Grinding Kidneys?

[Skiff]

Hey all, recently I have decided to change a few thing about my ferrets diet, one of those things is the way I prepare the organ meals for them. Currently I roughly chop some liver and kidneys for them but I absolutely hate doing it, it is the worst part of prepping their meals for me, my hands are sticky and stink for ages afterwards and no matter what I do they don't feel clean. Additionally, I can't be sure each ferret is getting a decent amount of liver/kidney because Poro is a greedy little dooker so for all I know he could eat all the kidney chunks and leave the girls with mostly liver.
Anyway, I have found a supplier that sells ground liver which is obviously quite convenient for doling out portions but I can't find anywhere that does ground kidney so I was thinking of buying a meat grinder and just grinding them, then mixing them in with the ground liver so nobody can eat more of one than the other.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I feel like kidney would liquefy rather than grind, the consistency seems really soft so I considered maybe cooking it first, but then it's not a raw diet and I don't know if cooking reduces the nutrition of the kidneys? Would it be worth running the kidneys through a grinder WITH the already ground liver to mix them? I also read something about freezing meat/organs for half hour before grinding, I don't know if this would help with kidneys though. 

[cockneyferret]

Our two girls are a bit picky when it comes to organ meals, so I bought a small blender, which I use to blend up their organ meals.

They now eat them up very well, without any picking.

Try wearing some gloves for prepping organs, as that should block any contact with your hands.

Cheers

Neil

[Skiff]

Sept 3, 2019 3:50:30 GMT -5 cockneyferret said:

Our two girls are a bit picky when it comes to organ meals, so I bought a small blender, which I use to blend up their organ meals.

They now eat them up very well, without any picking.

Try wearing some gloves for prepping organs, as that should block any contact with your hands.

Cheers

Neil

What Organs do you use? Obviously Liver, but what is your secondary, kidney? What sort of texture do you get after the blender?

[cockneyferret]

So long as you don't blitz it up too much, you'll get a sort of sticky paste, which ours are fine with.

I tend to make up the "Other" organ element with lamb lung, as it's easily available and mine seem to like it when blended in.

Cheers

[cockneyferret]

And yes, also kidney.

So on a 50:50 day they'll get liver:kidney.

And on a 50:25:25 day they'll get liver, kidney,lung.

[Heather]

It does make a rather pasty concoction. I actually mix mine with a ground bone in meal. That way no one can complain. Usually, I can get kidneys and liver. I dress my own rabbits so I keep the organs and hearts and freeze until I've got enough to toss into the grind mixture.
ciao