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Post by olenka on Jan 5, 2018 9:52:03 GMT -5
Using more egg shell and bigger pieces of meat in their soup. Poop looks normal. They eat less now. Do not know why. May be because they do not like those meat chunks? Milky, our dominating ferret, is still the best eater.
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Post by Sherry on Jan 7, 2018 11:35:42 GMT -5
When ferrets have to actually chew they realize they are full faster They really are very lazy eaters.
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Post by olenka on Jan 7, 2018 11:40:18 GMT -5
I see some regression. All the ferrets are eating less and loosing weight. Maybe because I have made soup thicker (less chapped) and replaced chicken liver by veal one? May be they are waiting for kibbles? I gave them some 3 days ago and yesterday (just 1 oz to see if they were interested) But all of them play more and stay up longer. I do not worry about Milky - he was overweight (he is still the best eater) Choco was chubby, so some weight loss would not hurt him. And he is eating more or less OK. But Ruby's weight loss concerns me. She is the worst eater. Yesterday I had to scruffle her and rub some soup into her gums. This is 3rd week of her transition-?! After that she ate 2 spoons and run away from me. As I put them in the cage, I offered them about 1 oz of kibbles just to see how hungry they are. Ruby and Choco ate kibbles (Ruby was starved - she jumped on those kibbles) Milky went for a soup. As they fell asleep, I gave them another oz of kibbles and, as always, left their soup in the cage over night. This morning 7 oz bowl was almost empty and kibbles were gone.
I am going to use only liver juice in the soup today to figure out if it was a reason.
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Post by Sherry on Jan 7, 2018 11:43:19 GMT -5
Okay sounds like they are protesting. At least Ruby is. Try hand feeding a couple times a day. And please leave the kibble put of the diet. They will hold out for it if they think it may be forthcoming. Keep them where they are at present. They know the raw is food, now it is simply a matter of getting them to realize it is the ONLY food they will be getting
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