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[ttfr]

:mental sigh!:

So...My poops have cleared up a tad from feeding a lot of bone but while feeding fish, Someone was proceeding and throw up little fish bones in clear liquid. It only happened 1-3 times and hasn't since fish ran out. But I was wondering if perhaps the ferret was just gorging him or herself on the fish and threw up being he was too full?

Or what are the theory's of throwing up? I know miss piggy weasel ripple has been hacking a bit so I gave her some gooey Vaseline stuff to help clean her out. Ripply is equivalent to a dog that will eat themselves sick and has BLOWN up from a petite 1ish 2lbs to 2ish. I love to see her itty bitty body and than this huge preggo Cammy belly. lol

Another question:

I found out last month that my kids did not like beef. They plainly just turned their noses to it. So I was going to do Turkey, Chicken, and Pork. Only problem is...My turkeys dried up and are no where to be seen.

So now I am down a meat source. What are the ratios of meat sources per month they should have? Is it alright if they eat pork, and chicken for the majority of the month or the entire month? I am going to try to find a few live quails from free cycle.

Part Medical Part Diet Question:

So...Nyu, my old baldie girl, is losing weight. I am thinking it is just the adrenal getting worse but she is scary to try to switch. I hate trying to switch older ferrets with no weight to hold back on.

This week I will be off with not a lot of work to do a proper switch and would love if you guys can help figure out a basic format part tough love, part balance for a tender situation? Nyu drinks souppies and will lick chicken. Lucy will drink souppies, and eat/nibble on peices. They both haven't figured out how to bite their food.

Behavior Question (didn't want to do a new thread):

Lucy has shown some odd aggression but it could be due to stress. I will put her in the ferret room and she will hide for a while and than come out to sleep in a hammock with a random ferret. Well...It is like she wakes up and realizes who she is sleeping with and just freaks out. She screams, hisses, and just goes after the ferret. She has even done this (once) to nyu who has been her cage mate for who knows how long. Como(one of the girls I met from here) made a joke how she is waking up from a one night stand! lol

But seriously..I understand her need to fight as pixie, weazie, and tulia (yeah pretty little sweet tulia) will just go after her and nyu. But the screaming at dakota, who is a angel ferret for christ sake, and than having me come save her from jack jack who just doesn't put up with that crap. It's really kind of


PS: oh...and bear keeps pushing the food container over to the gate so he can jump.

[Sherry]

May 22, 2011 9:19:51 GMT -5 @ttfr said:

But I was wondering if perhaps the ferret was just gorging him or herself on the fish and threw up being he was too full?

Definitely. One of mine does the same thing with smelts.

May 22, 2011 9:19:51 GMT -5 @ttfr said:

Is it alright if they eat pork, and chicken for the majority of the month or the entire month?

Since they've decided they are sick of beef for now, leave it off for 2-3 weeks, then reintroduce. You may have to leave it off longer. If necessary, yes, you can do the two proteins, but they are likely going to start refusing those if given too often. I know lamb is expensive, but could you substitute a meal a week, just to give them a variety in taste?

May 22, 2011 9:19:51 GMT -5 @ttfr said:

Nyu drinks souppies and will lick chicken.

If Nyu is going downhill(sorry, but it is an unfortunate aspect of adrenal ), just give her what she'll eat and enjoy. You could thicken her soup a bit if you like.
As for getting Lucy on bits, you know the drill for that

May 22, 2011 9:19:51 GMT -5 @ttfr said:

Lucy has shown some odd aggression

If you think it may be stress related, try her with some RR. If that doesn't work, it may be time to consider another possible case of adrenal.

[suds]

Just wanted to add in with beef its important to try diffent cuts of meats they all have differnt taste and smells the other thing I found to is the age of the meats will very in smell , taste and texture

for example Hershy wont eat shoulder meat fresh cut I have to leave it in th fridge for 3-5 days to age same goes for beef cubes (most use them for soups) but will sorloin with no problems expensive taste she has .. so please when you go to introduce them to beef again dont give up on just 1 or 2 cuts of meats ..

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Also wanted to add that veal is a good beef introductory meat, my girls hated beef but tried veal and then from there they ate steak chunks and now were gonna try short ribs. Veal is crazy expensive but as a beef stepping stone it really worked!