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Drew · Postby **Drew** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:47 am

NomadOfTheHills wrote:philipinos

is it supposed to be a joke?
if it is, i dont see anything funny.

megaabel · Postby **megaabel** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:34 am

I'm going to feed Watson some egg tonight. I've only had Watson for about a month now... and I've never given him any egg. Exciting!

We'll see how it goes.

I will offer him both.. raw and boiled see if he takes on his favorite.

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:43 pm

Drew wrote:
NomadOfTheHills wrote:philipinos

is it supposed to be a joke?
if it is, i dont see anything funny.

lol, it was supposed to be a joke

Drew · Postby **Drew** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:52 pm

PICJESS · Postby **PICJESS** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:04 pm

I sometimes feed mine little omelttes for meals....I'll cut up some veggies and fruit and mix them together with raw eggs like you would for scrambled eggs, then pour the mixture in a coffee mug and microwave it for about a minute... they get a nice little fluffy fruit and veggie omelette

megaabel · Postby **megaabel** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:10 pm

i love the omelette idea! : ) Trying it out soon!

Postby **Zach** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:33 pm

I don't feed any type of raw meats here in the US -- it isn't like eating raw carrion found on the roadside in AU. Our meat has so much crud in it, I would fear feeding it. Ecoli? Growth hormones? A million other things? :dead:

I don't even eat cheap meat, and only meat that is advertised as free range or restaurant meat sometimes I eat, but I try to find out what types of meats restaurants serve. Can't be perfect. But it isn't hard to cook out any bad things that could be found in raw food for your animals. So, I do it.

Steve · Postby **Steve** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:58 pm

Interesting viewpoint Zach... not sure I agree. And we definitely are not worse off than the rest of the world (mad cow disease)

Here in New York, we have a different issue that involves our water supply... we have lots of chemicals added to the water.

Did you ever take chemistry in high school or college?

What happens when you mix two chemicals and add heat...?

You get a chemical reaction.

So when you boil water, with all the chemicals in it... you could be creating any number of chemical compounds.

Some people believe that cooking food diminishes the nutritional value.

Jelot92707 · Postby **Jelot92707** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:24 pm

well i'm sticking to cooking all his meats any ways that way i can use leftovers for myself. but i have been getting great eating results bye chopping up all of his meats into small bits and the same with his veggies and i mix up some raw eggs and mix it all up then he devours it i finally found my winning combo for him Thanks for the advice everyone!!!!!

Brigget · Postby **Brigget** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:36 pm

I skimmed over all of this and wonder what about the worry of your guy getting salmonella from eggs and chicken then passing it on to you. Maybe it is rare or cant even happen but i wanna be safe and if it is the same for the blues to do raw or cooked i will choose to cook mine.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:58 pm

Steve wrote:Did you ever take chemistry in high school or college?

What happens when you mix two chemicals and add heat...?

You get a chemical reaction.

So when you boil water, with all the chemicals in it... you could be creating any number of chemical compounds.

Chemistry

It doesn't work quite like that so its safe to boil chicken in New York.

Chase · Postby **Chase** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:23 pm

Brigget wrote:I skimmed over all of this and wonder what about the worry of your guy getting salmonella from eggs and chicken then passing it on to you. Maybe it is rare or cant even happen but i wanna be safe and if it is the same for the blues to do raw or cooked i will choose to cook mine.

They already have natural salmonella bacterial levels in their gut flora.....you can get it from them without feeding them raw..........

Chase · Postby **Chase** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:25 pm

Steve wrote:Interesting viewpoint Zach... not sure I agree. And we definitely are not worse off than the rest of the world (mad cow disease)

Here in New York, we have a different issue that involves our water supply... we have lots of chemicals added to the water.

Did you ever take chemistry in high school or college?

What happens when you mix two chemicals and add heat...?

You get a chemical reaction.

So when you boil water, with all the chemicals in it... you could be creating any number of chemical compounds.

Some people believe that cooking food diminishes the nutritional value.

There aren't any chemical compounds that are added to your water that will react when boiled. Water naturally has things like calcium and magnesium in it. Fluoride is usually added to water as well as chlorine both of which are compounds and won't be reacting with anything.

Steve · Postby **Steve** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:01 am

That was actually something a chemistry teacher taught us back when I was in high school, maybe 10-12 years ago. She didn't give any specific examples, it was more a point she made to get us thinking. It was part of a discussion of pollutants making there way into our drinking water being a possible cause of the large number of cancer cases on long island. (breast cancer specifically was a big issue that this teacher focused on).

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:12 pm

Yea, but I think thats a result of all the years of potato farming.

Eck, 1/3 women will get breast cancer on long island.

Postby **Zach** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:11 pm

Breast cancer.

Save the tatas!

SailleSkinklover · Postby **SailleSkinklover** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:20 pm

Acid rain!!!!! :nervous:

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:19 pm

SailleSkinklover wrote:Acid rain!!!!!

What about it?

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