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Post by Sherry on Jan 22, 2011 22:31:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2011 21:56:54 GMT -5
Thanks! Now when I'm trying to get someone to feed their fuzz better and they look at me like I'm crazy when I mention raw I can give them these links so they can see for themselves that what they are feeding is most likely junk!
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Post by joclyn on Jan 27, 2011 23:47:10 GMT -5
the moredooks chart is excellent!!
she did a fantastic job - almost exactly identical to the one i'd started to do years ago and never got to finish.
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Post by Sherry on Jan 28, 2011 10:30:20 GMT -5
She really did do a great job, and she's still working on it!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 19:12:46 GMT -5
I'm really glad you posted those links. I've been using the EVO as a supplement and I had wondered how it really compares. It's the best I've found in a kibble food.
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Post by crashbandicoot on Feb 23, 2011 4:31:27 GMT -5
One of my ferrets actually got rickets (all better now though!) which the vet blamed on the raw diet. They're both still on the raw diet and low gnawing on bones, but now i always keep a small bowl of ferret kibble in their enclosure, although the vet recommended an all kibble diet. I don't wan't a repeat of the $600 rickets incident, but i also don't want to continue feeding kibble. Will whole pray+ meat with bones + occasional lactose free milk be enough ??
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2011 11:34:35 GMT -5
I'd be willing to bet if your ferrets got rickets from raw, they weren't getting enough bone in their diet.  |
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Post by Sherry on Mar 3, 2011 3:44:28 GMT -5
On a properly balanced raw diet- it couldn't happen! Are you quite certain of the diagnosis? Because I've never heard of a ferret contracting that. Some vets seem to be quite willing to make things up on the spot to blame on a raw diet. They'd have to have been without calcium for quite a long time for that to happen!
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 3, 2011 12:00:36 GMT -5
if you are feeding raw, you have to make sure that they get enough taurine, calcium and phosphorous.
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Post by Sherry on Mar 3, 2011 20:50:48 GMT -5
That's what is meant by properly balanced  |
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 3, 2011 21:18:56 GMT -5
Sometimes I leave comments without reading what others wrote before me.  |
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Post by taratee on Mar 3, 2011 21:22:51 GMT -5
phosphorous? where the heck is that coming from?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2011 21:28:55 GMT -5
Bones mainly.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 3, 2011 21:50:48 GMT -5
LOL! They sell "calcium phosphorous" (calcium phosphate is another word for it) and I have it on hand for my dog and ferret. but if the food you feed has bone then you shouldn't need to give it. Too much phosphorous is not good. has to be the right calcium to phosphate ratio. Bones have the right calcium phosphate ratio. Without phosphorous, calcium cannot be absorbed and that is what causes ricketts. Commercial kibble usually has calcium and phosphorous. Dr. Jerry Murray is considered a ferret expert and he wrote an article about calcium and phosphorous deficiencies in ferts. Anyway, long story short: feed your ferrets raw with bone and you should be good. The eggshell is good for added calcium. |
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Post by Sherry on Mar 3, 2011 22:24:00 GMT -5
Sometimes I leave comments without reading what others wrote before me. I know that feeling too well ;D |
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