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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2013 19:20:31 GMT -5
Yes ma'am!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2013 15:20:15 GMT -5
Let me know when you have picked up the new meats, but I'm gonna be pretty busy with Christmas so I will check back in on the weekend with you.
Merry Christmas.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2013 19:33:48 GMT -5
I will, Carrie will be getting the Turkey innards and the Turkey neck for her Christmas dinner! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2013 15:00:00 GMT -5
Hope your Christmas was good! How did Carrie do with the turkey neck? Did she manage to eat the bones alright?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2013 14:27:35 GMT -5
Yes ma'am and hope yours was as well! She seemed to handle it okay even though it is a pretty big turkey neck! How long can I keep in her cage? She has been working on it for 2 days now. Is it still okay for her to eat?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2013 21:14:13 GMT -5
I would definitely remove it now if it's been 2 days, though ferrets generally won't eat spoiled meat as a rule.
Frankenprey (that's raw meat parts - like the turkey neck and what you will be feeding) should really only been left in there for 24 hours. Though if you put the turkey neck in whole, rather than chopping it up, it probably would last a bit longer. Whole prey (whole rats, etc.) is good for 48 hours.
Did she manage to eat the bones in the neck as well or did she just eat around them?
Also let me know when you have picked up the new meats from the grocery store!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2013 22:06:47 GMT -5
Okay, yes it is a whole turkey neck and yes she did manage to eat a good bit of the neck. It was half a turkey neck by this afternoon. I am going shopping this weekend. I'm also supposed to be getting my new play mate for Carrie tomorrow!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 16:17:49 GMT -5
Oh that's awesome about the turkey neck, it sounds like she has taken to eating raw very well! My lazy ferrets won't even eat chicken necks (much smaller than turkey necks) unless I chop them up into pieces. Congrats on the new addition! If you post his/her background info when you get them we can get them started on raw once they've had a day or two to settle in
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 20:47:34 GMT -5
Yes ma'am and she is here! I went n got her today. By background do you mean the same info I filled out for Carrie?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 8:44:43 GMT -5
Fantastic! I saw her picture on Facebook, what a cutie!
And yes please, just some general info so her name, age, weight, a picture. Also what food she was eating and is currently eating. Any medical history you know about too.
Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 19:38:01 GMT -5
Okay, I can definitely do that and great news. I finally got the meats! I wasn't able to find chicken necks so I got chicken drumsticks if that's okay? Along with that I also got beef liver, beef tips, pork jowls, more chicken livers, more chicken gizzards and hearts, and turkey thighs. The local grocery store was running low on meats and didn't see anyone in the butcher shop. I hope that is okay for now. I will have a chance to hopefully go to my secondary store soon!
1. Ferret's name: Sadie 2. Ferret's weight: 2 pounds (907.184 grams) 3. Ferret has eaten "X" amount on average per meal. Chicken liver with blood 4. Stools on various proteins. Seems to be loose but good in color for the most part. A lil smelly but it could be her body getting use to the new raw diet. 5. Activity levels: Playful and dooking all around as normal. She gets at least 3-4 hours worth of play time just like Carrie.
Her previous owners had her on a veggie n fruit diet! That's why I am so thankful I got her now. She seems to have taken to the raw meat very well! She loved her liver n blood. Despite her poor diet, the owner said she was a healthy ferret but she is slim. She is also spayed and is up to date on her vaccines. I will post a pic soon as well as a video of both of my girls.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 22:15:59 GMT -5
Wow the poor thing on veggies and fruits!
The chicken thighs won't work for a bone in meat unless you smash the bones up. The bones are too thick for them to chew through.
Everything else sounds good though. It sounds like so far you have given Sadie some liver. How did she do with it?
Did you ever start Carrie out on a raw soup? Or go straight to raw meat?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 22:47:57 GMT -5
This is Sadie and Carrie eating their chicken livers with blood.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 22:50:14 GMT -5
Okay, so how would I go about mashing the bones up? Yes, Carrie did go straight to raw meat, no soupies.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 0:23:02 GMT -5
Your best bet would be some really sharp butcher scissors for cutting the bone and a hammer for smashing. Does that sound doable? If not, feel free to just feed the chicken thighs as muscle meat and then pick up some other bone sources next time.
I would recommend that you do make up a batch of soup then and make sure they will eat it. Soup is really important for when they get sick so we always like to make sure the ferrets eat it while they are healthy.
Here is the recipe:
-8oz chicken meat (no bone) -1oz heart -0.5 oz liver -1/2 tsp eggshell (dry eggshell overnight and then crush it Into a powder the next morning) -add water until soupy and blend in blender or food processor
The egg shell acts as the calcium source and is important to know about in case you ever run out of bone and need a calcium source. 1/2tsp crushed egg shell per 8oz meat creates the proper balance.
Let me know when you have a chance to make the soup up.
In the mean time, go ahead and try Sadie with some chicken wings. Remember 9 of their meals per week should be edible bone (so the chicken wings right now). Feeding too much plain muscle meat is going to cause really icky stools and calcium deficiencies and feeding too much liver will cause vitamin A toxicity.
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