UPDATE...UPDATE!! How to get them to eat the Raw Soup???

[rememberinglokys]

ANOTHER UPDATE!

So our princess and the baby are doing really well with the raw soup. Lowering the amount of kibble mush doesn’t seem to bother either one. Matter of fact, even though Carson still prefers to be spoon fed, she located a few small pieces of thigh meat/fat and she grabbed them off the spoon and ran to her little corner and devoured them. She’s the oldest, and I thought she would be the most difficult. She’s been super great about the transistion. I noticed the baby seems to want to eat more often. He’s definitely loving the raw soup. Maybe time to start adding some very small chunks to the raw soup. Nicos, the middle child, is still extremely resistant. I’m still having to start with a sirenge for the first bite, and then he’ll only eat it with the kibble mush and only a few tspns. I’m a little worried he’s not eating enough. Just have to keep offering and hope he starts to get the taste for it. 🤞 for this big guy. 

UPDATED:  

So, we’ve had some great success after offering the raw soup all day and no one being the least bit interested. We did, and I’ll admit, use mushed kibble in the the soup but it worked. Our oldest, Carson will eat a softened kibble with the raw soup. And with minimum kibble, they are all eating the soup in one form or another. We’ll be cutting the kibble in the next day or so to try and get them completely on raw as I know it’s not a good thing to mix the two for an extended period of time. But since they are accepting the raw in with it, I feel like the hardest part is behind us.

We are are more committed than ever to get them on a 100% raw diet. No matter how much time and energy it takes. They’re so worth it. And so is their health.

Go Carson, Nicos and Denali...you’ve got this kiddos!!

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So I made the raw soup and not a one will eat it. 

Any suggestions as to how how to get them to try it?  I even took their kibble away four hours ago and I know they are hungry. They keep going to where their food usually is and where the soup now is.  But, they still won’t eat it. I tried to put some on their kibble and hand feed, but they just throw a fit and spit it out. 

Im committed to feeding raw, I know it’s the best for them. Just hoping for some advice as to how to get the ball rolling. 

My little ones are Carson (9mths), Nicos (6mths) and Denali (2.5mths)

any suggestions or or advice would be appreciated!

[Charlie]

At that age I'm surprised they don't eat it. Did you try even just giving some raw meat to them? My sister got a new girl and she was about 2 months. She tried a piece of raw meat and she went for it right away. If they are young like that they will be very easy to switch.  My ferret was 6 months and he switched real fast.  I was giving him raw meat as treats so he was easy to switch.
When they are out playing grab a ferret and keep trying to give it some soup from a spoon. I never had to make soup for mine, but from what I read from others they would do that.

[rememberinglokys]

Yeah, we tried to offer the youngest meat by itself too. No go. 

But, I have an update. I made some kibble mush and then added the soup to it. I then used a sirenge and fed them. It worked. The two boys took to it. So our next step is we are going to just mush the kibble and add the soup. I think now that they have the taste for it, we might be able to just cut the kibble. We’re doing 75% soup and 25% mushed kibble. So not much kibble. The girl got hungry enough to eat the soup with just a little bit of kibble. 

It took all day day to get to just think point. But, we’re commited to going raw. So whatever amount of time it takes, we’re going to do it. 

I think we have a method thats working for our nuggets. I know everyone’s ferrets are different. So it’s nice to hear about what everyone is doing and we’re willing to try anything. We know raw is best. And even with our long work hours, they need and deserve the best!

I appreciate the advice for sure!  

[abbeytheferret6]

This is how I did it

finger feeding
spoon feeding
saucer feeding

Hold the ferret in ur lap and touch mouth with food then let them go(as they do struggle to get down after tasting the raw). In a few minutes repeat. Repeat until they willingly lick soupie off your finger. Once they finger feed, put some of the soupie in a spoon and offer it that way. When they take food from spoon---lay it on a saucer, so they will get used to eating food from plate and on their own.

[Sherry]

I also started with using a kibble soup when I first started on the raw feeding journey As you mentioned, just phase the kibble out over the next few days.

[rememberinglokys]

Thank you Sherry...I was kind of beating myself up for adding the “mushed” kibble to the raw soup but the the boys not only let me sirenge feed them and spoon feed them...they went nuts on it. Eating straight out of the bowl. Carson did eat a softened kibble with raw soup...about 75% soup and 25% kibble. And she ate it with passion. Like I’d never seen her eat before! Both boys got up about 4am to eat as they spent most of the day fighting the raw soup. And they both ate a few ounces of mushed kibble and raw soup at about the same % as Carson. She’s ahead of them. She’s willing to eat the soup mixed in the kibble. I’m hoping the boys will catch on today. Since they now enjoy the flavor!

Moving in the right direction!

[Sherry]

Move them as quickly as you can. As you mentioned the one is actually eating chunks, try her with just chunks, no soup. You may have to rinse them to get them wet as some have an issue with "sticky" meats. You can also make longer, very thin strips. Maybe 2" by 1/4". Think meat spaghetti.

[rememberinglokys]

That’s a great idea. I’ll go ahead and cut up some of the thigh meat with the fat and rinse it off. She seems ready. Really we just have one that’s fighting it. He will only eat a few sooonfuls then gets mad and runs off. He’s gonna take some work.

[Charlie]

So exciting to see that they are switching pretty smoothly for the most part!