I've been feeding raw for 3 years, BUT I have been feeding mini dachshunds, which are (kind of) known for being easy.
We have Pixie now - she's eating 2.5-3 pounds a day and looking good. She's about 120 pounds, but it's hard to weigh her. She went chicken (2.5 lb whole fryer cut in half, twice a day), then turkey (a whole tome neck, twice a day), and is now on pork (pork neck bone one meal, but it's pretty big, so I give her 3 chicken frames for the other meal). She's also have a little bit of beef/organ mix (beef scraps and 15% organ ground together) to hide her 2 salmon oil pills every day. The beef/organ mix is maybe the size of a golf ball, so nothing substantial.
So, blah blah blah... On to my question.
She has been itching kind of since day 1 and now has visible (though small) spots that don't have as much hair.
My first thought is that the fryers are definitely enhanced with sodium. I get them on bulk from a poultry distributor in Austin, TX (East Poultry). I'm almost positive that's it. I bought 26 of them and wanted to get through them first. Today was her last fryer. So tomorrow we will be free from any enhanced meat. She wasn't getting them every day, but probably an average of every other day.
Is there anything else that could cause the itching/coat loss? I'm thinking maybe she needs to be started on the organ meat, maybe more meat/fat (too much bone)?
I'm pretty sure chicken necks, chicken frames, and turkey necks are NOT enhanced since they're kind of "throw-away" pieces, am I correct? Again, from the poultry distributor in Austin.
EDIT: I was just reading the coconut oil thread, and since I had some (from a mini dachshund Mom who blew her coat after a litter) I gave her about 2 Tbl. She loved it! Also rubbed it on the biggest hair loss spot, but of course she's licking it off ::sigh::
We have Pixie now - she's eating 2.5-3 pounds a day and looking good. She's about 120 pounds, but it's hard to weigh her. She went chicken (2.5 lb whole fryer cut in half, twice a day), then turkey (a whole tome neck, twice a day), and is now on pork (pork neck bone one meal, but it's pretty big, so I give her 3 chicken frames for the other meal). She's also have a little bit of beef/organ mix (beef scraps and 15% organ ground together) to hide her 2 salmon oil pills every day. The beef/organ mix is maybe the size of a golf ball, so nothing substantial.
So, blah blah blah... On to my question.
She has been itching kind of since day 1 and now has visible (though small) spots that don't have as much hair.
My first thought is that the fryers are definitely enhanced with sodium. I get them on bulk from a poultry distributor in Austin, TX (East Poultry). I'm almost positive that's it. I bought 26 of them and wanted to get through them first. Today was her last fryer. So tomorrow we will be free from any enhanced meat. She wasn't getting them every day, but probably an average of every other day.
Is there anything else that could cause the itching/coat loss? I'm thinking maybe she needs to be started on the organ meat, maybe more meat/fat (too much bone)?
I'm pretty sure chicken necks, chicken frames, and turkey necks are NOT enhanced since they're kind of "throw-away" pieces, am I correct? Again, from the poultry distributor in Austin.
EDIT: I was just reading the coconut oil thread, and since I had some (from a mini dachshund Mom who blew her coat after a litter) I gave her about 2 Tbl. She loved it! Also rubbed it on the biggest hair loss spot, but of course she's licking it off ::sigh::
