Cat food as a protein supplement?

[_lizzer_]

I hear a lot about cat food as a protein supplement for quail around here... I'm just wondering if it should be a certain kind of cat food...brand/flavor/whatever? And do you just put it in a grinder or food processor to break it up more?

I am wondering because I just bought a twenty pound bag of 20% chick starter for my one little button...and from what I'm understanding, for quite a few debates

, that is probably not good enough

. I don't want to go out and buy a whole new bag of game feed (which is 28% i think). I am getting a few more buttons, but twenty pounds of food seems like it will last a while!

 

[monarc23]

I normally break it up in a ziplock back crushing it with a veggie can

feeding souly chick starter with low protien your buttons will over time look pretty ratty and may even loose feathers. So thinking catfood (and other protien suppliments) is great

As for the type of catfood, just pay attention to protien if you use it... ofcourse the best is always better but since you worry about expense...then just get the highest walmart type brand whatever has the highest you can also offer them canned cat food and offer it to them like that however some dont like the wetness. HOwever a 20 some small baggie of Wellness cat food will last as a suppliment for a very long time so it may be worth it to get something with really high protien taht's pricey but yet will last a very long while

wellness is the highest protien brand of cat food I personally know if ( i feed it to my cats very rarely feed it to my birds).

Boiling chicken eggs an doffering them smooshed egg yolk is wonderful, powdered egg, mini mealworms like you'd buy for baby reptiles, wingless fruit flies... pinhead crickets... all will make wonderful protien sources for your buttons, but are not limited to....many other protien sources you can use.

 

[pokey]

does this apply to bobwhites as well?

 

[monarc23]

Quote:
yes any quail

 

[pokey]

well, i needed to put kitty on a diet anyway....

i guess she can share a little.

 

[monarc23]