This question is probably best directed to German as he seems to be the authority here, but any help is appreciated.
Three rescues, Sheeba 3 yo F, altered, 5 mo female and male littermates, Nala and Atticus, both altered. Feeding raw for 3 weeks.
Glop or no glop? All the books say glop. All the yahoo groups say no glop. We tried it... Then we began to have an air quality problem
! Glop consisted of collards, summer squash (non starchy), sweet potato, garlic, green beans, whole eggs with shells. Stopped glop due to flatulence.
By middle of week two everyone began to blow their coat. Sheeba who has always had stinky oily coat now has baby soft furr with no odor. Hooray! Also her toxic three mile island breath has disappeared. She is doing great!
Problem is pups. Their coats are coarser and tighter and not as shiny. They are no longer bouncing of the walls with tons of kinetic energy and their growth has slowed considerably. Also they seem a little thin. No visible bones or ribs. They have a nice high tuck and a visible waist from above. I am just noticing more muscle definition, especially with Atticus, than I had before on kibble. Atticus is now 57 pounds and Nala is 52. I am feeding 2% of expected adult weight which is 120 for Atticus and 90 for Nala.
Diet consists of yogurt and cottage cheese with liver and muscle meat for breakfast. They also all get a whole egg every other day.
Dinner is mainly leg quarters or pork neckbones and the occaisional heart or chicken gizzards.
Atticus is eating 8 oz of muscle meat (Emu or venison) and 25 oz of RMB's a day plus liver and the dairy. Nala is eating 6 oz of muscle meat and 19oz of RMB's. Is this enough?
Supplements? With no glop do they need them? If so what and how much. Please don't give me a list of 11 things. Some of the websites I have seen have a list of supplements as long as my arm. I don't want this to become ridiculously complicated or expensive. Raw is suposed to be better. If it requires three dozen supplements a day, how is it better?
Thanks for the help.