicken breast for a while until he adjusts. Remove the skin if his stools get loose. I rarely feed just legs. I do feed a lot of leg/thigh quarters and whole chickens that I cut into halves or quarters. Plus a lot of other stuff that you don't need to add right now. Just stick to chicken for a few weeks until he adjusts.
Reg: 01-12-2008
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He's been on raw since I got him at 8 weeks old. We have only been feeding him chicken necks/ backs and sometimes turkey necks. He had a slow start on the raw but had been doing really well ever since we started him on probiotics. We decided since it was getting harder to find chicken necks or backs we would venture out and start feeding different parts of the chicken to start giving him a variety.
Reg: 06-27-2007
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I think that the leg bones are just a little harder to digest. They are the weight bearing bones of the chicken, and so the strongest and hardest. Backs and necks are softer bone. But they aren't very meaty, and necks are too small in my opinion for any but small dogs. I feed backs, but always add meat with them of some type.
Variety is good, but you would be better off to get whole chickens and quarter them. Or even thighs. You could try adding a small amount of new protein also and building up the variety. My pup is almost 6 months and she gets chicken (all parts), beef heart, beef ribs, pork heart, beef, pork, pork ribs, pork necks, tripe, liver, organ blend, lamb trim, occasionaly ostrich ribs & legs, occadionally frozen sardines.
I feed my dogs chicken legs off and on but I usually add alittle ground turkey or ground beef since they are quite a bit of bone. He should beable to chew them up with no problem, I wouldnt think they would make him sick but definitely keep an eye on it to see if it continues. Sometimes dogs throw up just because their dogs and thats what they do
Good Luck
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