Sorry another question

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With whole prey vrs franken, i know you need different types of proteins, but with whole prey, is that the same? Like do i have to feed a rat one day, then a bunny or another fuzzy another day?!

2. ive seen that it is expensive... I mean i have only two, how much would they eat a day?! A whole adult rat? half? one mouse?  I would like to raise my own if i know that they will be healthy and happy on one type of animal, (rats or mice..) 

3. Chopping up the prey, or i think ive seen people just slit the belly open and throw it in? Do i need to remove the hair? I think im going to have a feeding station if i decide to have the whole prey so the mess would be kind of contained....

anything else?

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With whole prey it is completely balanced, you don't need to do the percentages of meat like with frankenprey. They need at least 3 different proteins, so yes it would need to be fed different animals.
I have two ferrets also, and when I rounded up the cost, for 60 cents per mouse a very rough estimate would be $100 per month, at the least. That's ordering online getting them half the price as in the store and free shipping. Whole prey is crazy expensive.
I don't know much about whole prey, but I think starting out you chop them up, and eventually ferrets eat from the tail up or wherever the like to stat at. They eat the hair, the eyes, everything. Some ferrets don't like certain parts though.

I don't feed whole prey and I only researched it a little bit, but have you looked in the whole prey section of the forum? There is a lot of information there. A lot of people feed raw and whole together, as it's cheaper.

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A whole prey diet, like any other type of raw diet, requires a MINIMUM of 3 different proteins. The amount your ferrets would eat depends on their age, gender, season of the year, how much they like that particular meal. Generally males will eat 3-5 ounces per day, females 1-3 ounces. Whole prey does not need to have parts removed. During a switch to whole prey, the prey may need to be chopped up or slit open, but once a ferret becomes used to whole prey, it can just be tossed in whole and they'll eat the whole thing, fur, feathers, and all.