Post by fert on Apr 22, 2024 0:49:00 GMT -5
Hi guys, I’m new to HFF so please excuse and kindly correct any errors I make in posting. I’ve tried discussing this in the ferret discord and with my vet and I’m not too sure what to do so if anyone has anecdotal experience or maybe some tips, I’m all ears.
Background: I have 2 ferrets who are from the same litter. Both on S&C FDR rabbit at the moment.
Back in December 2023, I noticed they were having seedy poops. They were being fed chicken, turkey, and duck FDR so we cut down to just chicken. Some poops were perfect but a lot were bad. Bad ranging from seedy to mucousy to loose. Then I tried just duck and they were even worse. I’d say most of them were bad Currently, they’re on rabbit and for a while their poops were perfect every time. I wanted to try beef and pork so I tried that by mixing rabbit with the beef and then the next week, rabbit with the pork with soupie. They had bad poops off the bat and basically refused to eat it so I stopped that.
Now we’re just left with rabbit and their poops are still really good, but I’ve noticed that without fail, the poop after soupie is always worse than with the dry FDR. It kinda depends on the day, but the poop after soupie ranges from loose + seedy or seedy + mucous.
What I’ve tried so far:
I’ve tried cutting back on the water and cutting back to 1 soupie instead of 2 per day to see if maybe the soup was too watery… didn’t work. I thought about cutting soupies completely but I know that it’s recommended to feed at least 1 so they don’t get dehydrated (although I think they drink a good amount of water on their own, so I don’t know.)
I was thinking either trying another protein on its own (specifically turkey) to see if they might tolerate the combo better, or trying Totally Ferret non chicken formula.
Let me know what advice you all have!
Background: I have 2 ferrets who are from the same litter. Both on S&C FDR rabbit at the moment.
Back in December 2023, I noticed they were having seedy poops. They were being fed chicken, turkey, and duck FDR so we cut down to just chicken. Some poops were perfect but a lot were bad. Bad ranging from seedy to mucousy to loose. Then I tried just duck and they were even worse. I’d say most of them were bad Currently, they’re on rabbit and for a while their poops were perfect every time. I wanted to try beef and pork so I tried that by mixing rabbit with the beef and then the next week, rabbit with the pork with soupie. They had bad poops off the bat and basically refused to eat it so I stopped that.
Now we’re just left with rabbit and their poops are still really good, but I’ve noticed that without fail, the poop after soupie is always worse than with the dry FDR. It kinda depends on the day, but the poop after soupie ranges from loose + seedy or seedy + mucous.
What I’ve tried so far:
I’ve tried cutting back on the water and cutting back to 1 soupie instead of 2 per day to see if maybe the soup was too watery… didn’t work. I thought about cutting soupies completely but I know that it’s recommended to feed at least 1 so they don’t get dehydrated (although I think they drink a good amount of water on their own, so I don’t know.)
I was thinking either trying another protein on its own (specifically turkey) to see if they might tolerate the combo better, or trying Totally Ferret non chicken formula.
Let me know what advice you all have!