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Post by Sherry on Aug 17, 2018 6:32:09 GMT -5
Nope With animals, dressed means exactly the opposite of what it sounds "dressed" means fur, head, and innards are removed and it is ready to cook for OUR dinner!
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Post by crazylady on Aug 17, 2018 13:24:02 GMT -5
Hi dont worry they can eat the fur it actually acts like a sweeps brush cleaning as it goes and helps bind the poop dont ask me why they can cope with rabbit fur and not get a hairball but they do lol I have been feeding whole rabbit ( yes with its fur coat ) for over 40 years and never had a problem lol for some reason they dont like the feet though guess even ferrets dont like to smell sweaty feet never mind eat them lol Bev
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Post by lee on Aug 17, 2018 15:18:35 GMT -5
Same here, mine leave the feet lol. As Bev said the fur is good for them and is feathers if I give mine a pheasant , pigeon or chicken all that's left is the wing and tail feathers. Glad all is going well with the whole foods
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Post by Charlie on Aug 17, 2018 18:27:41 GMT -5
Nope With animals, dressed means exactly the opposite of what it sounds "dressed" means fur, head, and innards are removed and it is ready to cook for OUR dinner! Ooooooh! It means cleaned up! Well Charlie didn't eat a dressed rabbit then! My bad! Now I know! Lol it had its fur on! The only thing I did was remove the innards but kept the heart, liver, and kidneys and gave him that too.
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Post by Charlie on Aug 17, 2018 18:31:50 GMT -5
Hi dont worry they can eat the fur it actually acts like a sweeps brush cleaning as it goes and helps bind the poop dont ask me why they can cope with rabbit fur and not get a hairball but they do lol I have been feeding whole rabbit ( yes with its fur coat ) for over 40 years and never had a problem lol for some reason they dont like the feet though guess even ferrets dont like to smell sweaty feet never mind eat them lol Bev I was mistaken and thought "dressed" meant with fur on. I have been giving Charlie his rabbit with fur and all! He didn't eat the feet either. Lol
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Post by Charlie on Aug 17, 2018 18:33:47 GMT -5
Same here, mine leave the feet lol. As Bev said the fur is good for them and is feathers if I give mine a pheasant , pigeon or chicken all that's left is the wing and tail feathers. Glad all is going well with the whole foods Yes, Charlie has been eating the fur! I misunderstood what "dressed" meant. Lol. If I can get any fowl with feathers, I'd definitely like to try that with him too!
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Post by Charlie on Aug 28, 2018 14:13:16 GMT -5
Well, the whole rabbit I had for Charlie is gone!! He loves his rabbit!!!
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Post by Charlie on Sept 2, 2018 12:25:19 GMT -5
I let Charlie out to run around the house. He seemed awfully quiet so I investigated what he was doing. Next I see him run out of my office with a mouse in his mouth!! He caught a mouse!! He's a better mouser then the cat is!! LOL
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Sept 3, 2018 7:38:49 GMT -5
Just don't use any rat poison at your house. If you do you need to take it away. I do not know the protocol if ferrets catch mice at home----should they be froze for two weeks or what. It has been several years ago but this one member said her ferret caught and ate a scorpion. Scary:))) Then a guy fed his ferrets a rattlesnake(of course without the head). I think he lived in one of the western states. My friend gave me a copperhead. His wife wanted the skin. It stayed in freezer a long time. I finally threw it out. I just could not bring myself to feed it to my ferrets
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Post by Charlie on Sept 3, 2018 19:13:41 GMT -5
Just don't use any rat poison at your house. If you do you need to take it away. I do not know the protocol if ferrets catch mice at home----should they be froze for two weeks or what. It has been several years ago but this one member said her ferret caught and ate a scorpion. Scary:))) Then a guy fed his ferrets a rattlesnake(of course without the head). I think he lived in one of the western states. My friend gave me a copperhead. His wife wanted the skin. It stayed in freezer a long time. I finally threw it out. I just could not bring myself to feed it to my ferrets No I don't use any type of poison in my house. I expect the cat to catch them! But looks like the ferret is better at it! Lol. At least I know he will kill his prey.
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Post by crazylady on Oct 16, 2018 13:07:41 GMT -5
lol no dressed means with the fur taken off lol Bev
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Post by Charlie on Oct 20, 2018 21:43:09 GMT -5
So I believe I will be incorporating adult mice into Charlie's Frankenprey diet. I will replace chicken a couple times a week with adult mice. I gave him one this morning and it's all gone! He really likes them! I'm so glad because he's doesn't seem to be a fan of chicken.
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Post by crazylady on Nov 16, 2018 13:21:34 GMT -5
Hi no dressed means with the fur taken off its good he is eating with the fur on ( mine all do ) because the fine hair passes through and cleans his pipes so to speak lol and it helps make his poop more shaped I know you may think hairball it doesn't happen with rabbit fur ! so no worries if I feed a whole rabbit to a group ( four or five kits plus mom ) all I get back next morning is four feet part of a skull and a fur coat no left over meat or bone lol well apart from the feet ( think they refuse to eat stinky feet lol ) good luck with your whole prey journey Bev
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Post by Charlie on Nov 17, 2018 18:47:49 GMT -5
For the last 3 weeks I have incorporated mice into Charlie's Frankenprey diet! I weighed out the mice so he was getting a full meal which is 2 adult mice per serving. I figured out the whole prey chart! 1 whole prey meal replaces a bone in meal and if I do 2 whole prey meals that replaces and bone in meal and a muscle meal! So since Charlie isn't a huge fan of his bone in chicken meals I have replaced one of those meals with mice! He actually eats the entire meal!
Whole prey isn't exactly cheap! 2 mice cost $1.50 each which is 1 meal, whereas I can get a package of turkey necks or hearts or a small portion of meat from the grocery store for about the same amount but get more portions out of it. I'll have to see if I can find mice somewhere else a bit cheaper, although I am helping out a small, independent business!
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ferretdude
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Currently owned by a fluffy angora, a poley hybrid and a naughty sandy kit
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Post by ferretdude on Nov 22, 2018 8:31:59 GMT -5
Charlie i've found with mice its a bit cheaper to breed them yourself as my lot eat 9 mice in a meal so if i wasn't breeding the mice myself then it would be ridiculously expensive
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