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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 15:40:30 GMT -5
So I have a question about raw diet, obviously in the title 😂
So I know I can feed mice as a diet and I'm not fond of feeding rats.. but instead of feeding mice everyday, could I feed Guinea pigs daily? And if so how much of the guinea pig should I feed per day?
Or can I feed quails daily? How much of those per day if so??
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Post by LindaM on Jun 8, 2017 16:22:58 GMT -5
I may be wrong since I am only in the starting stages of adding whole prey to my raw diet, but I believe even when doing Whole Prey as your diet, you still need a minimum of 3 different proteins (animals) to offer. So yeah, you could do guinea pigs and quail along with the mice in your weekly menu.
How much to give will depend on how much your ferret eats or how many ferrets you have to feed.
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Post by FerretsnFalcons on Jun 8, 2017 17:05:57 GMT -5
LindaM is correct, even whole prey diets require at least 3 different prey species, as different species provide different amounts of nutrients. It would be best to feed quail, mice, and guinea pigs, which would cover the 3 protein requirement. If you order from companies like RodentPro (I don't know if you're in the US or not though), then you can also get whole chickens and rabbits, which are good to add to the diet too. You can never go wrong with more variety. How much you feed depends. For example, my male ferret Sunny can eat about 4 ounces a day, which for him is one 6 week old quail (gutted and skinned) or half of an XXL guinea pig (gutted and skinned) or 5 large mice. Hope this helps!
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