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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 6:24:13 GMT -5
I'd try cutting some of the meat up into small pieces in marination it in a bag with some bloody, juicy chicken or something they do like to get the flavors to mingle to see if they'll take it that way at first.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2013 6:33:45 GMT -5
Just letting you know, I will be out of town for the weekend with limited internet time/access. If you need me, please do feel free to email me though. My email is posted in my first post of the thread.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2013 7:23:02 GMT -5
I have just been smashing up the chicken wings for them and putting oil on them and now they will eat it but not enough between both of them they may eat half a chicken wing. I have been giving them one-two a day but sometimes they don't eat it.
Thanks for letting me know. Sorry, I have been a bit busy the past few days. I did get a chance to read your post but didn't get a chance to reply.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2013 6:13:34 GMT -5
No worries, I know how it feels to be busy.
Are those two boys eating anything besides the chicken wings during the day?
You might want to check your supermarkets next time you go shopping, many of my local ones are starting to carry chicken necks finally for the winter for the people that make soup and other ferret goodies.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2013 7:58:38 GMT -5
Everyone gets everything on the list I gave you but the two boths get two Chicken wings a day and everything else. The two boths seem to be fine with eveything but they don't like the kidneys or bone much and liver they stil don't like much... I'm hope by the end of this week they will be eating fine because it's winter and getting really cold here.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2013 17:29:43 GMT -5
The lighting will actually play more with their internal clock than the temp. If you don't already, letting them have access to natural light will allow them to sync up better with the seasons. all you need is a room near a cage or where they roam with the curtains pulled back during the day so they can keep track of the sun rising and setting more accurately. You will still want to provide them dark places to sleep however. Mine have started getting up just before dawn and going to bed earlier since I started keeping their curtains open in their room. It also triggered their shed finally.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 20:56:17 GMT -5
The ferrets have there own room and have one window the curtains always open and the window is a little cracked open. I have two ferret-nations pushed together and one is in the sun the other is more in the darker part of the room. The cage is almost always open and they have two waters on the outside of the cage and two on the inside of the cage and I wash/refill the water two times a day.
I find my ferrets are peeing a lot but then again I'm at 6 now so that would make more pee.
Ps, The fleas are hopfully pretty much gone took a bit but I'm sure they are gone. I comb them everyday about three times a day.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2013 6:05:46 GMT -5
Glad to hear the fleas are gone Peeing they do a lot when they are raw fed and when you have multiples it really adds up fast. With the wood pellets it crumbles into sawdust and expands and gets larger, filling up the litter box so there's no room to poop oi lol. So are all the ferrets on the same stage of eating or are the two boys still lagging a bit behind the others with bones and whatnot?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2013 16:09:21 GMT -5
Me too darn fleas... I used recycled paper pellets and big litter boxes.
They are all together now they are still a little slow on the eating bone but I sit there with them and try and get them to eat it. Other then that they are doing fine. They seemed to take to it fast... the other boys already had raw before but the two new I don't think ever did but they are doing good.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2013 17:39:17 GMT -5
It's amazing what being hungry will do Is your menu still the same as it was the last time you posted or have you made changes to it?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2013 19:36:15 GMT -5
Well, I'm guessing raw is better then eating low grade cat food. Pretty much the same sometimes I give them different meat or extra meat I try and keep it the same I have it on paper in the kitchen.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2013 20:35:05 GMT -5
Did you ever up the liver content by the way?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2013 5:06:03 GMT -5
I give them more liver now yes and more hearts everyone pretty much eats everything now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2013 7:11:27 GMT -5
Excellent. When you get a chance will you post your revised menu?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 12:50:37 GMT -5
Okay, I will tomorrow or later tonight. Right now they are eating a whole rabbit because my uncle just came back from hunting. I also got a bit of deer from him. Yay.
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