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Post by katt on Sept 18, 2014 3:35:40 GMT -5
The grinds look great! Nice and thick. So the goal for now is to gradually replace the grinds with small slivers. Start with very small slivers and work up in number first, then size. Stair-steps. You're already on it. The organs look great too. For those also work on increasing the size of the chunks so they can start to get used to the texture more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 11:21:00 GMT -5
Ok sure we will, yesterday I tried giving them pork grind but they did not eat it, so I mixed in an egg yolk. And they are starting to shed I think, well there is fur appearing everywhere. So the egg yolk would be good for them. This is pre-yolk which was too thick for them. Zack is very worried about this development with eating grinds and bits and having lost the soup. This morning he was very unhappy about trying to eat it, but he figured out that it was good tasking towards the end and ate by himself.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 18:53:44 GMT -5
ok so I just cut up half a chicken into teeny tiny pieces including all bones except - leg bones and some wing bones. And I have a new tablet so I can put photos here right from it (dance) unlike my phone which eats them up, and becomes a pain to retrieve them. So this should provide us meals for a bit. This is the one made of the chicken bits and one whole egg. Everyone ate it very well. In the morning I will mix it with the grind and some water as necessary without any egg.
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Post by katt on Sept 18, 2014 21:28:46 GMT -5
Nice!! The tiny bone bits are fantastic! That will help get them used to the texture and give them calcium besides eggshell.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2014 19:42:16 GMT -5
We are still working with the bits and grind mix, and this evening we had bigger chunks of organs.
We ate 250 grams of half chicken heart and half chicken liver, with an egg yolk for yumminess.
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Post by katt on Sept 21, 2014 21:19:53 GMT -5
Yum yum! Keep on plug and chugging.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 7:57:24 GMT -5
Our latest exploits Zack eating chicken bits and pork grind.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2014 11:02:49 GMT -5
We are struggling a bit with this consistency. Is the next step just increasing the size of the meats?
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Post by katt on Sept 23, 2014 14:23:54 GMT -5
We are struggling a bit with this consistency. Is the next step just increasing the size of the meats? I can't see the pic on my phone and our Internet is down so I'll have to look from my computer later. Since they are unsure keep them at this consistency a few days. But yes from there start increasing the size of the chunks by just a little bit at a time, then an increase in number while decreasing the ground about, etc. Gradual stair steps.
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Post by katt on Sept 23, 2014 14:24:12 GMT -5
We are struggling a bit with this consistency. Is the next step just increasing the size of the meats? I can't see the pic on my phone and our Internet is down so I'll have to look from my computer later. Since they are unsure keep them at this consistency a few days. But yes from there start increasing the size of the chunks by just a little bit at a time, then an increase in number while decreasing the ground about, etc. Gradual stair steps.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 10:52:57 GMT -5
Last evening we ate organs and this morning I offered them turkey grinds. But Zack really struggled with it, I mean he started freaking out and everything. I added some water to make him eat it better. I'm going to be going slower with him for a bit. I mean this evening and tomorrow so that he calms down about eating in general. Another thing is I took Zack to vet, because it seemed like his lymph nodes were swollen. She felt them and said that it was fat pads and not lymph nodes, and Zack needs to lose some weight. I was wondering if the best way to do that would be just portion control? or is there any other advice that you could recommend?
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Post by katt on Sept 26, 2014 12:52:00 GMT -5
Hmm well what's tough is he HAS to eat a certain amount to keep his BG up, and to top it off Pred causes fat deposits. So it's a little tough to get insu ferrets to lose weight. You can do smaller meals, as long as his BG stays stable, and try to get him moving more. Maybe go on a walk outside or play with a teaser toy on the stairs if you have any.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2014 15:55:06 GMT -5
We don't have stairs we have an apartment hallway though, and we run there pretty regularly. I think I wrote this in the summer, or maybe I forgot (apologies if I forgot), but we have weaned Zack off prednisolone completely for about 3-4 weeks now because his bg was great. So there might be some improvement with the weight as time goes by. He eats about 40-50 grams per meal lately. I don't have the pictures of our most recent meals, but we ate more turkey grinds (we didn't have the actual meat). I think they eat grinds worse then they do the bits of meat. And I made the bits of our organ meal the biggest yet at about the size of a fingernail and we ate them fine
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2014 16:15:13 GMT -5
Also I have tried leaving food in their cage when I leave with mixed results but. I know Miri eats it (I saw her as I was going away). I don't know if Honey participates, I suspect she does. But Zack gets personal supervised meals [img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h352/JW_2012/Emoticons/ .png" src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h352/JW_2012/Emoticons/ .png" style="max-width:100%;"]
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2014 22:01:33 GMT -5
This evening I gave them pork bits with an egg and no grind just chunks, and they were a bit bigger than usual. I don't know if it was the egg or the learning to eat, but they all ate it amazingly. Licking the plate at the end.
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