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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 15:14:05 GMT -5
Hi, I was interested in adding CGH to my ferret's frankenprey diet. (Have not adopted them yet) I would like to know how you would prepare it, and how long one would last since they are rather small.
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Post by bitbyter on Dec 24, 2014 15:41:59 GMT -5
Basically think of CGH as a small chicken. There is some debate as to whether they should even be considered a separate protein from chicken. Honestly, for that reason, I'd just buy whole chickens and then branch out to other things like quail, rabbit, beef, pork, etc. If you are asking how to cut it up, there are lots of videos on youtube:
Of course for the ferrets you'd have to chop it up smaller than that but that is the basic idea.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 15:46:20 GMT -5
CGH is one of my five ferrets favorite.
I put the CGH on the cutting board. I have a cutting board just for the ferrets, since everything is raw. Then I flip it over and cut up the back side. That butterflies it. Then I cut thru the front.
Mine will eat half at breakfast and the other half at dinner.
I cut the breast meat into sections and put them on the plate.
Then I cut off the wings and the drumstick. I put the wing tips on the plate.
I cut the rest of the wings into smaller sections.
The drumstick is a weight bearing bone, so I smash that into smaller pieces.
That leaves the rest of the Half of the body and I smash that with a cleaver, into big and small pieces.
My boys eat bone better than my girls, so bigger pieces for the boys and smaller for the girls.
How much your eat will depend on their age and sex.
The average boy will eat 3-4 ounces a day and the average girl eats about 2 ounces. They eat a little more in the winter and a little less in the spring.
Babies will eat as much as you give them. Since you are planning on starting with babies, you might find that yours will eat a whole game hen. However, that's alot even for a kit.
You will probably get 3 or 4 meals from a CGH.
When yours first start eating bone, they will need some help with the bones.
When you bring home your ferrets, then if they have been eating kibble, you will start with a soupie recipe and then move on to the Frankenprey diet and that's when they will learn to eat bone.
When are you expecting yours? I've followed your posts, but I don't remember when you said they were coming home? Are you getting them from a breeder or a Pet Store, or a rescue?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 16:01:01 GMT -5
Thanks! I'm planning on getting my two from Petco, since there are no rescue shelters or breeders near me, otherwise I would go there to adopt them. They are on kibble in the store, and most are still eating it wet. I was not sure if I would have to start them on soup, since I heard that they are very easy at transitioning that young.
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Post by bitbyter on Dec 24, 2014 16:32:32 GMT -5
most likely not. They should jump right onto raw.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2014 4:08:42 GMT -5
I got my little baby when she was about 16 weeks and still hadn't eaten solid foods. She started her raw diet on the first day with me. Day one started with strips of muscle meat...which she ate with great relish. Day two she was eating bone in meats like a champ. Good luck!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2014 5:57:17 GMT -5
i would look online for a rescue so you dont have to support a mill. i had trouble finding a rescue near me so i just started calling and emailing the rescues in states near me and they called a rescue only 3-4 hours away that wasnt listed online and she gave me a call and thats how i got my babies.
you can also check craigslist but i had no luck. all the ferrets people were rehoming were either old, sick, or both and i wanted something young a healthy for my first weasels
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