[8:40:03 PM] Katt: ah ok
[8:46:14 PM] Katt: ready to talk taurine for a second?
[8:46:26 PM] Yossarian: YES!
[8:46:34 PM] Yossarian: Oh and I have good news too...
[8:47:17 PM] Katt: Heather: I would be more comfortable using the supplement, it's really easy to get and you can't really overdose.
Sherry: For the interim, until Jennifer can look back through her files, we are going with 1/2 a 500 mg capsule a day per ferret.
She uses a Thorne product, but again, not sure of the exact name.
Jackie: I've used the NOW brand powered taurine available on Amazon.com. I dosed about 1 g a day between my 3 (no real risk of overdose). My kids never noticed the last.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000BQSQ68/ref=redir_mdp_mobileThat bottle contains 227 g, so it lasts a LONG time.
[8:49:14 PM] Yossarian: Alright.
[8:49:19 PM] Yossarian: I know where to get a bottle.
[8:49:26 PM] Katt: okay, perfect!
[8:49:37 PM] Yossarian: ^_^
[8:49:52 PM] Katt: start supplementing with the 1/2 a 500 mg capsule a day per ferret guideline then
[8:49:57 PM] Katt: so what's the good news?
[8:50:50 PM] Yossarian: So... I gave Blake a fairly large piece of cornish hen... I'd say bigger than a 50 cent peice and he managed to do very well with it.
[8:51:01 PM] Yossarian: A little bigger but not much.
[8:51:52 PM] Katt: hey that's good! Progress is good
[8:52:12 PM] Yossarian: Is it okay to give him the leg bones?
[8:52:14 PM] Katt: you should try turkey bones next and see what he thinks
[8:52:18 PM] Katt: of a gam hen?
[8:52:19 PM] Katt: oh yes
[8:52:23 PM] Katt: ALL bones of the game hen are okay
[8:52:23 PM] Yossarian: Alright.
[8:52:28 PM] Katt: even chicken leg bones are okay
[8:52:38 PM] Yossarian: I haven't gotten rid of any bone.
[8:52:41 PM] Katt: you jsut have to crack them to give them a starter
[8:52:48 PM] Katt: um jsut don't dr bone out
[8:52:58 PM] Katt: the rule is remove ANY uneaten bone ater 48 hours
[8:52:59 PM | Edited 8:53:06 PM] Yossarian: The chicken bone that I was unsure of i just seperated from the meat and put it in the frezzer to make soup with.
[8:53:03 PM] Katt: any dry bones at 24 hours
[8:53:21 PM] Katt: you get to have a feel for it
[8:53:36 PM] Katt: but basically when the bones dry out, they become brittle and splinter more easily making them dangerous
[8:53:50 PM] Yossarian: Yeah.
[8:53:50 PM] Katt: raw bones are soft, easily rounded by digestive juices, and htey break rather than splinter...
[8:54:18 PM] Yossarian: Yeah cutting the hen apart was really easy.
[8:54:58 PM] Katt: yup
[8:55:02 PM] Katt: okay so for bones
[8:55:21 PM] Katt: Blake is still buildng jaw strength, and wil get better at eating bigger bones
[8:55:25 PM] Katt: each ferret is a little different
[8:55:47 PM] Katt: mine have no real problem with chicken neck bones, but some need them crushed
[8:55:53 PM] Katt: I have to break turkey neck bones
[8:56:35 PM] Katt: larger bones like chicken legs, turkey bones, neck bones, prok ribs, etc are edible, but usually have to be broken, either one break to get the marrow exposed and give the ferret a starting point, or crushed into smaller more manageable pieces
[8:57:09 PM] Katt: smaller bones like chicken wings, ch backs, ch legs, cornish game hen bones, etc can be eaten whole
[8:57:30 PM] Katt: some bones are ferret-dependent. Like pork ribs. Some ferrets can handle them, some can't.
[8:57:49 PM] Katt: definitely nothing like beef bones of course. I tried a small lamb bone once but it was too thick
[8:58:15 PM] Katt: most rabbit bones are good sized for ferret jaws
[8:59:49 PM] Yossarian: Alright.
[9:00:21 PM] Yossarian: I really should write this stuff down in a note book lol
[9:03:13 PM] Katt:
[9:03:22 PM] Katt: I can past it in our thread
[9:03:25 PM] Katt: paste*