[rawfeeding] Going out of town. Husband wants to feed nature's variety while I am gone.

I am leaving on Monday for 13 days in Italy.

Our Katie is an extremely shy Katrina rescue. I actually think she
may have been feral before the hurricane. She is on prozac for some
of her fear issues as all of the homeopathics we tried just weren't
enough.

Per her behaviourist, all food must be handfed. This way she learns
to trust us, etc. I am fine with this. I hold the drumstick end of
the chiken quarter while she knaws the other end, or the small end of
the lamb shank or neck while she tugs the meat off, or I hold the
bunny ears while she buried her muzzle in the bowels, etc. Only thing
I won't hold is tripe. That gets tossed into the yard.
This took a lot of getting used to. I am vegan and my husband is
vegetarian.

He can't handle it.

He found these Nature's Variety Medalions, and Northwest Naturals Raw
Nuggets, and is planning to feed those while I am gone, this way he
can just pick up a little piece and hand it to her, and not get his
hands dirty.

He will feed Petey normally (real stuff, throw it into the yard).

I guess I'm really just venting, since his mind is made up, and he
already bought the stuff. He's been really good about the raw switch
(meat was not allowed in our home at all until we got dogs), he has
been really good about working to keep our kitchen kosher and still
feed raw (not an easy task), he has been good about stopping all
vaccines (scary since Petey had parvo when we found him as a puppy).
I don't want to fight him on this, its not worth wasting all of that
goodwill.

Here are the ingredient lists. Are there anything in them that will
hurt her (not just be worhtless, but actually harm her)

Nature's Variety:
Venison, Lamb Liver, Lamb Hearts, Ground Lamb Bone, Apples, Carrots,
Pumpkinseeds, Butternut Squash, Ground Flaxseeds, Chicken Eggs,
Montmorillonite Clay, Broccoli, Lettuce, Spinach, Kelp, Salmon Oil,
Apple Cider Vinegar, Parsley, Honey, Blueberries, Alfalfa Sprouts,
Grapefruit Seed Extract, Persimmons, Olive Oil, Duck Eggs, Pheasant
Eggs, Quail Eggs, Inulin, Rosemary Extract, Sage, Clove, Mixed
Tocopherols, Citric Acid

Northwest Naturals:
Chicken, chicken liver, salmon, ground bone, broccoli, cantaloupe,
safflower oil, flaxseed, potassium chloride, dried kelp, inulin, salt,
fish oil, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, copper proteinate,
manganese proteinate, mixed tocopherols (as preservative), rosemary
extract, Vitamin E supplement, Vitamin D3 supplement.

Nature's Variety claims to be 95% meat and only 5% veggie, so should I
have him increase her portion to make up for the 5% worthless stuff?

Thanks,

Nicole
Katie, Petey and the cats

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