Comments on: Feeding Whole Prey to My Kitten

By: Go Fetch Gifts

Go Fetch Gifts — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:53:16 +0000

Kelly, lol! I have had a chick flung at my head. It hit my head, landed on the floor, then she flung it again and it landed in the slipper of the man of the house!

By: Kelly Sheppard

Kelly Sheppard — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:30:35 +0000

My favorite is when they toss it around before consuming it just like a barn cat with a mouse. Ever had a mouse flung up your skirt? Wakes you up quick!

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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:40:02 +0000

[...] One month later, Aura went back to her vet for her vaccination booster. She saw a new vet this time, and as he looked over her chart he said “Wow, she’s lived the medical life of a few kitties already.” He mentioned the fact that it was a little too soon for her to have gotten a rabies shot, and I agreed and told him they “made me do it.” He gave her her first report card. She got all “normals” which as far as I’m concerned means straight As. And she got extra credit: under “teeth and gums,” the vet hand wrote “very good!” I would like to think this is because she eats no canned cat food or kibble, only whole prey mice and chicks. [...]

By: Shadow

Shadow — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:30:59 +0000

No… we have a Petsmart and a Petcetera, though we have a smaller store that sells exotic animals, so I will check there, thanks .

By: Go Fetch Gifts

Go Fetch Gifts — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:20:30 +0000

I found some at Petco, do you have those near you? They are in printed bags and frozen. You start with pinky mice, they are easier to chew.

By: Shadow

Shadow — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:08:26 +0000

Good on you , for feeding your cat a species appropriate diet
My cats are older so not sure if they would take to the whole prey? I wonder where I could find just one frozen mice so I could try and see, Im going to have to start looking.

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:54:16 +0000

I’d love to do whole prey with mine – it would simplify things so much! Not having to measure out the 80/10/10 and then I would be sure each cat was getting what they were supposed too.

Thank you for feeding your Aura the way nature intended

By: BK

BK — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:03:56 +0000

I admire you for doing whole prey. I don’t know if I could do it and my guys are a little older so I don’t know if they’d go for it. I’ve got one on the Frankenprey model and one on ground with bone, organs and supplements and they’re doing ok so we’re going to stick with that. But kudos to you for feeding your kitty the way nature intended!

By: Go Fetch Gifts

Go Fetch Gifts — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:29:28 +0000

Jen, interesting prospective. But do you mean the chick is a baby or the kitten is a baby?

Either way, I’m just providing for my kitten the way nature intended. The chick was supplied by a feed supplier that many use to obtain food for their snakes and rodents…and cats and dogs. The chick was frozen after being “humanely” euthanized. I don’t like to think about it either, as I love all animals and everything I get from rodent pro is so cute, I would love to have them all running around my house. Humane or not, it’s sad. But, the truth is, this food is MUCH healthier for my kitten than Cat Chow, or Meow Mix, or Nutro, all of which I have fed pets in the past. This type of feeding is natural. No preservatives, no chemicals, low carbs, and high protein.

From the RodentPro web site:
Q: How do you euthanize your feeder animals?
A: We use Carbon dioxide (CO2), as recommended by the American Veterinary Medical Association panel on euthanasia, as the agent to euthanize our feeder animals. CO2 not only ensures a humane, quick and painless death for the animals but also ensures that no harmful residual chemicals remain that may harm the animal ingesting the prey item.

This type of feeding isn’t for everyone. I didn’t know if I would be able to handle it, and I do feel sad for all the little feeder animals. But there is a circle of life. In our world, frogs eat flies. Dogs and cats eat frogs. Wolves eat cats and rabbits. Lions eat deer. Some humans eat cows, deer, rabbit, frogs, and even dogs. And bacteria eat off of us. We are all just trying to survive, and it’s all natural.

My kitten is doing great. She’s beautiful, seemingly healthy, and her teeth will probably never go bad like my 14 year old cat’s did. He barely has any teeth left and had quite a difficult recovery from his last tooth removal surgery.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:08:16 +0000

Damn that’s just a baby. You are evil.