I think... Enzo and Riley have completed their transitions!

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I realized yesterday that Riley began eating bits of the mice and rats I was putting out for Enzo, who has been eating rats/mice/guinea pigs regularly for about a week now. I also caught Riley eating a bit of the guinea pig out for Enzo.

This morning I gave Riley a warm mouse, just under an ounce, and watched her eat the whole thing. Tonight I laid out two rats (about 2 oz each). Enzo ate his and went to bed while Riley was still playing. When she went into her enclosure, to my surprise she ate the whole rat by herself!

These pictures are not great, but I snapped a few of her dinner!  



So both of my cat snakes are on complete whole food. Tomorrow we are going to try a pheasant, but at least I know they will eat rats/mice/pigs.  My next order from RodentPro (first one went so well) I will get more of those.

 

Right now their weekly meal plan is: 

Monday AM: 6oz pheasant

Monday PM: 1oz adult mouse each



Tuesday AM: 2oz small rat each

Tuesday PM: 1oz adult mouse each



Wednesday AM: 5oz guinea pig

Wednesday PM: 1oz adult mouse each



Thursday AM: 1oz adult mouse each

Thursday PM: 2oz small rat each



Friday AM: 6oz pheasant

Friday PM: 1oz adult mouse each



Saturday AM: 5oz medium guinea pig

Saturday PM: 1oz adult mouse each



Sunday AM: 2oz small rat each

Sunday PM: 5oz guinea pig

Enzo eats about 3-5 oz per day and Riley eats 1-2oz. 



"Who, me? Stash food? Never!"

[msav]

I must say Either you are the Ferret whisperer or you got 2 extremely smart ferrets that knows what is good for them.

It is not typical for older kibble fed ferrets to take to Raw let alone whole prey as easily as yours did.

Congrats.

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Dec 11, 2015 12:03:07 GMT -5 msav said:

I must say Either you are the Ferret whisperer or you got 2 extremely smart ferrets that knows what is good for them.

It is not typical for older kibble fed ferrets to take to Raw let alone whole prey as easily as yours did.

Congrats.

I'm 100% certain it was blind luck!  They have both been so great and wonderful, recognizing meat and now whole prey as food almost on their own. The credit definitely goes to them lol!

Also I realized last night I wrote down pheasant when it should have been quail.  This morning they dug right in!  

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Yes lucky indeed. As much as I hate to do it ---and do not like the term. I am scruffing and stuffing slivers into my 20 mos old---really a few first bites. Got to get her use to the feeling of something different in her mouth than a nice soft soupy. She really fixated on her kibble--- second and third ingredients were grains. She keeps leaving slivers and and laps up the soupie part. I truly have empathy for people with one of those type eaters, as my other girls took to it pretty quickly.

[lyles]

Congratulations! You are on your way to having nice fat and fluffy fuzzies! (dance)