What is Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Frozen Diet (Chicken)?
Instinct is a delicious line of raw food diets consisting of 95% meat, organ meat, and bones. The additional 5% includes vegetables, fruits, and other whole foods. This combination of quality meat and natural foods helps to provide nutrition similar to what your pet would eat in their natural habitat. Instinct contains no grain or gluten, which makes this food a perfect choice for pets with food allergies. Instinct's Raw Diet formulas are also the first and only Raw Diet to be scientifically substantiated as complete and balanced by AAFCO's (Association Of American Feed Control Officials)
nutritional Protocol Feeding Trials. All ingredients in Instinct Raw Frozen Diet are sourced in the U.S.A. The Raw Food is made under the strictest quality and food safety standards, including High Pressure Pasteurization (HPP). More information on High Pressure Pasteurization. Note: Instinct requires FedEx Priority Overnight ($19.99 on most orders).
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Complete and balanced for all life stages and all breeds.
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Recommended by veterinarians for pets with allergies.
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Convenient and ready to serve.
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Grain free and gluten free.
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Helps normalize underweight or overweight pets.
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Decreases shedding, hot spots, and other skin issues.
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Smaller stools, less waste cleanup.
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Higher energy levels (No fillers or preservatives to cause lethargy).
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1 year shelf life (freezer).
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Pets love it!
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Comes as frozen medallions or patties
How it works:
Feeding your pet Instinct Raw Diet replaces your pet's everyday kibble or canned food. The food is kept in the freezer and you only remove the portion of food you plan on feeding your pet. For morning feeding, take out the medallions or patties the night before and for evening feeding, take the medallions or patties out in the morning. Serve cold when it is feeding time.
Cautions:
Wash hands before and after handling raw diets to prevent contaminating the food. Instinct Raw Frozen Diet is not recommended for dogs with immune system problems or pancreatitis.
Tips on serving:
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Keep raw medallions or patties frozen until ready to defrost. For morning meals, defrost the night before. For evening meals, defrost in the morning.
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Defrost your pet's daily portion by thawing it in a covered container in the refrigerator. (Medallions take about 4-6 hours and patties take about 8-10 hours to defrost in the refrigerator.)
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Serve thawed medallions or patties in your pet's stainless steel dish. Food should still be cold to the touch when served.
Tips on handling:
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Keep frozen until ready to defrost.
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Wash hands before handling raw diets to prevent contaminating the food.
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For maximum food safety and freshness, defrost your pet's daily portion by thawing it in a covered container in the refrigerator. For ideal food safety, product should still be cold to the touch when served.
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Keep raw meat and poultry separate from other foods. Use hot, soapy water to wash working surfaces, utensils (including cutting boards, preparation areas, and feeding bowls), hands, and any other items that touch or come into contact with raw meat or poultry.
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If your pet does not consume all the food presented within 30 minutes, remove any leftovers and discard.
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A 3 lb. bag of Instinct Raw Frozen Diet Chicken Medallions contains approximately 48 meat medallions and a 6 lb bag contains approximately 96 meat medallions. Each meat medallion weighs approximately 1 oz.
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A 6 lb. bag of Instinct Raw Frozen Diet Chicken Patties contains approximately 12 patties and each patty weighs approximately 8 oz.
Tip: Use hot, soapy water to wash your hands and your pet's bowl after each feeding.
Dosage:
Pet
Weight
Activity Level
Recommended Serving (Ounces per day)
Dogs and Cats (One meat medallion is 1 oz.)
(One patty is 8 oz.)
5-15 lbs
Less Active or Overweight
2 oz - 4 oz
Active Adult
3 oz - 6 oz
Puppies/Kittens; Pregnant & Nursing Females
4 oz - 12 oz
16-25 lbs
Less Active or Overweight
4 oz - 6 oz
Active Adult
6 oz - 9 oz
Puppies/Kittens; Pregnant & Nursing Females
12 oz - 16 oz
26-50 lbs
Less Active or Overweight
6 oz - 9 oz
Active Adult
9 oz - 14 oz
Puppies/Kittens; Pregnant & Nursing Females
16 oz - 24 oz
51-100 lbs
Less Active or Overweight
9 oz - 15 oz
Active Adult
14 oz - 22 oz
Puppies/Kittens; Pregnant & Nursing Females
24 oz - 39 oz
101+ lbs
Less Active or Overweight
15+ oz
Active Adult
22+ oz
Puppies/Kittens; Pregnant & Nursing Females
39+ oz
Horses:
Storage: Keep frozen until ready to be defrosted for feeding. Instinct lasts up to one year in the freezer.
Nature's Variety - Instinct Raw Diet Chicken Formula:
The Best Cat Food!
