Bmakj
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- Oct 6, 2024
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- Victoria
currently just doing kibble (blue buffalo), and really want to supplement with "fresh" food.
most of the recipes I see are:
a protein (I was probably going to do 50/50 chicken livers and various ground/cubed meats; beef, chicken, turkey, pork)
sweet potato or brown rice
2-3 veggies (carrots, peas, green beans)
some also have olive oil and or low sodium broths, and some add tumeric and/or ginger (not so much for flavor but as supplement)
she gets a daily supplement now (dasequin joint), is there anything nutritionally she would lack based on the above? should I toss an egg in (or raw one on top of kibble?)? fish oil?
I know to start gradually (like 3:1 ratio current food:new food), and monitor her activity (pretty low now, champion napper), coat condition, and urine/stool (I get to inspect the last up close every day!). I would make approx one week at a time, and freeze half (preportioned), and refrigerate half. would probably only get to 50/50 "mixture" (she gets meals twice a day, so not certain if I would eventually replace entire meal, or do half and half each time, would love to hear thoughts on this too).
I did some cost comparisons, and doing recipes like this at home, cost is only maybe 10-15% more than her current kibble. 30 minutes a week is pretty inconsequential (I work from home, so I can do this while I prepare my lunch one a week).
most of the recipes I see are:
a protein (I was probably going to do 50/50 chicken livers and various ground/cubed meats; beef, chicken, turkey, pork)
sweet potato or brown rice
2-3 veggies (carrots, peas, green beans)
some also have olive oil and or low sodium broths, and some add tumeric and/or ginger (not so much for flavor but as supplement)
she gets a daily supplement now (dasequin joint), is there anything nutritionally she would lack based on the above? should I toss an egg in (or raw one on top of kibble?)? fish oil?
I know to start gradually (like 3:1 ratio current food:new food), and monitor her activity (pretty low now, champion napper), coat condition, and urine/stool (I get to inspect the last up close every day!). I would make approx one week at a time, and freeze half (preportioned), and refrigerate half. would probably only get to 50/50 "mixture" (she gets meals twice a day, so not certain if I would eventually replace entire meal, or do half and half each time, would love to hear thoughts on this too).
I did some cost comparisons, and doing recipes like this at home, cost is only maybe 10-15% more than her current kibble. 30 minutes a week is pretty inconsequential (I work from home, so I can do this while I prepare my lunch one a week).
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