jericho's diet consists of ground raw and baby whole prey mouse and quail i use freeze-dried
minnows and whole prey as treats and i'm transitioning from synthetic supplements to
whole food supplements hey friends it's jess and jericho and we'll start with jericho's main meals
jericho's main meals are 50% whole carcass ground quail and 50% whole carcass ground mouse i get the
ground mouse and ground quail from hare today this video is not sponsored but there are affiliate
links in the description below i thaw one pound of each in the same container and then mix it
very well so he eats equal amounts of each i thaw the meat in the refrigerator 24 hours prior to
portioning it out then i have my meal prep area here with my food mat down a digital scale and
then i used jericho's stainless steel plate to weigh everything since i'm currently weaning off
alnutrin supplements i'm not adding the full dose but you would mix whatever pre-mix you're
using with water according to the instructions on the bag i have these freezer safe jars for his
breakfast meal and then i put his two dinner meals in these old salsa jars and then these jars with
food go into the freezer until you need to serve and you would thaw the meals in the refrigerator
24 hours before you need it jericho eats four ounces of food total for the day split between
three meals and i'm testing new freezer safe glass jars that i put his breakfast in and then reusing
salsa and jelly jars for his two dinner meals if i'm happy with these freezer safe jars i'll get
more of them because technically salsa and jelly jars aren't freezer friendly so this two pounds of
food lasts about eight days and it takes me about 10 to 15 minutes to portion everything out and i
plan out when i need to portion my food based on how much food i have left already so for example
today's saturday and i have all of today's foods already done but i don't have any food for
tomorrow so i'm going to portion his food today so that i have food for tomorrow so always be mindful
about how much food you have already portioned and then plan accordingly because you need to thaw
the meat in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours that way it's not frozen when you portion it out
if you're in a time crunch and you need to thaw meat really quickly what you can do is keep it
in the wrapper or keep it in the container that it's in and put it under constantly running cold
water you want to keep it in the wrapper because a lot of nutrients including taurine are water
soluble so you don't want to rinse away those essential nutrients when i serve jericho's food i
put the supplements down first and then i add the meat and then i swish a little water in the jar to
get any remaining pieces or any of the myoglobin again since nutrients are water soluble you want
to make sure that you add everything that's in the jar i would say i probably mix maybe one or
two teaspoons of water in the jar and mix all of that together with food and supplements jericho's
treats are whole prey baby mice and baby quail and freeze dries minnows i get the whole prey from
rodent pro and the freeze-dried minnows from raw paws pet food currently jericho eats two baby mice
daily one after his breakfast meal and one at noon with his minnows and he eats one baby quail after
his last meal right before bed i break up two freeze-dried minnows and hide them on glass jar
lids around the apartment for jericho to hunt this is great for mental stimulation and enrichment
as i mentioned i'm transitioning jericho from synthetic supplements to whole food supplements
and i've added some birds just flew by and i added three supplements to jericho's diet since my last
update video everything goes into his ground food with a bit of water and i mix it very well in his
breakfast meal he gets about half a capsule of biopreparation f3 plus this is an algae supplement
that i'm giving because it's a massive superfood with protein amino acids vitamins and minerals
i take algae supplements too i started taking the algae supplements at the same time that i started
introducing them to jericho because i like to test to see if it works for me too currently i'm
weaning off alnatrin raw food pre-mix and moving towards a whole food supplement instead this
whole food supplement is called daily multi-plus and it has glandulars probiotics enzymes herbs
and plants for the daily multi-plus i'm still working up to the daily recommended amount
so for 30 pounds it says to feed one teaspoon daily split between meals jericho is just under 10
pounds so that would be one-third of a teaspoon or a little less than one-third of a teaspoon daily
so i have this one-third teaspoon here and i'm going to do one third of that because jericho eats
three meals and i'm only introducing it starting with one meal once this one meal is up to the full
dose then i'll start introducing it in his second meal i use this supplement because it provides a
lot of micronutrients that mimic the wild cat experience so for example there are hawthorne
berries that can improve circulation then there's oat straw which provides manganese b vitamins and
vitamin e and a lot of other necessary nutrients barley grass juice powder which is an excellent
source of chlorophyll and that can help detoxify the body plus a lot of other great stuff i really
like this supplement because it's whole food so it provides a lot of micronutrients without having to
feed starchy veggies or carbohydrates technically wildcats do consume some plant material when they
eat these stomach contents of prey they might also nibble on grass here and there so again i think
this whole food supplement is a great way to mimic that al nutrient is still a great option it's made
with human grade ingredients and they list where the ingredients come from but technically they are
synthetic you know human made and i'm aiming for the raw feeding veterinary society's gold standard
diet which would be free from synthetic nutrients i add a small pinch of colostrum to his last meal
colostrum is the first milk that's produced by an animal that just had a baby this specific one is
bovine colostrum has a lot of beneficial nutrients plus naturally occurring probiotics and enzymes
it smells a little sweet you know almost like milk jericho loves it depending on which supplements
you're using it might already include a fish source for the epa and dha for example i'm
feeding jericho freeze-dried minnows as well as the whole carcass including the stomach and the
stomach contents and the stomach contents include the pre-digested plant matter that would provide
the epa and dha but once i introduce duck that one will not have the stomach contents and therefore i
will have to add fish oil most supplements are best added fresh at meal time especially fish
oil because it turns rancid very quickly once it hits oxygen but if you're using raw food premix
of course you would mix that with the meat and water according to the bag's instructions
so jericho's future diet plans include offering more protein variety and i also want to
work my way up to adult whole prey i want to get as close as possible to the raw feeding veterinary
society's gold standard diet i'm also going to introduce whole prey pinky rats and then
work my way up to adult and then i'm also going to introduce some ground duck
just for more protein variety and that's where the whole food supplements come in
because the ground duct doesn't include all of the organs the skin the feathers the feet
also you have to think about production grinding freezing some nutrients are water soluble they can
be lost during processing or not even present at all so that's why the supplements are necessary
all of these products and details are in the description and if you prefer a raw diet that's
thaw and serve check out the description for what i recommend thanks for watching
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