4/18 Zoey PMPS 117, +1 103, +3 77, +4 97

[Emily and Baby]

Good afternoon

Yesterday's Condo

Zoey dropped like a stone this morning at +3! I left out some MC Friskies for him and now he's up to 97 so it did the trick Marje gave me some great info on commercially bought food and finding out the carb value, but I'm wondering if there is any information on how to calculate carb value in food that I make at home? Just curious as it will probably affect Zoey's BGs. We are slowly transitioning using mostly canned and some raw right now, but Zoey likes the raw fairly well, so he will be switched a bit more quickly than the other two.

I hope everyone is having a great Fursday! One day closer to the weekend! Woo hoo! I know I'm ready for a day I can sleep in! Or rather, a day I can go back to bed after shooting Zoey Almost there!!!

 

[PeterDevonMocha]

Re: 4/18 Zoey AMPS 151, +3 68, +5 97

Hi guys .. handled numbers very well this morning! No idea on the carb amounts in home made food from me .. we are canned junkies here have a great day!

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Re: 4/18 Zoey AMPS 151, +3 68, +5 97

Another great day for Zoey! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Nice that he's so sensitive to MC.

I'm not sure if there is an easy answer to determining the carb content of home made raw. I have a friend who works at the raw pet food plant (Red Dog Blue Kat) where Neko's food is manufactured so I know they send samples of their product to a lab to get the "as fed" or "dry matter" values and total calories per serving, which is what you need to calculate the %carbs we use. They also get the phosphorus % which is useful for CKD kitties. That's probably a more expensive process than you want to do. Maybe you can guess by comparing what's in your product to other manufactured product that has done the analysis? The Red Dog/Blue Kat cat product is 98% muscle meat, organ (30%) and bone and the remaining 2% is juiced veggies, to represent what's in a mouse or bird stomach. I got a copy of their As Fed lab results and calculated the %carb which varies from 2-6% depending on the type of protein I serve. Depending on what formula you use for creating your own raw, it's probably all LC, but maybe hard to determine exact percent.

 

[Anne & Zener GA]

Re: 4/18 Zoey AMPS 151, +3 68, +5 97

Zoey is loving this blues and greens! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Paws crossed with the raw food transition. It should be easier to calculate the %carbs since you know exactly what goes in it and what isn't there (like grains). On the other hand, if raw is a "normal" cat diet, then it may not matter exactly what the % carbs is.
Liz

 

[Emily and Baby]

Re: 4/18 Zoey PMPS 117

Ok, Zukey has decided that the best time for him to vomit is when I sit down to type on the message board. Isn't that sweet? This time I heard him start and caught half of it... with my bare hands. Wow... Apparently there is nothing I wouldn't do for my fur-babies. Best not the think about it....

So! Good evening! Zoey had a fluctuating day and I had to bring him up fast because he dropped quick by break and I could only be home for 5 minutes before running back to work. It seemed to work out good, he was up by lunch and then came down a bit when I got home. The transition to raw is not going great... Gryffin is not really interested, Zukey pukes but Zoey is actually doing fine. I'm going to reduce the amount of raw even more for the civvies and see if that helps. I'm sure they will adapt slowly! They will be healthier in the end so it is very worth it

Hope everyone has had a great day!

 

[quilterkitty]

Re: 4/18 Zoey PMPS 117, +1 103, +3 77

Um, eww. :shock: There should be a reality show for sugar cats and their beans, and catching puke with bare hands can be one of the tests, or athletic events, or something. :lol: :lol: :lol: (Come to think of it, I believe it is less nasty than eating live bugs and worms. Shocker.)

 

[Emily and Baby]

Lol! So true Phyllis! I can picture it, would be a hit series!! Hunting up hidden cats for ear pokes could be a task, and chasing down a cat to get them to eat could be another! Also, staying awake all night long while chasing and finding cats and catching cat puke on no sleep would be the finale! :lol: