Post by Celene on Aug 12, 2015 17:22:47 GMT -5
I'll repost my previous frankenprey menu in case you missed it:
The main frankenprey menu that is as follows: (menu based on two meals per day / 14 meals per week)
9 meals of bone-in meat
2 meals of boneless "muscle" meat
1.5 meals of heart
1.5 meals of liver and other organ (half and half)
Since feeding "half a meal" is kind of awkward, what I do (and recommend) is feeding 3 meals composed of 50% heart, 25% liver and 25% other organ.
Edible bone-in meat includes ANY part of birds the size of a chicken and smaller (e.g. chicken, cornish game hen, quail, partridge, etc.), turkey wing tips and neck, duck neck, any part of a rabbit, and other "small" animals (for example I feed frogs legs sometimes). Larger bones like chicken thigh are difficult for some ferrets to eat, and not recommended as a "starter" bone.
"Muscle" meat is basically ANY boneless meat. This includes poultry, beef, lamb, pork, bison, ostrich, venison... Any meat that people eat. Gizzards, tongue and heart are also included in the "muscle" category. Ferrets need a minimum of 1.5 heart meals per week in order to get enough taurine, but since excess taurine is excreted in their urine they can have more.
Heart and liver and pretty self-explanatory. Other organs are basically the secreting organs of an animal, such as pancreas, kidneys, brain, etc.
Variety is important! On a final meal plan it is recommended you feed an absolute minimum of 3-4 different proteins (animals) per week. We also usually recommend at least one meal per week of "red" meat in order to provide a better balance of nutrients, since it is higher in certain vitamins and minerals such as iron, zinc, B vitamins, etc.
For example, a sample meal plan for a week may look like this:
MONDAY AM: Quail (bone-in)
MONDAY PM: 1/2 heart, 1/4 liver, 1/4 kidney (organ)
TUESDAY AM: Rabbit (bone-in)
TUESDAY PM: Lamb (muscle)
WEDNESDAY AM: Chicken wings (bone-in)
WEDNESDAY PM: 1/2 heart, 1/4 liver, 1/4 kidney (organ)
THURSDAY AM: Rabbit (bone-in)
THURSDAY PM: Duck gizzards (muscle)
FRIDAY AM: Quail (bone-in)
FRIDAY PM: Pork with bonemeal sprinkled (bone-in)
SATURDAY AM: 1/2 heart, 1/4 liver, 1/4 kidney (organ)
SATURDAY PM: Chicken Wings (bone-in)
SUNDAY AM: Chicken Wings (bone-in)
SUNDAY PM: Frogs legs (bone-in)
You can see for the Thursday PM meal I "cheated" and fed duck gizzards sprinkled with bone meal as a bone-in meal. It can help provide extra variety, but I wouldn't recommend doing it more than once a week. One other thing you'll notice is that I did the organ meals on evenings or weekends. This is so I can make sure everybody is eating their organs, and nobody is shunning them or hogging them.
In this case they are eating egg, but same idea. They love when that towel comes out because it means they are about to get a "special" meal on the floor
I prepare all my meals in advance, 1-2 weeks at a time so I don't need to think about menu on a daily basis, just pull out container and thaw!
The main frankenprey menu that is as follows: (menu based on two meals per day / 14 meals per week)
9 meals of bone-in meat
2 meals of boneless "muscle" meat
1.5 meals of heart
1.5 meals of liver and other organ (half and half)
Since feeding "half a meal" is kind of awkward, what I do (and recommend) is feeding 3 meals composed of 50% heart, 25% liver and 25% other organ.
Edible bone-in meat includes ANY part of birds the size of a chicken and smaller (e.g. chicken, cornish game hen, quail, partridge, etc.), turkey wing tips and neck, duck neck, any part of a rabbit, and other "small" animals (for example I feed frogs legs sometimes). Larger bones like chicken thigh are difficult for some ferrets to eat, and not recommended as a "starter" bone.
"Muscle" meat is basically ANY boneless meat. This includes poultry, beef, lamb, pork, bison, ostrich, venison... Any meat that people eat. Gizzards, tongue and heart are also included in the "muscle" category. Ferrets need a minimum of 1.5 heart meals per week in order to get enough taurine, but since excess taurine is excreted in their urine they can have more.
Heart and liver and pretty self-explanatory. Other organs are basically the secreting organs of an animal, such as pancreas, kidneys, brain, etc.
Variety is important! On a final meal plan it is recommended you feed an absolute minimum of 3-4 different proteins (animals) per week. We also usually recommend at least one meal per week of "red" meat in order to provide a better balance of nutrients, since it is higher in certain vitamins and minerals such as iron, zinc, B vitamins, etc.
For example, a sample meal plan for a week may look like this:
MONDAY AM: Quail (bone-in)
MONDAY PM: 1/2 heart, 1/4 liver, 1/4 kidney (organ)
TUESDAY AM: Rabbit (bone-in)
TUESDAY PM: Lamb (muscle)
WEDNESDAY AM: Chicken wings (bone-in)
WEDNESDAY PM: 1/2 heart, 1/4 liver, 1/4 kidney (organ)
THURSDAY AM: Rabbit (bone-in)
THURSDAY PM: Duck gizzards (muscle)
FRIDAY AM: Quail (bone-in)
FRIDAY PM: Pork with bonemeal sprinkled (bone-in)
SATURDAY AM: 1/2 heart, 1/4 liver, 1/4 kidney (organ)
SATURDAY PM: Chicken Wings (bone-in)
SUNDAY AM: Chicken Wings (bone-in)
SUNDAY PM: Frogs legs (bone-in)
You can see for the Thursday PM meal I "cheated" and fed duck gizzards sprinkled with bone meal as a bone-in meal. It can help provide extra variety, but I wouldn't recommend doing it more than once a week. One other thing you'll notice is that I did the organ meals on evenings or weekends. This is so I can make sure everybody is eating their organs, and nobody is shunning them or hogging them.
In this case they are eating egg, but same idea. They love when that towel comes out because it means they are about to get a "special" meal on the floor
I prepare all my meals in advance, 1-2 weeks at a time so I don't need to think about menu on a daily basis, just pull out container and thaw!