I've had a few days where Willow (moggy
) has been off his food. I was so worried that this evening I had him at the vet. A couple of weeks ago I caught him eating a scrap of fabric with a plastic popper on it (off-cut from making rag rugs). I'm worried that he's been eating more of that sort of thing, even though I'm always quite careful to clean up after myself. She had a feel of his stomach, took his temperature, and gave him an injection of something to calm his tummy incase he's been feeling sick or anything, but couldn't find anything wrong with him.
To my relief (and mild irritation), this evening he ate all his dinner without complaint
. I suspect he's just being a fussy boy. I've been feeding them raw for almost a year now and wouldn't change back to commercial food for anything (to my delight, the vet didn't have a problem with this and didn't try to talk me into buying science plan or anything!).
I've been using the standard recipe often recommended on here - 2kg chicken, 400g heart, 100g kidney, 100g liver, sardines and eggs. Today I ordered a pheasant from the butcher to see if Willow likes it. If he does then I might make the next batch with pheasant instead of chicken. I've noticed though that he's been picking round the offal this last little while too, so I'm wondering if I might be able to get chicken giblets to try instead. Would that be the same ratios again (400g chicken hearts, 100g liver, 100g kidney)? I'm guessing that would be a lot of hearts, and I have no idea if I'd be able to get them. Or if for example I made a batch with a whole chicken + giblets, wouldn't that already be the correct ratio of organ to white meat?