Beef lung questions

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hey! So I finally made an order from Hare-today, and got a good variety so that I can wean my ferrets completely off of chicken for awhile! I have whole, skinned and gutted rabbit (with essential organs),semi-dressed quail, duck necks, whole ground cavvie (would've gotten it just whole but my mom isn't a big fan of that, so I can only get away with feeding whole prey mice so far. She settled on ground up guinea pig, even though I know some nutrients are decreased due to grinding, like taurine for example.)

And lastly, I got beef lung and it is huge. So I imagine it will last awhile.

So I felt like I should ask: exactly how beneficial is lung? I bought it, remembering that it can be very nutritious, but not quite sure where I heard that from.

Also, does it count as an organ or a muscle meat? It doesn't secrete anything (I think) so probably just a muscle meat ?

But most importantly, is feeding too much lung dangerous? Should I be cautious when feeding it, like I am with liver?

Thank you! 😊

[Sherry]

Here is a thread with a good description holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/18875/lung-secreting-organ-muscle

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Oct 13, 2016 9:29:44 GMT -5 Sherry said:

Here is a thread with a good description holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/18875/lung-secreting-organ-muscle

That is a very helpful thread, thank you so much!!!! 😊😁

[abbeytheferret6]

 The raw does  provide a lot of  goodies such as b12,vitamin c, iron and selenium---- (percentages below are  for 4 oz and the percentages for human daily allowances)but  still gives you a good picture.

A low calcium/ to phosphorus ratio---with ferrets needing a 1:1 ratio or slightly more calcium-but that is what bone in meals are for. Like what others have said in mentioned thread.
Follow with a bone-in meal.

calcium 11.3mg  1%
Iron 9.0mg 50%
Magnesium 15.8mg 4%
Phosphorus 253mg  25%
Potassium 384mg 11%
Sodium 224mg 9%
Zinc 1.8mg 12%
Copper 0.3mg 15%
Manganese 0.0mg 1%
Selenium 50.1mcg 72%

Vitamins
Amounts Per Selected Serving%DV
Vitamin A 52.0IU1%
Retinol 15.8mcg
Retinol Activity Equivalent 15.8mcg
Alpha Carotene~
Beta Carotene~
Beta Cryptoxanthin~
Lycopene~
Lutein+Zeaxanthin~
Vitamin C 43.5mg 72%
Vitamin D~ ~
Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol)~ ~
Beta Tocopherol~
Gamma Tocopherol~
Delta Tocopherol~
Vitamin K~ ~
Thiamin 0.1mg 4%
Riboflavin 0.3 mg 15%
Niacin 4.5 mg 23%
Vitamin B6 0.0mg 2%
Folate 12.4 mcg 3%
Food Folate 12.4 mcg
Folic Acid 0.0 mcg
Dietary Folate Equivalents 12.4 mcg
Vitamin B12 4.3 mcg 72%
Pantothenic Acid 1.1 mg 11%


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[Corvidophile]

Ah, there's Winnipeg's butt! He likes beef lung a lot. HAD to rinse all the chunks I cut in a big bowl of cold water to get the cow's last meal out of there, though.