I'm sorry I am confused. 30 oz = 1 day's meals total per cat? Each cat eats 5 oz a day? Divided into 3 meals? How many batches do you do at a time?
6 cats x 5 oz = 30 oz = 1 container per day. They get no daily variety.
As far as batches, I just make pounds of whatever I have on hand. I make a batch every week or so. I like to have a variety on hand.
It takes 3 days for pet food to thaw in the refrigerator. We keep 3 containers for the cats and 3 containers for the dog in the refrigerator at all times. We feed a container daily, and then we add a frozen container to the refrigerator. There is always one thawed meal ready to go, and two containers in the process of thawing. I'm not fond of raw meat and I'm probably paranoid a bit. I don't want food thawed for several days before it is fed.
How have you been doing this without a scale all this time?
I have a scale I use to weigh meat and organs. But the scale is really old and maybe not so accurate anymore. I wasn't too worried if it was off by an ounce or such for meat. But I want to be totally accurate for supplements.
The Alnutrin supplements I buy from Hare Today come in packages with a little measuring cup. If I buy directly from the company.... no measuring cup. I have to weigh out x amount of grams. I believe the FoodForLife is the same. I want to be sure the supplements are
exact. That is why I bought a new scale.
We do eyeball servings, when we feed the cats and dog though. We know one container feeds all the cats for a day. We freeze the dog food the same way... one container feeds Lacy dog for a day. Things get a bit more complicated when daily meals are pre-packaged commercial raw foods.
I have room to only freeze about 2 pounds or less of meat at a time. It takes 24 hours for servings to freeze into the ice cube trays (covered in waxed paper)
I am fortunate enough to have space for a pet food only freezer. It holds LOTS of food that has already been made and pounds of meat and organs waiting to be made. I LOVE my freezer!
I'm surprised it takes 24 hours for food to freeze in ice cube trays. That seems like a long time. Especially for such a small amount.
I do have a baby scale for weighing the cats.
We put a cat in a box and then put the cat on my postal scale.
I usually shoot for about every 3 months. More often if there are any major food changes... brands or proteins. Some have been weighed at the vet's over the last few months though. I was more anal about weighing them, when we transitioned them from kibble to canned... and then from canned to raw.