Category: Nutrition for Pets

  • Getting the Blondies to eat

    I probably sound like a broken tape-recorder. This morning, I only managed to get Samantha and Kai to eat a raw meal, even then, it wasn’t a full meal. For the past two days, they have been boycotting raw food and demanding for kibble. Two days is long enough, it’s time for a raw meal…

  • Juno is getting fussy!

    This morning, Juno didn’t want her usual food. I offered Cubgrub Chicken and then her favourite Quail, but she rejected both. Then, I tried some kibble and voila…she polished that up! Uh-oh, is she getting to be choosy and demanding now? I just hope she won’t end up being a kibble-junkie like the Blondies. I’ve…

  • Juno’s dinner

    The vet’s concern about raw food is that it’s not cooked and therefore may have a higher amount of bacteria and parasites. So I decided to steam a bit of Cubgrub’s CKD Chicken for Juno’s dinner. Amongst Cubgrub’s flavours, only the CKD Chicken can be steamed because it doesn’t contain any bone, only ground eggshell…

  • Juno’s first vaccination

    Juno had her check-up today. The vet gave her a very thorough examination. Her temperature was normal. PBF shows normal RBC and slightly elevated lymphocytes and allergic cells. The vet did explain that in kittens, we would sometimes see this as the body is building up immunity. Her submandibular (neck) lymph nodes are also slightly…

  • Juno’s nutritional milestones

    Juno has achieved two more nutritional milestones as of yesterday! I saw her stealing a piece of raw chicken meat chunk from Riley and eating it. So I offered her a bowl and voila…she can eat chicken chunks now! I tried her on it last week but she wasn’t ready yet. Now, she is! And…

  • Juno’s Sunday

    Juno has been wanting to “blend in” and do what our other cats do. For example, yesterday, she “stole” some of Riley’s kibble to eat during snack time. I saw it but I did not stop her as I thought it would be okay. But later on, she passed out liquid stools. I’ve noticed that…

  • Juno’s evening

    Quail for early dinner. Chicken for an early supper. She came to the kitchen to ask for food. Juno’s back to Cubgrub now. AD makes her have loose stools (which is normal for young kittens). Let’s hope she continues to get better each day!

  • Juno’s lunch time

    Juno’s eating well. It’s still Cubgrub Chicken. I buy the CKD Chicken for everyone as it has no bone. Our vet is always concerned about too much bone in raw food. The rest of the raw food has grinded bone. So I supplement with CKD Chicken (no bone, just eggshell powder) and cut-up raw chicken…

  • A 75% score from the Blondies’ breakfast

    Same old, same old, unwilling to eat a proper meal. But I got a 75% scored this morning and that’s already a cause for celebration. Sometimes, it can even be zero. I got Kai and Indra to eat!! Samantha as well. Today, she didn’t want her usual Coco&Joe’s, but she was willing to eat Cubgrub.…

  • Retraining the Blondies (not so successful!)

    My plan was way too ambitious – to retrain the Blondies to 100% raw and not be addicted to kibble or hold me at ransom for it. It failed most miserably for the first two days, until I surrendered because they went on a massive hunger strike. With so much to cope, I also had…

  • Juno’s glorious “raw diet” poop!

    The magic happened at 5.15pm this evening! This room gets the evening sun. A bit of sunshine is always good. Despite all her toys, Juno’s favourite activity is to nibble my everywhere! After eating and playing at intervals, the magic happened! Nice, glorious crumbly small poop – this is what 100% raw diet poop looks…

  • Retraining the Blondies (a food story)

    I have a near-impossible mission. I want to retrain the Blondies to eat wet raw food as their staple diet. In view of Juno whom I’m already starting on Cubgrub and hopefully, will grow up eating raw food, eventually, Juno will stay in Bunny’s Place. At least that’s what I think. We only have two…

  • Juno eats Cubgrub!

    I offered some AD to Juno just now. She only ate a little bit. Then, I added some water to dilute it and again, she wasn’t keen to eat it. Did not like AD. So I decided to try Cubgrub. I do know from experience that kittens will take to raw food naturally. Juno already…

  • Gerald’s breakfast

    As you know, Gerald is a very, very fussy cat when it comes to eating. As usual, I gave him his raw gizzards this morning but I added a tablespoon of raw food. He turned his nose up in the air and walked. Then I removed that tablespoon of raw food and he ate up…

  • The Blondies’ breakfast

    A very rare strike-lottery day today! Some persuasion was needed to make Indra eat and it has to be in this position. He won’t eat anywhere else. A fortuitous day – Akira and Kai are eating with Samantha! Except for Minnie and Samantha, our females are super difficult to feed. Oh no, Kai has finished!…