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Post by jamien18 on Apr 24, 2018 20:00:57 GMT -5
Still not wanting to eat the halfs. I'll try the Turkey tonight If it thaws tonight
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Post by LindaM on Apr 24, 2018 20:16:24 GMT -5
You can throw the package into a bowl filled with luke or warm water to thaw faster, NOT hot water though or it might actually cook the edges of the meat.
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 24, 2018 22:18:11 GMT -5
So kanga threw this up tinypic.com/r/2myp6vk/9 it wasn't even ten minutes after I put the Turkey in and she ate some. She also threw that up two more times. Could she be allergic to the Turkey? It's only when they get that she throws up
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 24, 2018 22:22:16 GMT -5
4 times now
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Post by LindaM on Apr 24, 2018 22:22:47 GMT -5
Honestly, a turkey allergy would be incredibly rare, more commonly it's chicken or beef being the culprits. And even then, a true protein allergy is still rare to come across. Was she eating fast by any chance? How big were the turkey pieces you offered?
If you can get more proteins for bone-in, we can move away from the turkey and see how she does with other proteins and try to figure out better what may be the cause of her throwing up.
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 24, 2018 22:31:23 GMT -5
She was eating pretty fast but not too fast I don't think and they were big peices. She's throw up like 6 times in just 15 minutes
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Post by LindaM on Apr 24, 2018 22:55:32 GMT -5
Has she stopped throwing up now?
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 24, 2018 23:38:29 GMT -5
Yeah she's sleeping right now. But I'm afraid when she eats again she'll throw up
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Post by LindaM on Apr 25, 2018 11:07:09 GMT -5
Anything new with her this morning? How's she acting?
Okay, so plan of action right now. Let's stop with the turkey for a while, that way we can see if it's the protein causing the issue. I'd really like you to pick up some other bone-in proteins for them to try, one of the reasons we do this is to help cover if there is a protein issue or if you cannot source a specific protein for some time, that way there are other proteins they are used to eating should that be the case.
Questions: How has she done on the meals of just pork muscle? How does she do on meals of just chicken bone-in? Have you spent some time watching her eat? How does she go about it? Does she have to sit and really chew and crunch to get pieces of her meat off, or just a small chew and swallow?
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 25, 2018 17:59:15 GMT -5
Anything new with her this morning? How's she acting? Okay, so plan of action right now. Let's stop with the turkey for a while, that way we can see if it's the protein causing the issue. I'd really like you to pick up some other bone-in proteins for them to try, one of the reasons we do this is to help cover if there is a protein issue or if you cannot source a specific protein for some time, that way there are other proteins they are used to eating should that be the case. Questions:How has she done on the meals of just pork muscle? How does she do on meals of just chicken bone-in? Have you spent some time watching her eat? How does she go about it? Does she have to sit and really chew and crunch to get pieces of her meat off, or just a small chew and swallow? she was acting normal this morning. I did find another pile of puke from during the night. I'll be going friday to the asian market. What's some good bone in proteins I can pick up or look for?I haven't did the pork yet. I did get some lamb that I gave them today and they liked. No problem with that today. She does great with the chicken bone in. They just wont eat the halfs kf the chicken wings I've watched her eat before and he sits there and chews a good bit but she does eat fast at first
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 25, 2018 18:01:39 GMT -5
They did eat the bigger peices of the Turkey neck though just not the chicken wings for some reason
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Post by LindaM on Apr 25, 2018 21:50:07 GMT -5
Okay, that's good to know about the lamb. We'll proceed to skip turkey for a while and see how it goes with other proteins instead. For bone-in proteins, look for rabbit (a favorite with so many ferrets), quail (amazing bone-in starter), duck, and even frog's legs. Rabbit, quail and duck you can get the whole animal, or with duck you can look specifically for wingtips, ribs, spines, and necks.
Hm, interesting. We should continue to try and get them to eat larger pieces of the chicken, as it can help slow Kanga down and force her to properly chew her food and help us to see if that may be the big issue or if we need to start looking at possible medical reasons. But for now, let's first try and focus on getting them onto some of those other bone-in proteins, which they may have no issues eating at a good chunk size.
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 27, 2018 13:46:46 GMT -5
Just got done at the Asian market. All I could find was 2 pork kidneypacks. Pork liver. pork heart. Pork neck. 2 whole rabbits and 2 chicken neck packs
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Post by LindaM on Apr 27, 2018 13:54:06 GMT -5
I may not have gotten the pork neck myself, but that's just me. Some ferrets can eat them, but many struggle with it and will outright avoid it. None of mine will touch pork neck bones for example. It may be better left for a little bit, at least until they are doing better with eating large bone-in chunks. Chicken neck is good, but again, we need to lessen the sheer amount of chicken in the menu overall. The rabbit is good though, really good, because it brings some variety in. I would still like to have another bone-in protein in there though, especially if we do end up finding that Kanga has a turkey issue, it's uncommon, but it can occur. Let me know how they do with the rabbit!
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Post by jamien18 on Apr 27, 2018 14:22:22 GMT -5
I wont try the pork neck right away they were only 4$ so I thought why not . I'm going to look at another store for more bone in
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