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Post by jamien18 on Apr 13, 2018 15:03:55 GMT -5
So I'm a little worried about kanga. I went to go check on them and she threw up a little piece of bone and something else. Kinda looked like a piece of litter. And usually when I'm at they're cage she wants out and she's just laying there . I'm not sure if she ate too much. Because he's been eating a lot last night and today
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Post by LindaM on Apr 13, 2018 16:40:05 GMT -5
Sometimes a ferret can eat a little bit too fast and hack the food up. Keep an eye on her though, just in case. Has she had any troubles with pooping and urinating? Look around to see if any of their toys, bedding or anything else they have access to is damaged in any way, so you can see if she may have ingested something she wasn't supposed to. I'd also see if she's willing to play a game with you that she usually likes to see how her energy is. Is it a rainy or dreary day there today? It's rainy here, and we had snow last night, so my lot are all curled up and wanting to be very lazy today.
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 13, 2018 17:03:19 GMT -5
Sometimes a ferret can eat a little bit too fast and hack the food up. Keep an eye on her though, just in case. Has she had any troubles with pooping and urinating? Look around to see if any of their toys, bedding or anything else they have access to is damaged in any way, so you can see if she may have ingested something she wasn't supposed to. I'd also see if she's willing to play a game with you that she usually likes to see how her energy is. Is it a rainy or dreary day there today? It's rainy here, and we had snow last night, so my lot are all curled up and wanting to be very lazy today. I'm not sure if she's having trouble going to the bathroom. I'll go get her up now and watch her go to the bathroom. And no it's a nice day out here, hot. I'll get her out and play with her to see if she will now though
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 13, 2018 17:36:59 GMT -5
She went to the bathroom! Guess she just ate so much too fast. And she's playing with too good I know Turkey has something in it that makes people tired. Does it for them too?
Also I'm not sure how to crush the bone up more in they're bone in meals. Because they seem to be leaving a good but of bone out
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Post by LindaM on Apr 13, 2018 21:41:14 GMT -5
You mean because of the amino Tryptophan? To my knowledge that's all actually myth that it makes you sleepy and more about just eating too much food and other factors also playing a role. Believe it or not, there's been said that cheddar cheese probably has about the same amount of tryptophan that turkey does. Other poultry also contain tryptophan, and chicken supposedly contains even more than turkey does. So, no. Do you have a hammer or mallet? I have a hammer (lump/engineer's) in the garage that I use to smash bones when I need to, eg. denser weight-bearing bones, as I've had to feed turkey thighs a few times and those suckers really need to be smashed for a poor ferret to get anywhere with them. Any hammer with a solid head like a lump/engineer's or smaller sledge-type head would work really good. I prefer to bash out on the garage steps instead of my granite kitchen counters though.
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 13, 2018 22:14:43 GMT -5
Oh alright. I didn't know if that was true or not Haha. And yeah I have a mallet. I'll smash the bones for them more so they'll eat it all. Because there's a good amount of little bones in the cage after they ate the Turkey necks
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Post by LindaM on Apr 13, 2018 22:39:59 GMT -5
I'd try the smashing a bit more to see if they eat more of it. Try not to smash it too small though, so they still have to chew on pieces and not just swallow them hole when a piece is actually a tiny bit bigger than being able to do that, because those can sometimes risk them choking on one a bit.
Let me know when you make that trip to the Asian market, hopefully other proteins will have just as much success as the turkey has had. I know my lot LIVE for pheasant, duck and rabbit in particular. They used to chew on my toes and lay at my feet back when they were allowed in the kitchen as I prepped their meals.
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 14, 2018 2:07:17 GMT -5
So they use to take 12 hours to go though 4 oz of bone in meat. And now they finish it way before they're next meal. Should I increase the oz I give them ?
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Post by LindaM on Apr 14, 2018 2:55:10 GMT -5
If their bowls are entirely cleaned before the next meal, I'd increase it until there is a bite remaining. They may have gotten the hang of eating things better and eat a little more now.
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 14, 2018 3:28:48 GMT -5
They're bowls are empty but there's bits of bones laying around
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Post by LindaM on Apr 14, 2018 23:42:05 GMT -5
Actual pieces of bone-in (meat and bone), or just discarded bone bits? Chances are they won't come back for just the bone bits, vs a chunkie that still has meat and bone. And if they are eating in a way that they are leaving a lot of just-bone bits, we need to work on them eating more of it and not just chewing the meat off of them.
How big are the pieces of bone-in meat that you are currently giving them when they have a bone-in meal?
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 15, 2018 21:35:19 GMT -5
They're pretty good chunks but not too big. they had some last night and there wasn't a lot of bones laying around. Though I'm stillworried about they're poops. The poops when ever they dont have bone in meats are still a bit runny
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Post by LindaM on Apr 15, 2018 23:00:47 GMT -5
Well, on both organ or heart meals, poops are always gonna be kinda runny, like a sticky tar almost. On muscle it shouldn't really be runny, but it will be soft but still well-formed.
How are they all doing energy wise? They shedding their winter coats? Any issues with coughing and sneezing from the shed fur?
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 16, 2018 13:38:03 GMT -5
They're always energetic when their playing. I haven't really seen a lot of shedding. And no coughing really. And after they're last bone in meal there's was more bone peices laying around
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 16, 2018 21:59:57 GMT -5
So kanga threw up like 3 times but it wasn't a lot. And she was a wing at her mouth. First it was some chunk of something. Then liquid but she's stopped and drank some water
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