Commercial frozen raw?

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Hi all!

Hope everyone has had a lovely holiday. I know weasel has had his share of a good time knocking all of the ornaments off of the tree and pushing them around the apartment

I was wondering if anyone has any opinions or suggestions on different brands of commercial frozen raw. I'm currently feeding frankenprey, but my local stores have stopped carrying pork rib end bones, so now i'm down to only two sources of readily available bone- chicken and cornish hen. Its a bit impractical for me to order from hare today, due to the fact that they have the order minimum and I only have one ferret and a very small freezer. So, I was thinking of maybe doing 50-60% frozen commercial, and 40-50% frankenprey. Im hoping this way I can get more variety (venison, rabbit, duck) and better balance into Weasel's diet, while still reaping the enrichment and teeth cleaning benefits of frankenprey.

Sherry, if i am not mistaken, don't you feed a combination of commercial and frankenprey? If not, forgive me I must be thinking of another member, holidays have my brain a little mushy.

I have a local holistic pet food store that can order pretty much any variety of commercial raw, and they have some brands for cats that contain NO vegetable matter, only meat, bone and organ. I'm planning on heading over to take a look at what they have.

I have a reliable source for muscle meats and liver/brains (pork, chicken, turkey, hearts, duck occasionally, and CGH), and can easily get chicken and CGH bone in meat.

I guess i'm just looking for opinions and experiences that everyone has had with various commercial raw brands, as wella s what others have done in similar situations.

Best
Cydney

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Here is the thread for frozen raw holisticferret.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=raw&action=display&thread=197 and here is the one for freze dried holisticferret.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=raw&action=display&thread=202 which is cheaper then frozen in most cases. Caseys Hidden Pantry caseyshiddenpantry.com/ is the best place to order online. I don't recommend buying frozen online as shipping costs are outrageous.

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Thanks thats really helpful!

Do you know what percentages of plant/veg matter are safe for ferrets? Obviously nothing whole, but looking through that link, plus the site for my local pet store, the amount and variety of plant matter in each product varies quite a bit.

Right now i'm looking into Bravo! Basic formulas, which are either only bone and muscle meat, or bone/organ/muscle combos. They have quite a few varieties so it would be excellent in regards to adding variety to weasel's diet, which of course makes me happy (http://www.bravorawdiet.com/product/basic/index.html)

I'm just concerned because I'm not sure how to decipher the label in regards to ensuring the meal would be balanced. I plan on supplementing daily with frankenprey, so getting enough heart and liver, as well as chicken and CGH bone isn't an issue, I just want to make sure that the products I choose dont inadvertently harm my little guy

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Bravo is good. You want to look for at least 95% meat and no more then 5% produce.

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If i were to feed bravo as an AM meal, would it be considered a bone in meal? Do you (or anyone) know if the percentage of bone is high enough to be considered bone in? If not, would it be better to treat it as a muscle meat and always feed a bone in meal later during the day? After doing frankenprey for so long this whole commercial thing is a bit confusing

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As long as the Bravo has bone in, then yes, it's considered a bone in meal I was feeding Urban Carnivore alternating with Nature's Variety raw in the mornings, simply because Lucrezia went through a really lazy period where she'd even eat the meat off turkey/chicken necks and not touch the bone