This is kind of a dumb question, but in all of the reading I've done I haven't gotten a good guideline on how much/how often to feed?
Ninja is 6 years old, about 25 lb, and has free reign of our yard to eat as much grass as she wants. It's rye grass in the winter (Arizona winter lawn) and bermuda in the summer. I've only had her 3 months. Initially she ate grass all the time, now that it's cooler she's slowed down a little.
I also feed her a variety of greens, kale is her favorite, but she also likes collard greens and escarole. She loves pumpkin. I have ordered some seeds to plant dandelion, endive, kale and mustard greens to keep a fresh supply of stuff on hand (if I can keep it growing). I've also given her hibiscus, aloe vera and she eats the yellowbells flowers that fall on the ground.
So, the big question, since I think I have variety right, is how much and how often to offer her stuff other than her access to grass? I am now feeding her about every other to every 3 days a moderate sized pile of something (usually 1/4 to 1/2 a bunch of what I've got in the fridge). I also give her calcium in pumpkin puree about once a week. Usually I feed her what she wants to eat and when she's done that's all she gets.
I also sneak in a little rehydrated bermuda hay, works best in the collard greens rolled up like a burrito. That only is successful about once a week at best.
Thanks for any comments.
Ninja is 6 years old, about 25 lb, and has free reign of our yard to eat as much grass as she wants. It's rye grass in the winter (Arizona winter lawn) and bermuda in the summer. I've only had her 3 months. Initially she ate grass all the time, now that it's cooler she's slowed down a little.
I also feed her a variety of greens, kale is her favorite, but she also likes collard greens and escarole. She loves pumpkin. I have ordered some seeds to plant dandelion, endive, kale and mustard greens to keep a fresh supply of stuff on hand (if I can keep it growing). I've also given her hibiscus, aloe vera and she eats the yellowbells flowers that fall on the ground.
So, the big question, since I think I have variety right, is how much and how often to offer her stuff other than her access to grass? I am now feeding her about every other to every 3 days a moderate sized pile of something (usually 1/4 to 1/2 a bunch of what I've got in the fridge). I also give her calcium in pumpkin puree about once a week. Usually I feed her what she wants to eat and when she's done that's all she gets.
I also sneak in a little rehydrated bermuda hay, works best in the collard greens rolled up like a burrito. That only is successful about once a week at best.
Thanks for any comments.