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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 21:58:31 GMT -5
Shears aren't possible but I will give them the turkey thighs as a boneless meat. I will also try n make the soup this week. They are currently eating 8-9 edible bones a week. This week is chicken drumsticks. Unfortunately, I couldn't find necks. One question, since I use the egg shells, what do I do with the rest of the egg? Can I add that to the soup?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 20:11:11 GMT -5
That works too do you find that they are able to eat the entire drumstick bone? Or are they quite small drumsticks? I find usually the drumstick bones are pretty thick and your two haven't quite built up their entire raw jaw strength yet. You can just feed them the raw egg plain. Most love it as a treat. You can feed 1 while egg per ferret per week so you can give them 2 to share. 2 eggshells crushed up should give you enough eggshell for the week I believe.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 22:18:05 GMT -5
Okay sounds good yes they are decent sized drumsticks. I wake up every morning and all of the meat is gone! They left the bone behind. They seem to do better with chicken wings but they had plenty of those last week.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2014 11:06:59 GMT -5
Okay, if they are leaving the bones behind then that doesn't count as bone They have to be able to EAT all of the bones, in order for it to count as a bone in meal. That means you need 8-9 meals a week where they have EATEN all of the bone.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2014 1:07:20 GMT -5
Okay I gotcha, so I would substitute the bone they can't eat yet for crushed up egg shells?
Here is my girls lapping up their raw soup. They love it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 18:37:49 GMT -5
Yes you can used the crushed eggshell (1/2tsp per 8oz meat) for the meantime until they build up jaw strength. However once they have built up their jaw strength and have their final menu, they Need to be getting 8-9 meals of edible bone. Egg shell is a calcium supplement but it doesn't contain the same important nutrients that they can only get from bone. So ideally you want to have variety in those 8-9 meals of bone too. So in one week you would feed a few meals of necks, a few of wings and a couple of other bone meals like Cornish hen rib cages or duck rib cages. Make sense? Could you post what you fed them for the past week? Each Sunday I need you to post this
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 22:03:30 GMT -5
Yes, I understand and I will do that for you now. It's been a busy weekend. Monday AM - chicken leg (whole) Monday PM - chicken leg (whole) Tuesday AM - chicken leg (whole) Tuesday PM - chicken leg (whole) Wednesday AM - chicken hearts n gizzards in blood Wednesday PM - chicken hearts n gizzards in blood Thursday AM - chicken liver with blood Thursday PM - chicken leg (whole) Friday AM - chicken leg (whole) Friday PM - chicken leg (whole) Saturday AM - chicken leg (whole) Saturday PM - chicken hearts n gizzards in blood Sunday AM - raw soup Sunday PM - raw soup
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2014 21:58:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the menu. For this upcoming week you definitely NEED edible bone. Since they can't eat the chicken leg bones, all of those meals would have been muscle meat. Which will lead to calcium deficiencies and diarrhea. For this week use the necks or wings instead and make sure you cut them up into pieces so that they can eat the bone
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 2:54:14 GMT -5
Okay, they do seem to be able to handle the chicken wings a lot easier. I can't seem to find the chicken necks at my stores. They can devour the chicken wings at a good pace, bone n all!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 17:00:02 GMT -5
Okay then stick to the chicken necks as the bone source for now. You will need more than one bone source though so have a look and let me know if you have any of the following available in your area:
-Cornish game hens (they can eat all the bones, the leg bones may have to be smashed though). -whole quail (they can eat all the bones) -pork button bones (they are labelled as such) -whole duck (they can eat the wings, ribs, etc. not the leg bones though)
You will need at least 1 of those as a second bone source.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 17:08:49 GMT -5
I will probably go to the store this weekend n have a look. I will be going to my secondary store cause my first one only has the chicken wings n legs. They also have some beef ribs but they are too thick for them to chew through. I will definitely have a better look though n let you know if I have any luck.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 20:23:28 GMT -5
Sounds good let me know what you find!
How is the new addition doing with the raw? Are you feeding any kibble at all?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 1:26:44 GMT -5
Sure thing and she is taking to it real well. I am so happy to see that considering her previous diet consisted strictly of veggies n fruit! Oh and occasional sweets. I was so saddened to hear such news. She is being well cared for and no kibble for neither one of them. Should I be? They are both on straight raw.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 10:05:51 GMT -5
Oh so she wasn't on any kibble at all when you got her? Just the fruit and veggies? Yikes!!! Nope they definitely don't need to be on kibble at all I was just checking because I wasn't quite sure if you had put her straight on raw or had her eating some kibble still.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 10:41:04 GMT -5
Yes unfortunately, her previous owner had her on a veggie n fruit diet. I was just wondering about the whole kibble thing but I saw Ms. Sherry Stone post that it's not good to feed your ferrets both kibble n raw. Carrie had started out on Marshall diet when she was younger but no kibble for Sadie. When lil girl come home with me, she was intriduced to raw meat the first night and she loved it! I am one proud farent! They are both on their strictly raw diet and will stay that way.
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