Considering Whole Prey.

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So in a few weeks I am bringing home a new ball of fuzz and he's apparently a kibble junkie supplemented with kangaroo -which I think is way too oily for a frequent treat- and after alot of weighing pros and cons I was looking to switch him onto a frakenprey diet but then decided why not just go the extra step and start with whole prey.

Now a few questions, what sort of prey should I be using as a starting point? Off the top of my head I know I can pick up pinkie rats and mice, baby quails and I think adult mice and rats and with no shipping costs required it shouldn't cost more then a bag of premium cat food -cough $70 for a 1kg bag cough-.

Of course when my boy arrives I will be signing up for a mentor but in the meantime I'm just looking for some early preparation.

[Sherry]

I'm assuming you are in Australia? If so, here is a fairly comprehensive list on a variety of foods: holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/9571/animals-food-australia
You likely should include some store meats just to have them used to it. If your whole prey provider even changes the diet of the prey animals you may have a ferret going on a hunger strike. That happened with the person I was sourcing rabbit from. She changed bunnies diets for the better, and all my ferrets flatly refused to eat them after that

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Well the person I adopted this boy was feeding him on nothing but kangaroo meat supplemented with supermarket cat food. So if I was to pick up a bag of mouse/rat pinkies would that be a good start?

[Sherry]

Certainly won't hurt.