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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 8:34:13 GMT -5
He could be partially detoxing from getting the kibble out of his system. Some of mine were pretty yellow when we first switched to raw and then it went away after a couple of weeks. How does Loki smell?
So long as he's not slimy or turning orange I wouldn't be too concerned. You could give him some extra time in arice dig box to help wick out some of the extra oil.
How are they doing with eating meat slivers?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 16:55:51 GMT -5
He could be partially detoxing from getting the kibble out of his system. Some of mine were pretty yellow when we first switched to raw and then it went away after a couple of weeks. How does Loki smell? So long as he's not slimy or turning orange I wouldn't be too concerned. You could give him some extra time in arice dig box to help wick out some of the extra oil. How are they doing with eating meat slivers? Still doing well with the slivers. Going to increase the amount they're getting tonight. I didn't make it to the store to purchase meat today, and honestly I'm not in the mood for soupie-making as I spent the morning at the morgue. So I'll have to do that tomorrow as the boys have enough for tonight and thats it. Not slimy or orange. I would say his smell has increased a little in the past week.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 18:15:35 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear about the trip to the morgue. Stinking really bad during a switch is pretty normal, expect it to be bad for a few weeks, even a month or longer, depending on the ferret and how long they've been eating kibble. It's just all the nastiness from the kibble leaving their system. I don't know if you've ever eaten an icky, greasy meal and detoxed it out after, but I have. Bad smell and greasy feeling coming out of the pores... which is why I don't eat fast food or out much anymore. Keep going with the slivers, they sound like they are doing great! If they keep eating the slivers over several days you can start amping up the size of the pieces.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 19:52:51 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear about the trip to the morgue. Stinking really bad during a switch is pretty normal, expect it to be bad for a few weeks, even a month or longer, depending on the ferret and how long they've been eating kibble. It's just all the nastiness from the kibble leaving their system. I don't know if you've ever eaten an icky, greasy meal and detoxed it out after, but I have. Bad smell and greasy feeling coming out of the pores... which is why I don't eat fast food or out much anymore. Keep going with the slivers, they sound like they are doing great! If they keep eating the slivers over several days you can start amping up the size of the pieces. I intern there, so I get called in when they have cases. I just never feel like mixing up meat after spending the morning there for obvious reasons. I'm glad the smell is normal. Both boys smell pretty bad (compared to normal) my boyfriend and I have been joking about it and calling them our "stink patrol" when they're out running.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 20:00:17 GMT -5
Yeah it can be pretty bad for a bit. :/ Most of mine weren't too bad since they were on high end grain free kibble, except for the ones that came from a pet store right before switching and were detoxing off of the Marshal's... ick. Like week old fish. I brought baby Stormy with me to the vet's a day after I got him since I was bringing in others for shots and she immediately commented on how much he stank. He also pooped at the office and oh man, was it bad. The vet may not like raw but she can appreciate how little odor there is at least.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 20:02:43 GMT -5
Yeah it can be pretty bad for a bit. :/ Most of mine weren't too bad since they were on high end grain free kibble, except for the ones that came from a pet store right before switching and were detoxing off of the Marshal's... ick. Like week old fish. I brought baby Stormy with me to the vet's a day after I got him since I was bringing in others for shots and she immediately commented on how much he stank. He also pooped at the office and oh man, was it bad. The vet may not like raw but she can appreciate how little odor there is at least. Loki, who was on Grain Free kibble since he was a kit, stinks a little but has the yellowing of his coat. (He is also finally growing his winter coat so that might be contributing). Dexter, on the other hand, who has only been on Grain Free for about 3 months reeks. ;D It'll be worth it in the end.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 20:10:35 GMT -5
It will. One of my newest two, purchased from a pet store back in August at 7 months old has already made a fantastic improvement. His coat is barely yellow now, his fur is like silk and he's gained .6 lbs. He's our heaviest ferret right now at 3.6 lbs- a complete chub monster. He's so clumsy too, like he doesn't know how to handle himself whenever he tries to jump down off of something.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 23:12:40 GMT -5
Tonight, they are getting *all* slivers. Mainly because I was able to buy most, but not all my ingredients for soup (combined with the fact I had a stomach ache and didn't feel like a mass soup making operation).
They have slivers/pieces of chicken, chicken liver, chicken hearts, and beef. Also one tiny beef soup bone that I scored to show the marrow. They also had an egg today.
I'll let you know how they did with this tomorrow. It is a very big step up from their soup! I'm hoping it goes well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 23:17:12 GMT -5
Indeed it is, I hope they like it. Just be warned that because beef is a richer, bloodier meat some ferrets may have an upset stomach with it if they are particularly sensitive.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 11:31:33 GMT -5
Oh no! It's just a tiny bit of beef (what I stripped off the soup bones) so I hope they're alright today. I went to two stores (not my normal one for meat as its far away and I was feeling iffy) and they had terrible selections! I couldn't find pork back (the boys love it) anywhere. Heck, they had no real good options for bone-in pork - just really expensive cuts. One store was also completely sold out of liver - I guess people are stocking up for the holidays already. Today I'm going to have to drive out to my favorite store and get them some pork. Thank you for warning me about beef!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 14:38:14 GMT -5
They should be fine, they just might vomit if their stomach happens to get upset. Plenty of ferrets are fine eating it. I have 1 who is either allergic or has a very sensitive stomach, because if he eats any he starts projectile vomiting and screaming. The rest that eat chunks/bone love it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 15:29:15 GMT -5
No projectile vomit or bad poopies yet! They ate about half of the slivers (I gave a full crock of them). I'm hoping more disappear before this evening's feeding.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 15:32:01 GMT -5
Excellent, glad to hear they are still eating pieces. Have you tried mincing up some organs fine before with them to see if they'll eat those?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 16:44:13 GMT -5
I sorta did that last night. Had diced cubes of liver and heart mixed in with the rest. It looks like they ate all the liver first. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 18:51:57 GMT -5
Whoo that's good news! Half the battle already won! I've got one ferret who adores heart- he'll grab every one and cart them off somewhere to stash and devour later and not share, little brat. I kind of wish I had an entire beef heart to put in front of him and watch his eyes pop out. ;D
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