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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 13:55:28 GMT -5
Maisey's appetite has picked up, she finished her last couple meals nicely. Great day for bone in meal, they absloutely love the game hen, I think the smaller bone size is easier for them or something. All five had a feeding frenzy on game hen wings drumsticks and thighs (some of the bigger bones were left behind but they ate more than ever before) Maisey even had a tug of war with Sebastian over the wing! This was amazing because they are the two most laid back of the business. I think I even heard a bit of hissing LOL What other low on the food chain proteins would you suggest, I believe I will have to do mail order for some different things because the markets do not have much. I am just planning ahead, I have a good stock up on pork, game hen, chicken, gizzard, heart and liver. I found out about a small local butcher I may visit today and see what I can get if they have anything different.
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Post by Sherry on May 26, 2011 18:35:06 GMT -5
Don't you love the "food fights", ;D As for other meats, I feed(and it depends on what I find on sale), quail, beef, pork, chicken, turkey, game hen, duck, lamb, goat, rabbit, as well as whole prey. Anything meat is good. As long as it's not altered in any way. IE: salt, spices, etc. So, no hot dogs, lunch meats, ham, etc.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2011 21:38:25 GMT -5
We seem to have good tolerance on all the meats now, and good results with bits of heart and liver spread out instead of one meal... shall I try turkey this week? The rotation so far is chicken, cornish hen, pork, gizzard.
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Post by Sherry on May 30, 2011 22:46:23 GMT -5
Turkey sounds good Make it whatever you can get hold of fairly easily, so you can make it a regular part of their rotation.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2011 22:12:17 GMT -5
I held off on the turkey, Ollie got jelly mucous poops and I wanted to watch him before I changed the protein. It was just a couple of normal chicken meals- so weird! Boo has been playing with him a lot and bugging him when he is trying to sleep, could it be a stress poop?
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Post by Sherry on Jun 5, 2011 9:17:08 GMT -5
Good call. Anything can give them an off stool. How is he now? Normal poops, playing, eating, etc.?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2011 9:30:21 GMT -5
Playing well, and this last meal he was very enthusiastic about his food (he was just nibbling a bit before) Mucous in his poop this last one, still not right, but better.
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Post by Sherry on Jun 5, 2011 9:40:26 GMT -5
Try giving him some plain pumpkin. Fur can cause it as well. If the poops are looking somewhat "slug" like, that good well be the problem.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 15:42:26 GMT -5
Ok, this morning the turkey (ground) went over well! They found it to be tasty
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Post by Sherry on Jun 8, 2011 19:02:53 GMT -5
Oh, excellent!!! If you like, you can start slipping in some slivers of meat to the turkey in a couple of days, get them used to some texture. Any more problems with Ollie's poops?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 19:10:57 GMT -5
Nice- I tried the ground turkey first to see but they took right to it just like the cornish game hen....now a question about edible bone, so far I only do chicken wings, and cornish game hen bone. Are turkey wings small enough to give?
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Post by Sherry on Jun 8, 2011 20:04:47 GMT -5
With turkey wings, generally they'll only eat some of the tips. They can, however, eat turkey neck as well as the ribs. You'll likely have to chop the neck up a bit, but mine have no problem with it. They can also eat pork rib tips, some eat oxtail. Duck wing tips, neck, ribs. Rabbit. Whole prey like rats, mice, and other varieties.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 21:06:45 GMT -5
oh ok- thanks! I can get turkey necks for the freezer this week, they are plentiful in the market. When doing bone in meals with necks, is the meal supplemented with any meat chunks or just the meaty bones?
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Post by Sherry on Jun 8, 2011 21:34:55 GMT -5
I just feed the meaty bones. That way, I know they are going to actually eat the bone, instead of taking the easy way out and only eating the meat ;D I feed most bone in meals that way with mine. You can also do chicken thighs. Use one thigh per ferret, cut about 1/2 to 3/4 of the meat away, and smash the bone up well with the back of a large knife.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2011 23:16:02 GMT -5
What is your technique for smashing the thigh bone? Tommorrow I might do the chicken thigh bone meal if I can manage. I am picturing a huge mess though....maybe smash it inside a baggie?
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