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Post by palecat5 on Sept 11, 2018 18:29:41 GMT -5
I'm using the example menu for her food. Well as much as I can. I don't have a food scale right now, so I have no idea how much she weighs. (Lately she's been getting more Rabbit+Bone) Is this a good diet?
Mon
Am- Rabbit+ Bone Pm- Rabbit+ Bone or Beef Strip(s)
Tue Am- Rabbit+ Bone Pm-Beef Strip(s)
Weds Am- Rabbit+Bone Pm- Full Heart Meal
Thurs Am- Rabbit+Bone Pm-Rabbit+Bone or Beef Strip(s)
Fri
Am- Rabbit+Bone Pm- 1/2 Heart, 1/2 Liver
Sat Am-Rabbit+Bone Pm- Beef Strip(s)
Sun Am- Rabbit+Bone Rabbit+Bone and Liver
Notes I also feed her Chicken Gizzards sometimes and got her some Turkey Necks. For a couple of days she had really dark poops, so I gave her more Rabbit+Bone. Right now they are a touch runny. I don't have another Organ to give her at this time. But hope to get her some Kidneys soon.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Sept 12, 2018 4:37:30 GMT -5
Here is some reading on giving your ferret variety. holisticferretforum.com/natural-diet/raw-diet-the-meat-of-the-site/variety/you can give chicken backs and wings---if your ferret is not sensitive to chicken for some variety. I would not overwhelmingly use chicken. Also if you want to add some mice or rat (considered an alternative meal) this chart will let you know how much organ, hearts, muscle and bone in meals you need for the rest of the week. For example, feeding a ferret 1 mouse meal, you would feed 8 bone in meals--- 2 muscle meals--- 1.5 hearts --- 1.5 organ meals for the remaining 13 meals. Above the chart you will find what is considered an alternative meal. holisticferretforum.com/natural-diet/raw-diet-the-meat-of-the-site/balancing-frankenprey-with-alternative-meals/ What kind of hearts are you using? I may be wrong but I thought I have read that rabbit heart is not a good source of taurine for ferret----I stand to be corrected if someone knows. Chicken heart is considered the bomb for taurine--- duck heart is good and probably turkey hearts. The heart that really packs the punch is mouse heart----but it is so tiny:) Of course you can get taurine in muscle meats too---like in thigh of chicken. Muscle meats r darker in color. I skin and gut frozen guinea pig and noticed the tiny bit of meat on jaws is really dark. Maybe from chewing? Also tongue of cow is source of taurine. I have never tried it though. |
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Post by palecat5 on Sept 12, 2018 7:17:49 GMT -5
Thank you!! She eats chicken hearts and liver.
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Post by Sherry on Sept 14, 2018 9:33:12 GMT -5
She needs a LOT more variety. Also you will need to increase her heart meals as rabbit is very low in taurine. Our menu depends on variety, and since most muscle meat has a decent amount of taurine 1.5 meals of heart a week works well. If at all possible, no protein should be more than about 4 meals a week max.
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Post by palecat5 on Sept 16, 2018 14:22:28 GMT -5
She doesn't eat rabbit heart.  I give her chicken hearts. I'm going to check out a few other places for her foods. I'm also going to look at the info on here again.
I really want to make sure I'm feeding her the right foods. If I were to buy her whole frozen prey how I go about that? I know I can buy her frozen mice, but can she eat only that or would I need to buy her other whole prey also? (I'm pretty sure I know the answer though) I'm looking at the places that sell whole prey and I'm going to buy from them asap.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Sept 16, 2018 19:01:57 GMT -5
I get my whole prey from Perfect Prey, South Florida Rodents and Hare Today. I feed ny ferrets frankenprey and whole prey. hare-today.com/perfectprey.com/southfloridarodents.com/Look at this. It includes organ types at Hare Today hare-today.com/category/meat_proteins_or_packaging_typesShe will need to eat more than mice---the minimum variety of proteins is 3---but remember the more the better. So you can find some quail, mice, rat, chicks and meat from store. Chicks can be considered an egg(Heather) or a snack. So maybe just one a week for a meal (since eggs are to be given once a week). The chick doesn't have mature bone to be a good bone in meal. I skin and gut whole frozen Guinea Pig from Hare Today but they have ground. Now you have to buy at least 10 lbs of stuff from Hare today, but you can basically get all proteins there. However, I use Perfect Prey for my mice and rats. |
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Post by Charlie on Sept 16, 2018 23:56:41 GMT -5
As Sherry said you need other meats too like chicken wings, turkey necks and backs, pork riblets, rabbit as you have, and beef. For organ meats heart, liver, kidney, tripe for example.
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