Melissa Hoyer wrote 10/15/2007 04:56 PM Question for raw feeders #158387 - 10/15/2007 04:56 PM
Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005 Posts: 1340 Loc: SE Michigan Offline	Just curious on what percentage of RMBs you feed? Some people recommend 60%, others only 30%, others fall in between...I'm going to be making some adjustments in my feeding plan and am debating on changing the amount of RMBs I feed. Thanks!
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/15/2007 05:01 PM Re: Question for raw feeders [Re: Melissa Hoyer ] #158390 - 10/15/2007 05:01 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	IMO, that totally depends on what you mean by RMBs. If you mean parts of a whole prey animal, using up the whole thing in a few days, then that's pretty much the diet, throwing in the organs at 5-10% and a little produce. If you mean chicken backs, I add muscle meat unless they are especially meaty. And so on....... What RMBs do you mean?
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Melissa Hoyer wrote 10/15/2007 05:11 PM Re: Question for raw feeders [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #158393 - 10/15/2007 05:11 PM
Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005 Posts: 1340 Loc: SE Michigan Offline	I have to laugh, Connie, because I thought to myself that I should add what I was feeding as RMBS...but then, my lovely Kira was barking to go out so I quickly posted lol. I think it is important to mention that I buy pre-ground RMBs from a Michigan company...my EPI dog does better when the food is ground and I'm too lazy to do it myself... Anywho...I feed the following: 20 days a month - whole ground chicken & whole ground turkey 10 days a month - ground chicken necks & ground turkey necks I mix and match, but that's about what my order looks like. I also feed THK here and there, along with about 4 days a month of Wellness Core. I also feed grocery store finds on occasion.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/15/2007 05:14 PM Re: Question for raw feeders [Re: Melissa Hoyer ] #158395 - 10/15/2007 05:14 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	That sounds good to me. Farm poultry is pretty meaty, and necks are not so meaty. Sounds like it all works out. Good poop, no constipation, no diarhea? Does the EPI dog tolerate other meats for variety (maybe some white fish)?
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Melissa Hoyer wrote 10/15/2007 05:21 PM Re: Question for raw feeders [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #158397 - 10/15/2007 05:21 PM
Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005 Posts: 1340 Loc: SE Michigan Offline	I feed additional muscle meat for variety...usually beef, occasionally fish. She doesn't tolerate pork. She is actually doing incredibly well...she isn't even on prescription enzymes other than those in her over-the-counter supplements. I have to watch her weight now...what a change lol! Maybe this will help too...The break down is 26 oz a day - 10 oz muscle meat/organ meats and 16 oz of the RMB mixtures.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/15/2007 05:22 PM Re: Question for raw feeders [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #158398 - 10/15/2007 05:22 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	P.S. I have one adopted senior who does great on raw, after a lifetime of bad kibble. (In fact, it turned around his coat, skin, allergies, ears, etc.) But he throws up when I try to change up the protein source from poultry to anything else, unless it's like a tablespoon. EXCEPT wild white fish fillets, which I get cheap, frozen, at Trader Joe's. So when he has poultry necks, the additional muscle meat is fish fillets, with just the occasional little bit of red meat. I would like more variety, but it seems acceptable; he does get yogurt, the occasional egg ....
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/15/2007 05:23 PM Re: Question for raw feeders [Re: Melissa Hoyer ] #158399 - 10/15/2007 05:23 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	You do fish oil and Vitamin E? I have read that long-chain Omega 3s are even more crucial to an EPI dog than to other dogs.
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Melissa Hoyer wrote 10/15/2007 05:27 PM Re: Question for raw feeders [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #158401 - 10/15/2007 05:27 PM
Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005 Posts: 1340 Loc: SE Michigan Offline	Quote: Connie Sutherland You do fish oil and Vitamin E? Yes, I do. Other supplements are all B-Natural's products - Immune Blend, Digestion Blend, and Green Blend.
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