Well I’ve finally started giving the boys bone with their meat.

I’ve been making their food for a few months now and there defiantly have been hiccups. One of the more dangerous being I found out that Bishop is allergic to beef (more than likely just beef liver but for the moment I’m staying away from it all). He broke out in hives while I was at work thankfully we got him to the vet and got him some Benadryl shots. I still feel terrible about that…

One of the main issues is due to the fact that their food really has no fillers there’s not to terribly much in there to fatten them up. They’ve both slimmed down I’ve managed to maintain their weight and Bishop’s actually at a more desirable weight; he’s having trouble with his front leg so a little light is good (his ribs aren’t even showing). But Clovis has always been scrawny. He lacks an ass! He’s just so skinny! After some researching via internet and books I have discovered raw bones are fatty! Who knew...

I’ve been looking into meat grinders for a while and have decided on two models that seem like they’ll be able to handle soft bones (i.e. chickens and other small critters). But before I dump close to $150 on a grinder that might break the first time I use it. I at least need to try giving them some bone and then seeing how well it goes… I got some turkey necks and cut one up into little coins.

Bishop took to the bone like he’d been eating them all his life crunch crunch gulp. Clovy… was a lot more hesitant for a while he wouldn’t touch it or wouldn’t touch it while I was looking. It took him a while to eat a fifty cent sized piece. He kept looking at me (Clovy: “I don’t wanna eat it give me some vegetables instead”)

I’m hoping to have them worked up to whole necks by RF since Clovy will be attending as well and I wont have the ability to cut them up in the hotel room.