How would I go about feeding Auggie egg shells?

[talleyJudy]

Sorry for the foolish question, but I tried the search feature here and came up with nothing on "egg shells".

If I make her a couple of scrambled eggs, or we use a couple of eggs for something, how do I go about 'preparing' the egg shells for Auggie as a supplement (of hamburger perhaps) or accompanying the scrambled eggs prepared for her?

[henrysmom]

When I was homecooking for Henry and had to add in a specific amount of eggshell, I would just rinse and dry the eggshells overnight, and then grind them with a mortar and pestle.

When he eats raw eggs now, I just throw the egg in his bowl, shell and all.

[4yelloweyedogs]

That's all I do too.... I throw the whole raw egg in their bowls. I have to crack Charlie Browns though... or he will carry it in his mouth, thinking it's a ball ! They just crunch up the shells like they are eating a milk bone !

[talleyJudy]

Ok, I'll try just tossing it in her dish and see what she does with it. :whatever:

[4yelloweyedogs]

Let us know what she does....... 3 of mine ate it no problem, but Charlie Brown thought it was a ball to play with!

[Labs4me]

I make hard boiled eggs and just crack the egg (shell and all) and toss in the bowl.

[sarah]

I have to crack the egg open otherwise Milly tries to give it back to me. Other than that I just leave it there for her to deal with and she LOVES egg in her Kibble which she gets once a week.

[talleyJudy]

Auggie ate only part of her breakfast this morning, not unusual, and why we cannot go with conventional treatment of her Chshing's.
So a few minutes ago I got her attention and broke a raw egg over the morning leftovers and tossed in both shell halves. She picked out the 1/2 shells, ate what was in her bowl, and then tried to lick clean the shells. While 'working' on the shells she ate most of them, 'gakkked' a bit, like they were not going down easy, so I gave her another 1/8 cup kibble and she quit 'gakkking'.

Why I asked the original question is because in addition to the EVO kibble and 1/3 can of Innova canned food per meal, she also gets 2 oz. of hamburger pieces on the side per meal so I can get the 7 to 8 pills down her throat twice a day. :death: So I am thinking of ways to add the calcium that should be accompanying the red meat which totals 4 oz. per day. :embarrass:

[Fallriver]

Despite what the kibble companies scare us with, you don't need to be that precise with calcium. As long as you are not supplementing more than 20% of her diet, don't worry about it.
Alternately, you could put her pills in her canned food instead of putting it in the hamburg.

[talleyJudy]

That's good to know, because at 4oz. of meat day after day after day I was wondering if how long I could get away with giving the 'extra' ground meat. :embarrass:

Thanks for answering that question.