Food: scrambled eggs, canned salmon, boiled chicken, Almo Natura and Royal Canin kitten dry foods, dry ferret food
Play time: 2-3 hours a day, some with full-house freedom.
As you can see, I try to feed her a wide range of stuff. The theory behind it is to avoid a monotonous diet and offer a wide range of nutrition. While a natural, raw diet may be a good idea, it's not realistic for us. Cooked chicken can last a few days, and the cats go nuts for it, too. Dry food must be a staple of her diet, I can just leave it in the cage overnight, hidden bits don't rot and stink, and it keeps for a long time in the cupboard. I'm looking for good quality dried foods, and trying to point towards cruelty free. Being that I feed Pookey real meat most days, I think I can be a bit less neurotic about dry food nutritional content, though that doesn't mean getting crap foods, more like I can go with cruelty-free Almo Natura that is a bit lower in some nutritional values than cruelty-included major brands. Also, learning young to eat a variety of foods means that we won't run into problems with a picky eater should we not be able to find her favorite food.
This week Pookey's really moving into the family. I feel comfortable handling her without gloves, it's rare she really bites now, but a bit of nipping and such continues. Well, it's progress, not perfection, and she's come a long way. Also, I can usually tell her bite mood, usually when she's overexcited. Hissing is still the main remedy, though when she's too excited or really bites, it's a scruff and time out.
Pookey has spent quite a bit of time roaming the apartment this week. She mostly just sniffs around the edges of the room and under the couch, and comes out every once in a while to say hi or get chased by Pimpi.
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