Quick question about grinding!

[MordSith]

Hello everyone!

I should be getting my naked ones next month! And in preparation I have been researching everything. I intend to raw feed, self going their food. I read a very helpful document and excel spreadsheet and will be following the recipe from catinfo.

My question is: According to catinfo site she grinds the thighs with bone up to just before the knee joint, reverses it then takes and throws the unground portion out. Will it throw off the recipe terribly if I were to just grind and use the whole thigh with bone?

Also I will have 2 babies and plan to feed 3xdaily till one year old. Any helpful tips for portioning and storage rather than mason jars?

Thank you everybody❤️

 

[admin]

Hello everyone!

I should be getting my naked ones next month! And in preparation I have been researching everything. I intend to raw feed, self going their food. I read a very helpful document and excel spreadsheet and will be following the recipe from catinfo.

My question is: According to catinfo site she grinds the thighs with bone up to just before the knee joint, reverses it then takes and throws the unground portion out. Will it throw off the recipe terribly if I were to just grind and use the whole thigh with bone?

Also I will have 2 babies and plan to feed 3xdaily till one year old. Any helpful tips for portioning and storage rather than mason jars?

Thank you everybody❤️

@Xandria is our community raw expert these days - here is a good post from her on raw food and storage, she may chime in on the grinding aspect as well - Raw Cat Food Information

 

[GoldHazel]

@MordSith I don't do the raw diet here, but @Xandria is very helpful in that department. She will chime in, I'm sure, so be patient.

 

[celsei]

Having a hard time visualizing what amount of bone goes through with the reverse method, I'd assume that it's just to get the bone through the grinder since most of them aren't great for bone rather than anything important to the recipe? So the stuff that won't go through gets stuck in there and needs to be cleared out, reverse is usually used for stuff that gets stuck. It shouldn't make a difference unless you end up with a lot more bone than they do but they're probably just missing out on a few bits. If you're still worried if they have amounts in the recipe you can weigh just to make sure, like weigh the whole thing at the end and see if yours weighs more by any significant amount.

 

[Hairless Blessing]

@Xandria
Will be able to help. She's great with raw.

 

[Xandria]

@MordSith
– You must be getting excited about your new Sphynx. Congratulations!

Honestly, I would write the author of the recipe themselves and inquire whether or not tossing out the end bits is for calcium balancing, or just because grinders tend not to like really nobly bits of bone. I honestly don't know myself.

When I was grinding chicken myself, I would weigh out the bones and the meat separately; but I must say that stripping the meat off the bones was pretty time-consuming. Shortly after that I discovered that Max was allergic to chicken so I took that off the menu. After that I found a great local meat supplier that would grind up the different proteins I wanted, and I used Better in the Raw.

But once you find the reason why the recipe states to throw out the end, then you will know which direction to go in. Too much calcium can constipated the cats. So essentially, if they are getting too much calcium, that will be pretty evident!

I hope that answers those questions.

If you don't want to use Mason jars, I know other people use plastic baggies, or small plastic containers. And you can always pack 1 days worth of food for both your babies into one container rather than making single portions. The Mason jars that I use are the small ones, and out of one jar that feeds both my cats per meal.

Again, congratulations. And please let us know if you have any further questions. Can't wait to see pictures.

 

[MollysMom]

As far as portions go... we just had baggies of food in the freezer that were about 7-9 ounces each. We just kept rotating them through the fridge to thaw and feed as we needed them. When they are little like that, they eat a TON of food. Leo ate about 1 lb a day himself at his max as a kitten.

 

[MordSith]

@Xandria is our community raw expert these days - here is a good post from her on raw food and storage, she may chime in on the grinding aspect as well - Raw Cat Food Information

Yes her documents were very helpful than

Having a hard time visualizing what amount of bone goes through with the reverse method, I'd assume that it's just to get the bone through the grinder since most of them aren't great for bone rather than anything important to the recipe? So the stuff that won't go through gets stuck in there and needs to be cleared out, reverse is usually used for stuff that gets stuck. It shouldn't make a difference unless you end up with a lot more bone than they do but they're probably just missing out on a few bits. If you're still worried if they have amounts in the recipe you can weigh just to make sure, like weigh the whole thing at the end and see if yours weighs more by any significant amount.

Awesome thank you!

 

[MordSith]

@MordSith
– You must be getting excited about your new Sphynx. Congratulations!

Honestly, I would write the author of the recipe themselves and inquire whether or not tossing out the end bits is for calcium balancing, or just because grinders tend not to like really nobly bits of bone. I honestly don't know myself.

When I was grinding chicken myself, I would weigh out the bones and the meat separately; but I must say that stripping the meat off the bones was pretty time-consuming. Shortly after that I discovered that Max was allergic to chicken so I took that off the menu. After that I found a great local meat supplier that would grind up the different proteins I wanted, and I used Better in the Raw.

But once you find the reason why the recipe states to throw out the end, then you will know which direction to go in. Too much calcium can constipated the cats. So essentially, if they are getting too much calcium, that will be pretty evident!

I hope that answers those questions.

If you don't want to use Mason jars, I know other people use plastic baggies, or small plastic containers. And you can always pack 1 days worth of food for both your babies into one container rather than making single portions. The Mason jars that I use are the small ones, and out of one jar that feeds both my cats per meal.

Again, congratulations. And please let us know if you have any further questions. Can't wait to see pictures.

Thank you so much for the tips!

 

[MordSith]

As far as portions go... we just had baggies of food in the freezer that were about 7-9 ounces each. We just kept rotating them through the fridge to thaw and feed as we needed them. When they are little like that, they eat a TON of food. Leo ate about 1 lb a day himself at his max as a kitten.

Oh my gosh!! That is a lot to eat lol! Thanks!!

 

[lealea]

Hello!

I use little bags, too. I buy enough for a week- I'm lucky to have a local shop that grinds for me, so I buy whole minced rabbit or turkey, with the occasional minced roo (no bones) and offal which I freeze separately and feed a couple of times a week. I add in pumpkin, broccoli or sweet potato, depending on what's good locally. Not sure what it works out as daily, but Rosie easily eats a kilo a week, not including veggies, only being a little over 3 kilos herself! She's coming up to 2 now, but often eats 3 meals day still. She's quite the greedy guts!