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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 2:43:00 GMT -5
I was wonder if anyone could give me some advice on this product. I looked over it once before and said no but now I read it it seams "OKAY". expect for one thing. "R.A.W. Bones Must be soft, derived from young animals, with at least fifteen percent cartilage. The dog requires slightly more than the cat."  eh. Which makes me wonder how I would feed this product, :/ ehh.. My main concern is the lack of taurine, calcium and over all quality. I feed two muscle meals, one-two organ, two heart meals and the rest bone-in (chicken wings, necks - whole prey). Would be nice to have on hand if I go away for a weekend, something else for my house-mate to give him. www.drianbillinghurst.com/index.php |
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Post by Sherry on Sept 19, 2011 8:25:08 GMT -5
The one thing I'd be careful of in there is the flax. It makes some ferrets exceedingly itchy. Get some and try it, see how they do with it. If it's only for short periods of time, it should be fine.
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Post by Heather on Sept 19, 2011 11:13:05 GMT -5
I have a couple of other concerns too. In the dog foods, they do indeed add flax but they also add broccoli, celery, spinach, carrot, ground flax seed, bok choy, dried alfalfa leaf powder, beef kidney, beef heart, unbleached beef tripe, seasonal fruit selected from apple, pear, grapefruit, orange, dried kelp powder, garlic, capsicum. I'm not a big proponent of garlic in a pet food unless I add it for a reason. That is also too much fruits that have high sugar and veggies that can cause gastro issues (spinach is very difficult on pets, good for humans though but our metabolism works better on that stuff). Spinach and celery are blood thinners as well making them not a food that I like to feed to any of my furkids. I was really surprised when I also found these, carrots, apples, dried alfalfa leaf powder in the cat food. Cats don't need carrots and apples (ferret really don't need these, carrots can cause blockages) and cats also have difficulty metabolising alfalfa. I don't know...for the very occasional meal...ok, but I think if you're going to buy a commercial product, there is better stuff out there. JMO of course  ;D ciao |
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Post by Sherry on Sept 19, 2011 17:56:07 GMT -5
Thanks Heather- hadn't even noticed the garlic  Nor did I know about spinach being so difficult for them. I'm assuming all the veg are cooked, though? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2011 2:47:21 GMT -5
Thank you both! I over looked it the first time because of the overwhelming list high sugar fruits. I didn't know about the spinach and celery, thank you Heather! I also didn't notice the garlic! That's a big no, no now! Grr I'm having a hard time trying to find a commercial product. |
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Post by Sherry on Sept 20, 2011 8:42:22 GMT -5
Can you get your hands on a good grinder? One that will do bone as well, like chicken bone.
You could make and freeze your own in larger batches, probably cheaper too.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2011 18:01:17 GMT -5
Well to be honest I have no real need for a commercial raw product I love having 100% control over their diet. I would be great to know there is something out there for then.. just in case times.
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Post by Heather on Sept 21, 2011 21:46:01 GMT -5
I like the fact that no matter what, or where, me and my wee ones are they have food. I can walk into any grocery store in any part of the country and get my little ones food. This is not the freedom that one has when one feeds kibbles or even commercial grinds. ciao |
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Post by dook2dook on Oct 16, 2011 21:09:20 GMT -5
Ferrets can not tolerate garlic at all! they become extremeley anemic and slowly die  |
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