Meat is meat. The only thing I would worry about with seal meat is that it's likely to be very oily and therefore high in fat content. There will be a whole lot of calories in very little meat.

 

^^ what they said.

 

thank you. right now calories are not a concern for us. iorek needs to put weight on. do you think that if i feed him a lb of seal instead of 1 1/2 lbs that should work out ok?

also, do you think the bones should be ok? i am guessing that as long as they are not too thick they should be fine? i guess there are not too many weight bearing bones in an animal who lives in the ocean.

 

I have to disagree. Meat is not MEAT! Seriously, when Iorek is lounging around doesn't he already look like a baby seal? Do you really want Iorek looking at you as if to suggest Soylent Green(seal meat) is doggy! So ya, meat is not just meat.

 

I would start at the normal amount of weight you feed, and scale back if he starts beefing up.

Also, I wouldn't worry about the bones. Let Iorek be the judge. If he seems to have troubles with them, don't feed them.



Soylent green is PEOPLE!

 

well, seal is not dog... he actually looks more like a polar bear (hence the name) and if we are going to follow that logic then it makes perfect sense for him to eat seal.

 

yeah, the natives along the coast up here feed seal/whale/salmon, etc..to their huskies. A lot of the people up here eat whale blubber, it's not that good...

 

DOnt arctic wolves eat seal on occassion?

I would feed my dogs seal. Like the others said though, eventually you are going to watch the fat content.

 

Yes arctic wolves eat seals.


See, now I believe it's not actually the seal that has a lot of fat, it's the blubber, or a layer of fat, which keeps the seals warm. If you get their fat, then it's pure fat, but if you get the meat, I think it's just meat..

 

I don't believe this is the case. All aquatic mammals have extremely oily meat. It's like when you fry a steak, it can be really fatty or it can be really meaty, and that determines the grease you get out of it. If you fried seal meat (or any aquatic mammal for that matter), it would liberate a TON of grease.

 

thanks guys

 

I guess I never noticed when I eat it lol.

 

Which goes back to my original statement, when you cook it, the fat mostly all ends up in the pan, not on your plate

Then again, I could be wrong. I've never eaten seal myself. Fricking savage.

 

lmao! I've eaten whale/seal raw and never noticed, but if you eat the blubber, it's like...rubbery and weird..cause it's all fatty. Tasted better with mustard

*Goes to research*

 

Sled dogs in the arctic have eaten seal for as long as there have been sled dogs in the arctic. Sled dogs are just dogs, usually husky crosses, and if they can eat seal meat/fat/bone/organ, so can your dog.

 

That's not entirely true. Sled dogs eat seal (and in my part of the country beaver) because it is so incredibly high in fat and therefore calories. They also run 50-100 miles a day. They also switch into pure fat liberation metabolism after the first 100 or so miles of a race. Your housepet doesn't get nearly that exercise. My concern is that they would be getting plenty of calories, but not enough other nutrients.

Will it kill your dog, absolutely not. On a normal feed amount will they have all the nutrients they need? I'm not sure.

I'd have it just added into your normal protein rotation, not something you feed every day.

 

that is what i heard too, no fat on a wild rabbit at all. (i wish i was like that... )

 

Haha, me too! Plenty of fat on a pet rabbit, though.....my girls look like furry basketballs, LOL. I probably should cut back on their pellets.

 

haha! my friend has 2 rabbits that are like that too. they are super cute though that is why she wants me to tell her that iorek is eating hare not rabbit.