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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2011 18:32:23 GMT -5
Kits are very easy, and will usually try anything. Your girls are doing great and are on their way I always keep a bit of freeze dried. I like the lamb version becasue it has heart and lamb is usually really expensive so it adds some variety to their meals. I feed 1-2 soup meals a week just to keep them familiar with it and to add anything they've missed during the week (usually organ days ) I have found that freeze dried often masks the strong flavors of liver and heart, and can help get them trying new stuff. You're doing a great job with your two (maybe 3 soon ) If you want to make a larger batch of soup, you can freeze the soup in ice cube trays and then put them in a freezer bag. Very convenient, especially for those feeding soup long term.
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Post by Sherry on Mar 12, 2011 22:16:59 GMT -5
When you get the new kit home, I'd try him with small bits of chicken right out of the gate! Babies tend to take to it really well for the most part
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Post by teric506 on Mar 13, 2011 9:46:56 GMT -5
Ok I will do that. The bowl of soup was empty this morning when I got up and when I refilled it this morning Jasmine went right over and ate some more I do have a question though, I am almost out of the freeze dried raw so do I need to order more or can I make the soup with raw chicken that I puree? I am just not sure because the freeze dried stuff has the organs and bone and raw chicken breast is just the meat. I have no problem ordering more freeze dried but the $12 bag only lasted a couple of days so that is going to be a ton of money with these two, not to mention when I bring the new baby home. I am going to thaw some chicken breast today and try some slivers in the soup tomorrow.
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Post by Sherry on Mar 13, 2011 11:44:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2011 12:11:22 GMT -5
Yep, you can definitely make raw soups with just meats. I can easily find chicken liver at my local grocery store (walmart, Publix, etc). Hearts were harder for me to find, and I supplemented with taurine powder until I found a place that had hearts. Ethnic and Asian markets are great for organ meats and other cheap meats.
The eggshell powderyou can make yourself. Just wash out your eggshells, let them dry, and grind them in your blender or coffee grinder. Make sure the eggshells are completely dry, as well as the blender, and grind it until it is fine as possible.
Freeze dried is really expensive, and when you first switch to raw they eat soo much. Their appetites will calm down eventually.
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Post by teric506 on Mar 14, 2011 7:05:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2011 10:30:35 GMT -5
That's so exciting! Let us know how the slivers go. You can also startt adding raw chicken to the soup. They probably won't even notice it. Then you can slowly up the amount of chicken in the soup and decrease the freeze dried. Good luck on checking out the kits Hope they have one you (and your girls) like
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Post by teric506 on Mar 14, 2011 17:56:40 GMT -5
Well the chicken is still half frozen so I will have to wait until tomorrow to try the slivers with them. But, I couldn't wait any longer and fell in love when I saw her so we got a new baby tonight. She is so cute and playful and the girls like her too. Hasnt really shown an interest in the soup yet but she hasn't stopped movin since I introduced her to the girls. Man she like to chew though. Here is her picture, sorry it is blurry but she will not sit still for anything. I don't have a name for her yet. She has some brown on her, mostly her tail. It is almost a buff color. I just love her.
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Post by teric506 on Mar 14, 2011 18:03:45 GMT -5
I was just looking at my ferrets for dummies book and it looks like she could be a champagne. I might name her Josie, what do you think?
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 14, 2011 18:04:22 GMT -5
if you want to use freeze dried, stella and chewy's is great. my ferret loves the duck duck goose, beef and dandy lamb. i get it from casey's hidden pantry because it is less expensive there. and actually that website has a variety of different freeze dried foods from wysong to afs, to stella and chewy's. you can buy the introductory pack and they'll send you a sample of everything. i'd lay off the ferret vite. it is loaded with sugar and so is nutrical. sugar is very bad for ferrets.
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Post by teric506 on Mar 14, 2011 18:12:51 GMT -5
I just ordered from Casey's hidden pantry today. I actually haven't given anymore of the ferretvite for that very reason because of the sugar thing. The more I read up on their diet the more I realized what I shouldn't be giving them. I found the girls ate the soup just fine without it so I haven't used it. Thanks for the tip on the sample pack. I will have to order that next time around. Thanks for the advice.
Teri
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2011 18:56:42 GMT -5
Aw she is so cute! Yes she sounds like a champagne. My Trixie is a champagne. Josie is a cute name! Goes with the "J" theme you have Rather than ferretvite, I use olive oil. Fish oil works well too. Do you know how old she is? Also, for the chicken, if I forget to defrost it, I just sit it in some warm water in the sink. Replace water when it's cold. Usually helps defrost pretty quick. I also find that meats are easier to cut when they are partially frozen. You can serve the slivers still frozen. It can actually help them last a bit longer, and can be quite refreshing on a hot day Congrats on the new baby!!!!
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 14, 2011 19:02:51 GMT -5
she is a beautiful ferret. nice colors. you can add water to the stella and chewys and the wysong archetype 1 (or any other freeze dried that you buy) and give it to them as a soup at night. i always leave a bowl of dry freeze dried for him 24/7.
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Post by teric506 on Mar 14, 2011 19:18:51 GMT -5
Thank you, she is sleeping now. That's what I thought with the J's, I already have two that start with J so why not have a third. I actually cut up a little of the partially frozen chicken so we will see if they eat any tonight. I will try the olive oil and see if that works. From the paperwork I got with Josie it looks like she was born on Dec 15th 2010 so she is just 3 months old. I don't remember Jasmine chewing on everything when I brought her home, could Josie be teething still?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2011 19:27:53 GMT -5
It's definitely possible. I found that raw definitely helped with chewing. The bones and gizzards are great for getting that jaw action.
So she is definitely young. She should be relatively easy to switch. Definitely offer her some meat slivers tonight. If she seems disinterested, you can cover them in soup or olive oil (if they like it) or bread it in some freeze dried if you have any left.
She also might not be hungry for a bit. When I got Dixie home, I let her go about 6 hours or so before I tried to feed her. I wanted to get as much of the kibble out of her as possible because the mix can cause tummy upsets.
Let us know how it goes!
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