Any non-commercial feeding I do is more for a snack. And you are right... an entire cornish hen would be consumed in one sitting, between the cats and dogs. No worries there!
That is funnnny about SK taking her gizzards to the floor to eat... and the others watching her like a hawk. It is so wonderful that her interest, in food, has improved sooooooo much!
Yes, she really likes meal times now. And Little Cat has gotten much less suspicious too.
Okay, I think we've reached the status quo here.
SK (8+ years old, 10 pounds) eats 4.5 ounces of food a day.
1 oz -Rad Cat raw: chicken or turkey, on alternating days
.55 ounces boneless prey model raw (PMR) (with calcium supplemented). Turkey breast, turkey thigh, chicken breast, chicken thigh, chicken gizzard, or cornish hen. (and liver for organ)
2.95 ounces canned
TC (6+ years old, 9 pounds 8 ounces) eats 4.25 ounces a day
1.1 ounce boneless PMR (calcium supplemented) Turkey breast, turkey thigh, chicken breast, chicken thigh, chicken gizzard, or beef (and liver for organ)
3.15 ounce canned
LC (2+ years old, 6 pounds 15 ounces) eats 5.5 ounces a day
1 ounce Rad Cat raw: chicken, turkey or lamb
.55 ounce boneless PMR (calcium supplemented) Turkey breast, turkey thigh, chicken breast, chicken thigh, chicken gizzard, or beef (and liver for organ)
1.1 ounce Stella &Chewy's freeze dried raw
2.85 ounces canned food
On the days that TC and LC have PMR beef there is a variation. Since SK can't tolerate beef, on PMR beef days, SK has cornish hen. Because of that, LC gets a full ounce of beef instead of half an ounce, and skips her Stella&Chewy's that day.
Supplements:
Egg shell calcium (as noted) to replace bone in PMR meals
pinch of taurine
probiotic daily
krill oil every two days
300 mg egg yolk lecithin every 2 days (SK) every 4 days (TC and LC)
1 tablespoon pure pumpkin daily (TC)
I am thrilled to have this worked out to my (and their) satisfaction!
I'm still too scared to try raw bone (am supplementing with egg shell calcium instead), but I did give TC some cartilage the other day when I was cutting up some chicken thigh, and she did really well with it.