> the paralysis. It was discovered that feeding the lions on meat only
> had resulted in too much phosphorus and insufficient calcium in the
> diet. Lions actually need rib bones, which they can crush and obtain
> calcium. I wonder how pemmican, as a 'perfect food', relates to this ?
>
This is why we switched to feeding our dogs raw meat AND bones,
primarily in the form of chicken carcasses, but I haven't figured out
how to mimic this for ourselves, except by adding dark green leafy
vegetables (which actually seems to be working out quite well).
Molly
Molly Ni/Da/na
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