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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 11:11:49 GMT -5
Isn't it amazing the amount of intestinal tract packed inside a guinea pig? Good how to!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 7:19:15 GMT -5
Great pics of guinea pig! I would love to do whole prey.
Doing whole prey now---YEA!
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Post by racheld on Jul 29, 2014 7:45:56 GMT -5
Do the guts need to be taken out? Would it be harmful to ferrets to consume them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 12:10:33 GMT -5
Should whole prey be gutted? I've just been giving them the whole animal, fur feathers and all! I hope I've not been feeding my little ones wrongly!
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Post by bitbyter on Jul 29, 2014 12:27:48 GMT -5
It all depends on the size of the whole prey. Generally they won't eat the digestive tract if they don't have to. If it is empty they might but if it is full of half digested food and/ or poop they usually don't. It can make quite the mess if they are inexperienced and shake the intestines everywhere trying to avoid them (think grizzly Christmas decorations for the cage). As they get more experienced they learn how to leave them behind in a nice pile (mine do this with mice and juvenile rats which I do not bother gutting).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 13:03:21 GMT -5
Ah that's ok then, mine just leave them in a pile. I was worried they weren't supposed to have them!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 15:30:11 GMT -5
Do you have to gut pinkies, small mice and day old chicks? Or just the bigger things like rats? And why do you have to gut those?
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Post by bitbyter on Aug 30, 2015 15:55:25 GMT -5
Only bigger things. You don't HAVE to, but it certainly decreases the chances of having intestines decorating the inside of the cage or all over your floor.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 17:22:56 GMT -5
Well that's gross :puke: Thanks for the head up.
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Post by kattadragon on Nov 17, 2016 17:08:02 GMT -5
Do you leave the feathers on the birds when feeding the ferrets?
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Post by FerretsnFalcons on Nov 17, 2016 18:41:49 GMT -5
No, never, I can only imagine the mess that Sunny would create lol. Unless the feathers are super tiny they are almost guaranteed to be strewn about everywhere by the ferret. I always skin any chickens and quail that I feed. The only way I would consider feeding unplucked birds is if Sunny ate neatly in an enclosed feeding den where I could just dump any feathers out easily.
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Post by Sherry on Nov 18, 2016 10:43:51 GMT -5
Feathers can and do make a mess! That said many just pull the heavier feathers, and leave the smaller ones.
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Post by thefluffybeasts on Jul 4, 2017 23:38:58 GMT -5
Thanks for that post, that was immensely helpful. Wish we had something like Rodentpro here in Malaysia  But I recently found a rat breeder and will be getting my first set of medium-sized rats (4") and hopper rats to start introductng to my lot, which are currently on frankenprey. Would you guys say feeding them partially cut, and hung up (or hooked to the cage in some way) more effective the first time round, or cut and portioned? Fur would be unfamiliar to them the first time round, so might end up with a lot of wastage. |
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