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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 13:48:54 GMT -5
I was going to try some actual chucks later today when I'm home from work with them...should have brought more soup since they finished off the container already, it had 4 oz in it. I'm excited they both were eating freeze dried chicken breast as well and neither of them wanted it in the beginning. These little furry butts continue to amaze me
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 13:13:20 GMT -5
So the chunks were not a hit...they were only half the size of my pinky nail. They didnt even go for them in the soup. So back to just soup. I made a new batch today and it was so much easier blending organs first, thigh second, and stiring them all together in a big bowl with the crushed egg shell. After I was done I decided the kids probably wanted some so I put an ounce and half in Leo's bowl and a half ounce in Jade's bowl. I still needed to add water but Leo could not wait and dug into the big lump of meat and organ. He proceeded to eat just about an ounce with no water added. Jade just sat patiently and waited to have water put in her half ounce. She would not touch the "goop" that was in her bowl and looked as if she was offended that I would even think she would touch it. After I added a little water she sat on my lap and ate about a tsp full but again playing was much more important than lunch time. After an hour of playing they decided it was nap time so I put them back in their cage so I could clean the house. I will try some more later with them.
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Post by Celene on Apr 29, 2015 21:40:51 GMT -5
It took me what seemed like FOREVER to get my girls eating slivers. I cut the meat really tiny and they'd eat all the soup around it and spit the meat bits out For some reason (most) ferrets seem to prefer a sliver to even the teensiest of pieces of meat. What finally turned things around for me was a great tip from gfountain - she told me to freeze a chicken breast, let it thaw just very slightly, and use a vegetable peeler to cut very thin slivers. I mixed them in with egg yolk and it totally worked! From there I started cutting them slightly thicker (the longer you let the chicken thaw the thicker the slivers, if you use the peeler straight out of the freezer you basically get shavings). Once they were fairly thick, I started cutting slivers about the size and shape of bobby pins. I had another bit of trouble when I removed the CGR soup entirely, but at this point I just used tough love. It's really difficult to do, especially with giant, glossy, round eyes staring up at you, but it works so well. Ferrets are really manipulative and clever so if there's even the slightest chance of getting the "yummy" food instead they'll stick with that
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