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Post by nataliee on Apr 17, 2011 20:08:02 GMT
Have ordered some cans of ziwipeak i was intending on giving them some of that in the evening and giving them Acana kibble in the morning, i understand they digest at different rates so is this an ok way to feed them? Also will i need to give them any supplements?
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Post by Katy on Apr 17, 2011 20:37:00 GMT
That sounds like plenty of time between meals to me. Ive always heard you shouldnt feed even premade raw within 10ish hours of kibble, but the dried ZP says you can give it as a "kibble topper", and Ive been mixing it in with their Orijen to start switching them over and we havent had any problems.
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Post by Sarah on Apr 17, 2011 20:40:29 GMT
Yes I wouldn't worry as long as they are 10-12 hours apart it will
Be fine!
No you don't need supplements as they are complete foods but it never hurts to give fish oil a few times a week
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Post by nataliee on Apr 17, 2011 20:53:46 GMT
Hmm maybe its not a good idea then as they tend to pick at the kibble in the morning so could be about 7 hours inbetween feeds? Should I just feed acana, I wanted to give them some variety though and jake loves wet food
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Post by brodysmom on Apr 17, 2011 20:56:18 GMT
Any canned food is cooked. It has to be, or else it wouldn't stay preserved. So you can definitely mix the canned ziwi with the kibble if you want. I do it all the time (not with kibble, but I do mix the canned ziwi with raw). I have also fed the dehydrated ziwi squares with raw. No tummy problems here at all.
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Post by nataliee on Apr 17, 2011 21:14:52 GMT
So it should be ok then, they normally get kibble around 8am then finish it by 10am, then evening feed is around 6pm.
I dont tend to give them anything else other than tripe sticks or jerky once a week but I know my mum sneaks them some biscuits when im not looking probably how heidi got overweight
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Post by nataliee on Apr 18, 2011 20:14:55 GMT
Someone else has said i would be better off feeding just ziwipeak and giving raw bones with it?
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Post by Lucy on Apr 18, 2011 21:03:14 GMT
Are you going to totally switch over to just Ziwi? The raw meaty bones will be good for their teeth but you would have to watch their stools to make sure you aren't giving too much. I personally don't have experience with Ziwi apart from a few sample packs they've sent which we've yet to try. I looked in to it before and it worked out a bit too expensive to do an all-ziwi diet, but I know we have a few members here who feed it so hopefully they can be of more help  |
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