broom
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Post by broom on Jul 26, 2020 16:18:51 GMT -5
Hi guys , So I have my little fur balls Rocket and then his brother from another mother Flash, and we’ve been feeding them Wysong Epi-90 Rocket for about 2 years and Flash about a year. Rockets been on that almost his whole life while Flash was a little older when we got him but only by a couple weeks. and he is very finicky! He eats it but not very much. Just so you know, I tried wholeheartedly to do the raw diet for about a month, when Rockets was a kit, unfortunately I don’t have access to the variety that he needed and quite honestly, it’s a lot to deal with and I was over feeding him.. plus I’m dyslexic so there’s that , I got all kinds of confused with the whole system.
Okay so my question/s would be, is Darwin products the way to go? or is the instinct freeze dry raw ? I want to take them both off Wysong/kibble and at least try and get them the next best thing to raw/frankenspray with the convenience of kibble. I hope that doesn’t sound selfish 😐 Thanks Sincerely Broom
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Post by Corvidophile on Jul 26, 2020 17:17:45 GMT -5
Instinct makes a commercial raw grind too, not just freeze dried. I liked their stuff a lot when I used it and it’s just as easy as kibble to feed. Darwin’s you’ll have to portion out so as not to waste any; into ice cube trays is what I find easiest with grinds. Never used Darwin’s but it looks promising.
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Post by broom on Jul 28, 2020 22:20:58 GMT -5
Instinct makes a commercial raw grind too, not just freeze dried. I liked their stuff a lot when I used it and it’s just as easy as kibble to feed. Darwin’s you’ll have to portion out so as not to waste any; into ice cube trays is what I find easiest with grinds. Never used Darwin’s but it looks promising. Okay so cat food is healthy for ferrets?
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Jul 29, 2020 7:36:59 GMT -5
cat grind is generally good. They will most likely include taurine which is a necessary nutrient for healthy heart brain and eye sight. But you want to follow as closely to the 80:10:10 rule(muscle,organs, and bone)However,ferrets can have a little more bone, but that does depend on individual ferrets though---like if stools are hard or chalky looking you can tell a little too much bone.
Cat kibble is full of carbs from vegetable fillers as is ferret kibble. High amount of veggie fillers causes bladder stones. You can call these kibble companies and they will tell you that their carb count is like high 20's and into the 30's which is, in my opinion, unacceptable. They do not put carb count on bags for some reason.
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Post by Corvidophile on Jul 29, 2020 13:28:48 GMT -5
Yep, cats and ferrets have very similar dietary needs. As Abbey said, stick to grinds and away from kibble.
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