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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 12:04:41 GMT -5
instead of the ox kidney could i do pheasant leg?
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Post by raynebc on Oct 6, 2015 13:14:54 GMT -5
Another protein is always good for variety. If their poops get too firm with a 9th bone-in meal, you could give them just the pheasant leg muscle meat.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 16:11:31 GMT -5
is rabbit any good?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 16:33:10 GMT -5
and also is chicken stomach good?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 16:35:23 GMT -5
Rabbit is good. It can be expensive depending on where you live. In alot of cases, the bones are small enough for them to handle.
It's high in nutrients but low in Taurine and it is a lean meat. You will find it on alot of menus here on the forum.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 16:36:45 GMT -5
and also is chicken stomach good? The primary part of a chicken stomach is the gizzard. That's wonderful for ferrets. Mine love duck gizzards. Gizzards are a muscle meat and will help to build jaw strength and clean teeth.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 16:53:53 GMT -5
i cant find duck gizzard sadly but i can get chicken stomachs should i use them instead of the ox?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 17:09:52 GMT -5
I would simply because you want them building jaw strength. However Ox is a red meat, so why don't you alternate one week of gizzards and one week of ox?
You don't want your menu chicken heavy and you need a red meat meal. Keep looking for duck gizzards or hearts. They're lovely and fatty and mine go nuts over them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 11:11:36 GMT -5
what treats can be given on a raw diet?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 11:34:59 GMT -5
We all love to give treats. In a ferret's case, you still have to think protein based for a carnivore. Fish oil is good. The Grizzly Salmon oil is a good product. Wild Salmon has less mercury than farm raised. Eggs are good. Quail eggs make for lovely treats, shell and all. Freeze dried raw can be found in Holistic pet stores or you can make your own. Fresh is best is one product, Stella and Chewy's for felines makes FDR, so does Whole life. You can find those on Amazon. I buy Fresh is best turkey and duck hearts for foraging treats. holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/5840/home-freeze-dried-jerky-treats
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Post by raynebc on Oct 8, 2015 11:38:35 GMT -5
Oil (salmon oil is popular), eggs (try to limit to 1 or 2 chicken-egg sized eggs per ferret per week), dried meat/organ treats (perhaps avoid freeze dried liver since too much vitamin A is dangerous) or even just a bit of your ferret's favorite food will do in a pinch.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2015 7:25:50 GMT -5
i know that when i get this ferret it is most likely going to be on kibble so how do i transition them to a raw diet?
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Post by raynebc on Oct 10, 2015 8:43:50 GMT -5
Soup is a typical starter raw food. When I got my newest pair (both under 9 months or so), I switched them off kibble cold turkey and onto FDR soup. Of course they didn't like it at first, but scruff and sample (and a little bit of syringing) got them to take to it quickly because they'd get hungry fast. Then I started changing it up by alternating the FDR between duck/goose and chicken, and then adding ground meats like pork and lamb. I'd feed them as much as they were willing to eat, and try to get them to eat every few hours (when I wasn't sleeping or at work) if they hadn't cleaned their plate yet. If they had leftovers after 12 hours or so I'd get rid of it and make fresh "pudding".
I did this feeding plan while they were in quarantine. Within a week I had them living with my older ferrets on their balanced diet. They even took to bone-in (chopped into small pieces) on their first try.
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