We have a dreadful weather these days : rain, rain, and rain, and it’s not over. We will end up having webbed feet !
Source : MétéoSuisse, 13 to 18 June, 2016
We benefited all the same from some sunny intervals here and there, and I took advantage of it to play with Claire and a twig of willow in the garden.
ZORRO : Come there so that I catch you !
Gnap !
Scrunch !
I won !
I decided to perfect my hunting technique. Is it still possible, me who am already a formidable hunter ? Yes, it’s possible : today, I am how going to show you how to take advantage of present elements on your hunting territory.
Claire recovers zucchinis and marrows plantation zone with a kind of black cloth to avoid that weed grow under plants. The plastic bottle that you see is a miniature greenhouse for the zucchini seedling : it protects it from slugs, increases the heat ready, and keeps the humidity (Claire : and avoid that you crush it, Zorro !).
I thus decided to merge with the ground : in spite of the attachments and stones, I managed to skip under the cover. Unnoticed.
It’s hardly if we notice my presence. This tiny bump could be one harmless small pebble. Notice the discreet openings which allow me to see unnoticed.
Here I am !
Astute, right ?
A little more than four weeks ago, we turned to Raw Feeding (model Franken Prey).
The theory of the Franken Prey model is the following one : the meat is roughly cut into pieces, and every meal represents artificially a whole prey (meat, giblets and bone) in the good proportions.
But in the practice…
– Pixie doesn’t like giblets.
– Zorro doesn’t like too much meaty bones (chicken necks most of the time).
If Claire lets us do, Pixie eats all the chicken necks, Zorro eats all the giblets, and our respective nutritional contributions are unbalanced.
Claire has to use trickery : to be able to watch that each eats correctly, she gives giblets and half of meaty bones in the morning, and the other half of meaty bones in the evening.
Zorro always comes to eat first while Claire is having breakfast. She cuts the half chicken neck in slices, and coats them with crumbs of crushed treats. She gives them to Zorro at the same time as giblets. When Zorro has finished, he receives then his ration of meat. Claire will do the same thing with the chicken neck for the dinner.
Pixie comes to eat when Zorro has ended. The first meal of Pixie is ground (meat and giblets). Miss cannot sort out and eats gladly her swill. When she has finished, she receives a piece of chicken neck which she gnaws and chews with great pleasure!
The meal of the middle-day mainly consists of meat : no need to watch. Once a week, Claire enriches this meal with a food complement (vitamins, minerals, trace elements and taurine) and a little salmon oil.
We like chicken, turkey, beef, and duck, but we like less rabbit. Claire wants to let us taste sardines : do you think that we’re going to enjoy it ?
