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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 17:51:29 GMT -5
I just happened to be reading behind a holistic vet on internet---anyway a little piece of info stuck with me about how nature provides a balance. Although I have never ground up a dozen egg shells to see how much powder they would make per egg. I thought I might do this and start putting it in eggs that i give my ferrets---just a thought.
Meat contains no calcium, and lots of phosphorus; bones contain lots of calcium. Eggs contain lots of phosphorus; the shells contain calcium. That is nature's balance.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 18:08:50 GMT -5
I feed the entire egg.  I throw it int he blender and feed it as it is. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 8:27:31 GMT -5
If you and your ferrets can stomach green tripe, give it a shot.
It contains the perfect blend of calcium and phosphorus.
It's just so darn smelly but alot of breeders feed it to their kits or so I've been told.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 0:00:18 GMT -5
If you and your ferrets can stomach green tripe, give it a shot. It contains the perfect blend of calcium and phosphorus. It's just so darn smelly but alot of breeders feed it to their kits or so I've been told. This was something I was wondering about. Are there any good threads discussing Green Tripe and how often/much to feed? I got a can from my friend who raw feeds her dogs but am unsure how to feed it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 3:53:37 GMT -5
If you and your ferrets can stomach green tripe, give it a shot. It contains the perfect blend of calcium and phosphorus. It's just so darn smelly but alot of breeders feed it to their kits or so I've been told. This was something I was wondering about. Are there any good threads discussing Green Tripe and how often/much to feed? I got a can from my friend who raw feeds her dogs but am unsure how to feed it. I haven't found a thread, however I know that Green Tripe should be fed as a muscle meat. It would probably be a good weekly treat. It's quite smelly and most ferrets don't really like it because of that, but if your ferret(s) like it, then great! Here is what I have in my bookmarked pages. Note Note: Ferrets also do not produce amylase. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 7:41:43 GMT -5
If you and your ferrets can stomach green tripe, give it a shot. It contains the perfect blend of calcium and phosphorus. It's just so darn smelly but alot of breeders feed it to their kits or so I've been told. This was something I was wondering about. Are there any good threads discussing Green Tripe and how often/much to feed? I got a can from my friend who raw feeds her dogs but am unsure how to feed it. Check out that can and make sure that there are no added ingredients. Fresh green tripe would be better. Hispanic markets will carry it. I learned about it from a breeder that I met while visiting a group of breeders. I was returning home from vacation and picking up my ferrets from Pam Van Overloop and they had just returned from the Ferret Buckeye Bash in Ohio. We were talking about the breeding process and Heather (Heather McNally is on Facebook) and she told me that she feeds it to her kits until they are 18 months old. Tripe is an organ so it would be treated as such in their weekly menu: holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/13628/defines-nutritional-organ-meativcjournal.com/raw-green-tripe/ |
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Post by maja01 on Mar 7, 2016 12:33:57 GMT -5
I am sooo excited  , I have finally found a source for fresh green tripe. We should have got the first order last week, but than it was canceled, since the lady could not go get them because of the snow storm. So, hopefully this week will get them along with our weekly amount of beef. I am ordering them for the dog, of course will give it a try with ferrets also. I will let you know guys when I get them, so that you will know, if I won't be posting on the forum, that I have died because of the horrific smell  |
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Post by crazylady on Mar 7, 2016 12:40:39 GMT -5
LoL mine wont touch it neither will my dogs god it stinks as for the whole egg question I often give mine hardboiled eggs in the shell as a treat you simply tap a small spot and take of a tiny tiny bit shell that way the smell of egg leaks out they spend hours playing chase and eat the egg lol I know it may sound cruel but it sure makes them use there brain and beak into skills lol take care bye for now
Bev
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 12:44:56 GMT -5
maja01 now that you've found green tripe, would you help @noodlecats with how to feed and how much or often please.
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Post by maja01 on Mar 7, 2016 13:27:15 GMT -5
I will just do what I always do with new food - just give them a portion and see what happens  And if they will eate it, I will give them once weekly instead of one meat meal. But - I don't know yet how they will respond - I am supposed to get them on thursday/friday due to canceled delivery previous week. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 16:18:10 GMT -5
LoL mine wont touch it neither will my dogs god it stinks as for the whole egg question I often give mine hardboiled eggs in the shell as a treat you simply tap a small spot and take of a tiny tiny bit shell that way the smell of egg leaks out they spend hours playing chase and eat the egg lol I know it may sound cruel but it sure makes them use there brain and beak into skills lol take care bye for now Bev I'm going to try that hardboiled egg thing! That sounds like alot of fun. Hopefully my guys don't get bored of it, but I really see Haru getting into that. |
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Post by maja01 on Mar 12, 2016 9:38:44 GMT -5
Soooo we got our green tripes yesterday and today i give them a try. The dog was sooooo excited, would eat all if she could  ?. The cats were really interested in them, but only two out of five guve an actual try with some bites and few licks. I didn't leave it for long, since they are indoor cats, an tough the smell is not as horrific as i tought, it is not a really pleasant one. So, Fanta the dog got another mini portion. As far as it goes for ferrets - Vega was disgusted, Iorek was interested but did not quite know what to do with it, Drdra and Gusztav each took few pieces. Since the ferrts are housed outside, i will leave it until the evening and see what happens. Btw ... i cut it outside and definitely, use gloves when handling ... |
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Post by maja01 on Mar 13, 2016 5:16:45 GMT -5
Most of it was gone in the ferret enclosure during the nighr. The evening meal they got, was a bit smaller than usual and the boys were hungry  in the morning, but most of tripe was gone. Probably next time I will wash the ferret's part a bit more, I left quite some plant matter on it and this was what they have left. |
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Post by bitbyter on Mar 13, 2016 9:16:06 GMT -5
Hardboiled eggs will not provide any bezoar prevention. It will just be a treat. The lecithin in the eggs (the active ingredient that helps to prevent bezoars from forming) is inactivated when cooked.
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Post by Klarissa on Mar 13, 2016 12:29:17 GMT -5
I have beef & lamb tripe that I'm trying with my ferrets tonight - I hope they like it, as I'd like to feed it once a week.
My dogs LOVE it, but with dogs it seems the more... Ahem, fragrant the food, the more they love it. Lol.
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, I have finally found a source for fresh green tripe. We should have got the first order last week, but than it was canceled, since the lady could not go get them because of the snow storm. So, hopefully this week will get them along with our weekly amount of beef. 
