"They ravenously gobbled everything we could put in their mouths that first week: one and a half opossums; a red squirrel; a gray squirrel; seven white perch; a robin; a pigeon; twenty earthworms; a pound each of pig liver, pig fat and deer meat; five pie pans of pig lungs; three pans of a gruel we custom mixed from raw eggs, soaked dog food, blood, and poultry feed; a pan of chicken starter formula; and a handful of beef heart."