Chicken livers

Doreen · 09-19-2009, 07:08 PM

Today I gave Rex some chicken livers (Coco too)... I did a no no and added it to his supper of raw, freeze dried chicken kibble. I forgot that I am not supposed to add raw to kibble. Too late. But for next time, can I add any kind of liquid to it, more so for Coco, because she is feeling left out only getting her kibble and she isn't too happy since she goes to lick his bowl and knows something good is going on in there, LOL. I put like a tbls. of raw meat and make sure it gets every bit of her kibble, so she feels like she is getting special meals too. But at supper I am not doing the raw. What suggestions for giving the kibble a little more flavor? Some kind of moisture. Rex doesn't really need it, but Coco does. But then I do want to put a little something for Rex too.... I treat them like my own kids.... don't want to show favorites, LOL.

I don't think Coco was too crazy for chicken livers... she actually spit it on the carpet... ate it as the last resort, LOL.

Spyglass Sally · 09-19-2009, 07:29 PM

I have put Buddy's fish oil on his kibble before. But lately he's been ignoring it or only eating a little bit so I don't do that.

KeeperBoy · 09-19-2009, 07:37 PM

Fish oil/yogurt/pumpkin should all be fine. Just don't soak the food in any liquid. A chicken liver or two probably won't hurt anything.

At least they ate the liver!!! Keepers won't eat organ unless it's ground or frozen.

AussieGirl · 09-19-2009, 07:40 PM

Yoghurt is a good one, Ruby only ate part of her roo meals twice the last week because I didn't put yoghurt in it (I ran out), when I added the yoghurt she licked the bowl clean - she is starting to get a little fussy

not impressed. Ruby started off eating offal ground and mixed with her meat, then I went to diced and now I mostly just give it as it is, the other night just straight lamb hearts - nothing mixed with it.

Doreen · 09-19-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by KeeperBoy

Fish oil/yogurt/pumpkin should all be fine. Just don't soak the food in any liquid. A chicken liver or two probably won't hurt anything.

At least they ate the liver!!! Keepers won't eat organ unless it's ground or frozen.

I think I will have to chop it up some way, because they were acting like it was really something weird. I will also be able to spread it around with the other foods too if it is not in a big chunk. I tried to take the smaller pieces for the first time, until I know what I am doing, LOL.

Doreen · 09-19-2009, 07:46 PM

I was teaching DH how to feed the dogs today.... he said this isn't too bad. I said, sure... I already have it all prepped, LOL.

Spyglass Sally · 09-19-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Doreen

I think I will have to chop it up some way, because they were acting like it was really something weird. LOL.

Your dogs crack me up! I can't imagine Buddy acting like liver was "something weird". lol. He sits there and whines even when a frozen package is on the counter!

nikita&memo · 09-19-2009, 09:11 PM

Nikita is not crazy about chicken liver either, she will actually vomit it out...when she was on kibble, i'd sprinkle some parmesan, peanut butter or yogourt. Just a warning on the fish oil, add a little at a time...the first time i put the amount recommended on the bottle....and Memo had explosive poo all over his crate that night...smelled like the fish oil. I don't know, maybe i'm buying wrong fish oil, cause it doesn't seem to agree with Nikita either

Spyglass Sally · 09-20-2009, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by nikita&memo

Nikita is not crazy about chicken liver either, she will actually vomit it out...when she was on kibble, i'd sprinkle some parmesan, peanut butter or yogourt. Just a warning on the fish oil, add a little at a time...the first time i put the amount recommended on the bottle....and Memo had explosive poo all over his crate that night...smelled like the fish oil. I don't know, maybe i'm buying wrong fish oil, cause it doesn't seem to agree with Nikita either

There is a huge difference in the quality of fish oils. I know this from a class I took once. Especially when you buy the capsules, it's easy for the oil to be old and rancid and you might not even know. They can be made using farmed fish that have bio-accumulated toxins like mercury, or distilled and bottled in ways that decrease cost but harms the oil. One of the doctors in the class said he broke up a capsule he was taking once, put it in a styrofoam cup and it ate through it.

I only buy liquid oil, but that's also because it's usually about 5 capsules to one tsp oil and that's a lot of capsules for me since I take 2 tsp/day. Buddy gets about 1/2 tsp/day. Carlson's is a good brand and can be had for a reasonable cost at here Vitacost.com - 100 - 1tsp servings for $22.46. Carlson's also makes a capsule form if you don't want the liquid but for pets I think liquid would be best since I don't know about their digesting the capsule. It's best if you have other things you're buying (they sell a big variety of things) because it's $4.99 flat shipping.