leeandatsui
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My ferret has a mass on his chest can someone, help me, guide me, where to read, what to do??
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Post by leeandatsui on Sept 15, 2019 19:03:17 GMT -5
Hello fellow ferret owners , I started my transition to raw on September the 5th, it has been going well, BUT I’ve noticed on his feces all the little grinded eggshells! Is this normal? Did I add too much? Is it not grind enough? He is not eating bone, do you have any other suggestion where he can get bone??? Thank you
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Post by Sherry on Oct 12, 2019 13:09:30 GMT -5
Is he eating chunks now, or is he still on soup? If on soup, you need to start pushing him along. Bone, things like chicken wings, neck, quail, frog legs etc.
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Post by Heather on Oct 16, 2019 14:34:16 GMT -5
It may be that your egg shell is now ground enough. It needs to be powdered, not just ground. Also, the reason for pushing bone in meat is that it's not digested as well and a lot of the nutrients are never used and are just not available. What recipe are you using and how much egg shell are you putting into your meat mixture ciao
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leeandatsui
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My ferret has a mass on his chest can someone, help me, guide me, where to read, what to do??
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Post by leeandatsui on Oct 28, 2019 20:41:12 GMT -5
Hello! I started adding chunks to his soup (8 oz of chicken, 2 hearts, half a liver and 1/2 tsp of eggshell) I started tiny chunks on October 09 and he started eating very well. Grounded his eggshell even more and didn’t see the problem anymore. On October 11th his poop was starting to look consistent. I started adding bigger chunks along the way. But on Sunday 27/ oct I started noticing diarrhea and seedy poop! What happened was he in soup state too much? There is I only beef and chicken in my country, if I add fish as my third protein how many times should it be on the menu. I still don’t have a mentor and I feel like I am about to give up. Tonight, Monday 28 at 7 pm when I fed him, he threw it all up as soon as he ate it. I threw away the soup i had and made a fresh one. I don’t know if I am freezing and unfreezing well. Can ferrets fasten? For how long? He looks súper happy and energetic, he ate his food like crazy and I don’t know wether if it was for overeating or another issue that caused the vomiting? I need a balance diet, he hasn’t had any egg? I am on a pinch 😞
Honestly here in Panama City, Central America, there is only ONE doctor that sees ferrets and he is not even a good specialist. If you know a vet that can Skype with me, I would surely find any measure to have his payment. I can get his tests here done but I a need a medical advisor with Experience. Thanks for any help you can share with me.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Oct 30, 2019 11:26:57 GMT -5
Read more: holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/25409/leeandatsui-transition#ixzz63qffnwF5To me the most difficult part of switching is trying to find bone-in meats and variety. If they have a sensitivity to something it can get you scrambling. Do you have any butcher shops around that you can get scraps from? Finding the rib cages of poultry(duck) might be nice. Any Asian stores around? Do you have access to frog? About egg, a whole egg is just too much for one of mine to eat, so I tend to give the yoke only and mix in just a very light sprinkling of eggshell powder(don't give the white alone),but you can give the whole thing. Ferrets have egg poohs(real lose generally and yellow too). I would not fast my ferret---if he gets a tummy problem he will eat when he gets hungry. So it is possible he ate too fast--maybe too much and then played? I remember just gently swinging my girl in a bag and it made her gag---I really felt bad about it. See if the beef makes him throw up. Keep soupies fresh by mixing up a batch and putting it in the little cubes of an ice tray. After frozen, store cubes in a freezer baggie. A nice full cube weighs about an ounce or thereabouts---mine did anyway. Thaw and serve as you need them. Give as many cubes as he will eat. I have thawed servings in a baggie anchoring them down in a bowl of warm water. You can also thaw them in fridge the night before. Other people have frozen daily servings in little plastic tubs. Fish, I think Heather mentioned not to offer a lot--- something in it that works against them. Maybe I can find the post about it. edited:The ingredient in the fish is thiaminase Here r articles on thiaminase--- causes a thiamine deficiency(b1 vitamin). therawfeedingcommunity.com/2018/05/19/thiaminase-in-raw-fish/books.google.com/books?id=2J06AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT419&lpg=PT419&dq=thiaminase+in+ferrets&source=bl&ots=9uN0QgSCPo&sig=ACfU3U0hMd9xpPw9HGUBoXdpI will let her or others make the call on how much you can give fish (then, there is mercury to worry about). I would not give up unless you cannot find enough bone-in meats and variety. Also, people have switched without a mentor, so that part I would not worry about. Members will give you feedback as you post on switching.
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