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Post by katt on Oct 26, 2013 20:49:20 GMT -5
So I got my meat I got more chicken, chicken heart & liver, more beef then pork. I followed your weekly guide, and I now have 2 weeks worth of meat. Hopefully the fuzzies like the pork & steak, since I really stocked up on that. Beef is stronger flavored so they often take a bit longer to accept it. Give the beef a try and see what they think. Let me know how it goes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 8:13:58 GMT -5
I fed them a chicken wing and a few small chunks of beef. All that's left is a piece of steak bone your right. They are fiends.
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Post by katt on Oct 27, 2013 13:17:29 GMT -5
I fed them a chicken wing and a few small chunks of beef. All that's left is a piece of steak bone your right. They are fiends. That is fantastic! Make sure they didn't stash it. I would also watch next time just to be 100% sure that both of them are eating it. They are doi really great. Do you know when you want to start introducing whole prey?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 15:21:05 GMT -5
Yeah. I looked all over the cage and I didn't anything. They tend not to eat when I'm watching them. Silly ferrets. I'd like to start, it's just that I don't have the rabbits yet. If I can hunt one I'll do that
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Post by katt on Oct 27, 2013 16:11:45 GMT -5
Yeah. I looked all over the cage and I didn't anything. They tend not to eat when I'm watching them. Silly ferrets. I'd like to start, it's just that I don't have the rabbits yet. If I can hunt one I'll do that There's no rush. If you do shoot a wild rabbit it needs to be frozen for a few weeks to months to kill any parasites. It is also important to remove the intestines (stomach, small intestine, and bowels).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 17:57:38 GMT -5
Alright. & yeah I make sure to always gut them (:
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Post by katt on Oct 28, 2013 23:27:58 GMT -5
How are they doing with the bones?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 8:15:21 GMT -5
I meant to fo the weekly thing but I was busy yesterday. I'll do it tonight.
Great! I will find small pieces where I feed them, then I'll put them back in there bowl and by morning there home
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 11:06:05 GMT -5
I have another question, when I feed rabbit do I skin the rabbit or do they like the fur?
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Post by katt on Oct 29, 2013 16:37:52 GMT -5
It is up to you. Some eat around the fur, some will eat it, some spoiled and lazy ferrets don't like having to work for their meals and won't eat it if the full skin and fur is left on. The SKIN is good for them (fat storage under the skin - fat is very good for ferrets), the problem is some rabbits have a LOT of fur. You'd almost be better off shaving it, but that would be messy. LOL Opinions on whether rabbits should be skinned or not vary (and seem to vary by ferret as much as by owner haha). No need to bother skinning the head or feet (unless I suppose you want the fur for other uses), it's the amount of fur on the body that is the real deterrent.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 17:29:20 GMT -5
Alright. I can shave them ifs needed, I would most likely just kill them right before there meal so it's fresh.
Do they eat the heads or legs? Or should I just cut them off?
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Post by katt on Oct 30, 2013 0:37:10 GMT -5
Heads are the healthiest part! They do need to be cracked open though so they can get to the goodies inside. And feet are fine, good source of bone. Okay so apparently even in "fat" meat rabbits they are still so lean that any subcutaneous (under the skin) fat is super minimal so it isn't enough to be significant. In other words, you are better off skinning them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 11:05:58 GMT -5
Awesome. I'll make sure to do that. I wanna try mice but my mom says no :/ hopefully I can get her to say yes... if I do. How to feed them?
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Post by katt on Oct 30, 2013 20:10:38 GMT -5
Awesome. I'll make sure to do that. I wanna try mice but my mom says no :/ hopefully I can get her to say yes... if I do. How to feed them? The process from meat to whole prey is similar to kibble to raw. The hardest part is getting them used to fur. You can try cutting the mouse open at the abdomen and drizzling some oil into it. If they don't go for that, you may need to cut the mouse up into very small pieces and mix it with a meat they like such as chicken to disguise the flavor, and then gradually increase the chunk size. You can also start with pinkies and work your way up in size, using the above methods if needed. If you have a super super stubborn fuzz you can get a good blender and start all the way from mouse and chicken soup and work up from there but rarely do ferrets who already accept meat need to go that far back in the process to learn to eat whole prey.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 22:06:17 GMT -5
That sounds delicious, mouse soup If I do get to try it I hope they won't need that.
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