My 17 year old cat started refusing to eat kibble 6 months ago. Canned food made him throw up and gave him Diarrhea. He's a long and tall cat and got down to 7.2 pounds, didn't play or do much anymore. I thought he was dying. I went into a Natural Pet Food store and the owner recommended this product....he is now 9 lbs!! and running around the house like a kitten, jumping up in my lap, purring and constantly talking to me. No more throwing up or diarrhea AT ALL! The BEST Diet for your cat or dog :)
01/21/2012
Life Saver!
My little man suffers from idiopathic epilepsy. This means he has seizures for no reason. We have been to countelss vets, had MRI's and spinal taps done, with nothing working. The vets wanted to put him on phenobarbital this would mean that he would have to be on this for the rest of his life and he would have to have blood test all the time. We really didn't want to go this route, I wanted to know the cause! Finally we went to an AMAZING vet in Beaver, PA and he found out that my little one is allergic to wheat and he suggested this food. We switched him and the change was immediate! He had so much more energy his skin rashes cleared up and the epilepsy.....yep its not a concern. I has been over 10 months with no episode.
THANK YOU!!!
12/28/2011
they'll eat it
i feed it to my three cats every couple of days. when they're not eating this, they're eating canned grain-free food. they have no problem switching between the two although one of the cats will look at me as if to ask if anything else is available. it is a major adjustment for many animals to go from their previous feeds to something like this. don't expect them to love it right away. it's like a human's love of bleu cheese. it's cultivated. it does result in much shinier coats with less shedding.
10/27/2011
worst purchase ever
tried to feed this to 5 different dogs none of them would eat it
10/17/2011
Great Food Quality Food But Also A Scam
First let me say this food is high quality food and is a top notch dog food. But it's also a ploy to generate huge profits for little ingredients. Chicken, Turkey, Liver, other meats, and organs can all be bought at local butcher shops and even regular grocery stores. I have fed my dogs a completely raw diet before however I didn't need prepackaged raw that's probably 5-10 times the price per weight.
Dogs don't need the extra vegetables in this food meat and bone coupled with internal organs provides a balanced nutrition the same as their ancestors the wolf ate. (Eggs are part of a raw diet, shells and all, some dogs don't like the outer texture of the shell while others will gobble it up 1-2 eggs every other week).
Dogs also don't need finely ground bone either. As long as the dog food is 100% raw bones such as chicken/turkey neck, wings, etc... are all edible, the same goes for beef soup bones, fish (whole), rabbit, etc... The bones are actually what helps to keep a dogs teeth in tip top shape and my 7 year old Border Collie mix has literally NO tartar buildup because she has been on a raw diet with whole bones.
The biggest mistake that owners can make however is failing to provide internal organs, failure to do so will cause nutritional deficiency. Every week your dog should receive a mix of the following for a whole meal: heart, liver, kidney, gizzards, etc... (kidney seems to be the hardest for older dogs to adjust to the taste of and the problem seems to lie in the texture, if your dog doesn't care for kidney try feeding it frozen or half frozen). Naturally internal organs make up a small percentage of total meat consumption so make sure the total amount of these internal organs does not exceed the meat content if small portions of the internal organs are fed daily.
As for bones, avoid chicken wings, necks, and backs. These items have a high bone to meat ratio where bone far outweighs the amount of meat, there should always be more meat than bone daily chicken quarters portion out the meat to bone ratio quite well however this only works for larger dogs. I would recommend chicken legs for smaller dogs since these tend to have more meat than wings, backs, and necks.
Note 1: Feeding outside is easiest as cleanup is minimal. If you feed indoors make sure to clean up EVERY spot raw food touches.
Note 2: Generally I avoid pork because there is the possibility of parasites in pork. If you want to feed pork make sure it has been thoroughly frozen for a minimum of 2 weeks.
09/15/2011
Raw food for a dog? Dogs are related to the wolf and can be fed raw food. I know of a woman in Cali who breeds dogs and only feeds them raw, wholesome foods. I would look to her for advice. She is an expert when it comes to food for fido. Feeding your dog a raw diet can also alter their personality, often for the better. Do some research, you will find contradicting information but use your own judgment. Good Luck!
Your kitten can certainly eat a raw food diet! Since cats are obligate carnivores, a raw food diet most closely approximates what your cat would eat in her natural habitat. Just transition slowly from your kitten's current diet to the raw food diet.
I believe this food is the BEST for any cat/dog in any condition. It has everything they need & crave. This is what they were designed to eat and it completely gave my cat his health back...it's balanced and doesn't have any preservatives, additives or chemicals or grains that are unhealthy for our pets.
Each 3 lb bag contains approximately 48 medallions. The 6 lb bag is made up of two 3 lb bags so it has approximately 96 medallions. This will last just over 3 months giving 1 medallion per day.
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