Meredith, looking forward to when you start to feed a turkey neck to Ripley. Those are Kodi's favorite, and always fun to watch him eat one when he first went raw.
Just beware, those Tom necks can be ginormous! If you have to cut one in half,no big deal.
I have a rubber mallet in the kitchen for those buggers, as they can be hard to cut in half. But it gets the job done with a knife.
I know some people here might leave them as is, as it can make the dog work harder for it, and good for the teeth.
But my two get overwhelmed by them and walk away, so I just cut them in half and then they get started eating.
I'm kind of scared of the turkey neck, Joyce. I've been reading a raw feeding yahoo list and it seems like half the panicky emails are a result of turkey parts.
As you've probably figured out though, I worry about stuff more than I should.
I got Kodi when he was 12 weeks old, I switched him to raw, cold turkey.( no pun intended)
Initially, he was a big time gulper. He would do a couple short bites and swallow most stuff nearly whole!
So, I started holding his RMB's for him and making him slow down.
It worked very well. It also made him chew his bones better.
Eventually, he realized that I was not going to take his food away either, so he slowed down.
But when I introduced those turkey necks, I too was afraid he would choke. So, again, I just held on to it for a while until he got the idea to chew it better.
Those Tom necks are very intimidating, but once they start chewing and crunching them up, your fears will disappear.
I'd chalk up those worries to being a newbie raw feeder, I was the same way at first. Once you see how efficiently they chew and grind up the bones, those fears just disappear.
I have yet to see turkey necks for sale, but if I do, I'll try them.
I'm still trying to find resources for meat outside of the grocery store. Cheap, in other words. I'm going to go see what I can find at some Asian markets today. I'm reading that Columbus is a great source for goat as we have a large Somali immigrant population. We also have some great Latin groceries. Opening up new worlds!
Asian markets are great sources for lots of good stuff.
Duck, chicken, rabbit. But some of it is very expensive, like rabbit. I have never fed rabbit because last time I checked, they were sold whole and cost $11.99 per rabbit! Too expensive for my budget. Maybe one day for something new as a treat.
But you can get good add it stuff, like hearts,livers,gizzards for cheap.
Our local Albertson's grocery store carries chicken necks and backs too for very reasonable prices.
Check out your local Walmart for turkey necks, my store usually always carries them. Walmart also carries fresh beef liver, and sometimes beef hearts as well.
Oh, one more thing. Make sure you reserve a novel protein source just in case you need to do a food trial/elimination.
You probably already knew that, but in case you didn't or for others reading.
If you can find a raw food co-op they usually have great deals.
If you can find a restaurant supplier that's good too.
Although I haven't been able to locate one here yet.
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