Friday, June 5, 2009

The first attempt.

I officially began to feed Jade raw about 3 weeks ago. I started her off with:
1 T plain yogurt
1 T canned pumpkin
2 T steamed broccoli
2 T cooked oats
sliver of garlic
I put this concoction in snack sized tupperware containers. Each container holds a full days worth of food (2 meals). I made up 18 containers. I placed them all in the freezer. I kept one unfrozen and each day remove another one to thaw and be ready for the next day.
The meat is varied depending on the day. I bought a beef arm roast and beef arm steaks as well as some beef liver, tuna, and eggs. On Sunday she gets liver, Tuesdays Tuna, and Thursdays a raw whole egg. Every other day she gets beef. This is what I learned:

-I found the roast to be very difficult to cut up and much prefered slicing the arm steaks.
-The liver was one of the nastier things I have endured and I am rethinking my approach for "organ meat day".
-The tuna is chunk light meat packed in oil. Tuna Tuesdays are very easy. She gets half a can per meal.
-Egg day is fun. I let her outside to play with the egg before she eats it and she seems to enjoy the mental stimulation and also seems to derive some pleasure from slurping it up off the pavement.

It took me over 2 hours to prepare 2.5 weeks worth of meals. I spent $30 at the store and from that I got enough meat for nearly 4 weeks of beef, 2 weeks of tuna, 12 weeks of eggs, 12 weeks of liver, 7 weeks of veggies, 7 weeks of yogurt, and I don't know how many weeks the oats will last, plus the 18 tupperware containers and a rack of ribs for myself.
Jade seems to really enjoy her meals and licks the bowl clean everyday. Her coat is shinier, her breath smells better, she's a bit trimmer, and she is pooping way less (down from 3x/day to 1x).

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