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Post by Desiree on Jan 23, 2016 22:21:52 GMT -5
Hmm, like pork try a stew cut. No need to get extra fancy. Something cheap is great and if you don't have to cut it smaller, even better.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 23:05:19 GMT -5
Woohoo! That's awesome! I'll let you know how it goes... :3
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2016 13:45:39 GMT -5
Well, they eat the meat after they are hungry again after all of the hearts/livers are eaten.
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Post by Desiree on Feb 7, 2016 20:28:29 GMT -5
Yep, they will definitely eat if hungry enough. As long as they aren't going to long without food, they will survive and more importantly eat.
How big are the chunks they are working on? How are they with the bone? Any increase in size?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 23:00:37 GMT -5
Since I am using beef stew meat, the pieces very to an average of my pinky finger top to half of my whole thumb. The beef is the least liked meat thus far. How big should I be getting the bones to?
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Post by Desiree on Feb 17, 2016 13:01:59 GMT -5
I want them to be crunching on the bones. They should have to work at it a little bit, be chewing on them to get them to smaller sizes. An inch by an inch is great place to get them to.
Yes, beef is a strong flavor and many don't take to it as well. But it is really good for them. When they are on their true menu you can just feed it once a week.
Everyone weights and condition look okay?
Do you have a menu you have been following? Can you post it for me?
You are getting there. We have three proteins. We need to get them on another bone in protein before graduation and I want them to be on bigger pieces of bone. You have already been offering organs and hearts so we are set there.
I would like to see the menu is this format.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2016 15:17:12 GMT -5
Sorry it took me so long to respond! I was having "cookie" problems w my phone and the WiFi where I have been staying is terrible Meanwhile, yes! They are doing well. Which bone should I switch to? They have no problems eating larger meat chunks, but some of them prefer smaller segments of bone.
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Post by Desiree on Mar 2, 2016 2:52:18 GMT -5
You can try turkey wings but it's a big bone and then may not go for it if they like the smaller vine pieces. Duck wings would also work. If you can find rabbit or frog legs, those are also good. Quail and pheasant are also good. Do you have a whole foods nearby? They have some more exotic bone in meats?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 12:26:56 GMT -5
Yes, there are Asian stores in the opposite of town. Would a baby ferret eat the same diet? We took one in and apparently he is 7 weeks or so. He looooves beef.
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Post by Desiree on Mar 9, 2016 0:09:22 GMT -5
He can go straight on a raw diet. He can pretty much eat anything. I would personally try to give him as many different options as possible so he is used to it when he gets older.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 16:10:48 GMT -5
Great! I will do that. ? Is it normal for him to be eating more than the adults? He is hungry almost all of the time and seems to be eating more at a time than the others, as well! ? Also, am I just feeding the furbabies according to the schedule you gave me? Or am I supposed to be uploading some sort of evidence/proof?
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Post by Desiree on Mar 9, 2016 18:34:01 GMT -5
A menu of what you are feeding is great so I can see and make sure everything is balanced. But yes, please continue to follow that menu as well. In reality, we go off of your word that you are feeding what you say you are but that it is also why we have a quiz at the end to make sure you have learned what you need to. Yeah he will eat more than the adults. He will slow down after a while. As long as he isn't getting fat, let him eat as much as he wants. My kits were eating 12 ozs a day between the two of them, they just started slowing down at just over a year.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2016 15:27:05 GMT -5
Yeah, he's an excitable tank of meat-eating energy!
Lately, though Ink was acting lethargic and his poopies were whimpy and at times ninja turtle green. I figured it was bowel acid diarrhea and so I took him to the vets. Unfortunately, my vet of over 15 years died (sweetest man who volunteered at a ferret and dove shelter) so I had to find a new one. Aaaaaaaaaand - when I took Ink in to see this new vet I had to explain EVERYTHING... Including the raw diet. I was so nervous that she would IMMEDIATELY assume he was sick bc of that. Luckily, she kept options open, and she even was tactful when suggesting that it was not a great idea and COULD be the reason he was sick.
So, long story short: she couldn't figure out why he was sick but she said based on his stool samples it most likely wasn't the food. She thinks it's a virus and is treating the symptoms... Two meds mixed in one bottle twice a day (antibiotics & anti diarrhea) which he HATES sooooo much. Also daily water/saline shots. And finally she said to not have him on the meat diet for at least the 2 weeks he's recovering. She gave me Oxbow powder to mix with water so that it would be easy for him to regain weight and digest.
Then I am supposed to give him "high quality" CAT FOOD for the rest of those 2 weeks... I get her pov, but what do you think? I am almost done with the Oxbow and I want to switch to his raw diet but... What if it IS too rough? Maybe I could use the soup? I don't want to dismiss her expertise just bc she doesn't agree on his diet and she did say "at least" and "for now" so even though she didn't agree and thought I should definitely change the diet, she insisted this was different and that his stomach couldn't handle it.
What do you think?
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Post by Desiree on Mar 17, 2016 12:57:33 GMT -5
I would personally use soup. There is no reason a sick ferret cannot handle it. I would have personally avoided the carnivore care as well but its better than cat food. Soup will help his belly, help him put on weight. We can't even be sure he will take to kibble again and if he does it will be that much harder to switch him off again.
I am going to ask some more experienced mentors as well so they will jump in and help.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 16:28:15 GMT -5
Thank you! It's just so hard because I know they are well educated on pet care... But if they don't agree on something so important... *sigh* what to do?
On the upside, he is much more energetic, if a little twitchy in his legs and tail (probably bc he's been hungry what with his sickness and all)
I'm on my way to getting more hearts and livers and to get Ink's daily water/saline shot, but I'll keep up with any reply I might receive:)
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