No worries, glad we cleared that one up now
they definitely need liver AND another organ to balance their diet.
So if you are adding both, here is your new soup with chunks recipe:
8oz meat (chicken and/or pork)
0.5 oz liver
0.5 oz kidney
1/2 tsp crushed eggshell
Because they are only on the soup during the switch we usually don't worry about the kidney/other organ until they are at the point of eating meat/bone. Liver is vital though because of the vitamin A it contains.
For your shopping trip here are some good things to look out for (you don't have to buy them all at once, just see if they are available and if the prices are reasonable):
-Spleen, pancreas, brain, uterus
-Necks (chicken or duck or turkey)
-Whole ducks (ferrets can eat most bone in these)
-Cornish game hens (ferrets can eat all bones in these)
-Quail (can be expensive but ferrets can eat all bone in these)
-Quail eggs
-pork side belly fat (looks like raw bacon and isn't seasoned)
-Pork button bones (the bones are flat and skinny and look like buttons - the ferrets can eat these pork bones)
-Lamb meat (can get expensive)
-Beef meat
-Rabbit meat (can get expensive)
What we want to work towards is a weekly menu of 14 meals which consist of the following:
-8 EDIBLE bone meals (any OF: chicken, Cornish hen, duck, quail, pork button bones, turkey necks) - most of these should be HEAVY in bone, meaning mostly bone with a little meat.
-3 muscle meat meals (any OF: beef, lamb, pork, rabbit, duck, etc.)
-1.5 HEART meals (preferably a variety of hearts: at least two of: chicken, turkey, beef, pork.)
-1.5 ORGAN meals ( half liver, half "other organ", again a variety of animal sources is better)
We need at LEAST 3 protein sources every week too. So pork, chicken, and beef and it's simplest. But more is better!
Let me know if you have any questions about what we are working towards.
I also wanted to add, as you make the chunks bigger, make them longer, rather than wider. Here's a great post on our Facebook page by one of our mentors explaining why:
www.facebook.com/groups/158560084258398/permalink/483491455098591/