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Post by Celene on May 11, 2016 19:56:50 GMT -5
Fantastic!
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2016 6:02:46 GMT -5
make that friday. the meat didn't defrost in time.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 17:33:58 GMT -5
he ate a chicken wing tip (after stashing it). Now to see if he eaats the mince.
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Post by Celene on May 13, 2016 19:37:49 GMT -5
Fantastic! If you could post your menu for the week that would be great
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 5:58:39 GMT -5
Sat am: chicken wing tips (four of) sat pm: beef heart
sun am: chicken wing tips: sun pm: lamb mince
mon am: wing tips mon pm: beef heart, lamb kidney and pork liver
tue am: chicken thigh (attempt) tue pm: lamb mince
wed am: chicken thigh wed pm: liver + kidney
thur am: wing tips thur pm: lamb mince
fri am: wing tips fri pm: lamb mince
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Post by Celene on May 14, 2016 16:15:18 GMT -5
So it looks like you have:
1.5 heart meals 1.5 liver/organ meals 7 bone-in meals 4 muscle meals
With 2 different proteins (since heart/organ doesn't count). So your proportions look great and we need to just work on adding in a little more variety!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 16:17:49 GMT -5
got any tips? the one thing i can't seem to get hold of is rabbit, which is odd. I would love to give him pinkies as well.
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Post by Celene on May 15, 2016 9:46:55 GMT -5
Well right now you have four different muscle meals and you are feeding lamb mince for each. If you were able to add in pork and maybe one other protein (beef, goat, duck, venison, bison, etc.) then you'd be meeting the requirements right there. I usually recommend having at least 2 bone-in sources in case a ferret develops an allergy to chicken (which happens more often than you think). A good place to find rabbits are at Asian/ethnic stores, butcher shops or local farmers/breeders (you can try looking on craigslist). Most butchers are able to bring in rabbit on special order, even if they don't keep it in stock all the time. Other great sources of bone-in meat might be quail, frogs legs, turkey necks, or any other small fowl like partridge, squab, etc. pinkies can be fed as an occasional snack, however they are not considered balanced meals as they haven't yet properly developed their bones, eyes, brain and other organs. If you get older mice (or ASF rats) you can feed as part of the frankenprey diet, and I actually wrote an article discussing how to balance the frankenprey diet with whole meals (such as grinds, whole prey like mice, etc.).
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 6:23:17 GMT -5
sorry for the inactivity. Work was been a b***h and I've been unable to completely follow the diet. He's getting thigh tonight.
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Post by Celene on May 19, 2016 12:25:08 GMT -5
No worries! What has he been eating in the meantime? Balance is very important as ferrets can quickly develop nutritional deficiencies if not getting a proper diet.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 14:30:13 GMT -5
he's had kibble when we can't feed him raw. Now I've got the work thing sorted out I can restart, again. This is proving harder than I thought, not for sourcing but for making sure he gets it. away he goes. stash stash stash.
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Post by Celene on May 19, 2016 19:57:29 GMT -5
Stashing can be so annoying! I keep my food at the very top level of the cage and all of mine have learned not to stash. Some people clip the meat to the cage using metal shower curtain hooks while others use feeding dens. I'm not an expert on their method, but I bet if you make a thread or post on the facebook group you will get some great responses I know I briefly mentioned this on your previous unofficial thread, but here is how I personally like to prep food: I like to pre-portion meals in bulk. Once every couple months or so I will chop up a TON of rabbit, quail, pork, etc. (I usually do different proteins on different days though) and use a scale to portion into individual servings, then put them in a large silicone ice cube tray. It works for chunks of meat too. Once everything is frozen I pop them all out and put in a big (labelled) bag. Then every 2 weeks or so I take the cubes from the bag and put them in little tupperware containers and lavel with the date/meal and food type. On a day-to-day basis, I just take the meals out of the freezer when I feed the meal before, and put in the fridge to thaw for 12 or so hours (so Monday morning I take out Monday night's meal, Monday night I take out Tuesday morning's meal, etc.) So really, I only need to do food prep 1-3 times per month!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 5:06:45 GMT -5
urgh Monty's not interest in much food, even his kibble. he's more interested in playtime!
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Post by Celene on May 25, 2016 15:05:42 GMT -5
That's ferrets for you! You should remove the kibble entirely and leave soupie and/or chunks (up to you) and leave him to eat it when he's hungry.
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Post by Celene on May 27, 2016 23:11:55 GMT -5
How is everything going?
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