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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2011 0:48:51 GMT -5
Weekly report looks good Even if you can't figure out the percentages and can't find other organ sources, I would go ahead and get that. Feeding it for one meal per week should be a safe guess. Do you have any Asian stores or markets? That is honestly your best bet.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2011 12:26:48 GMT -5
Just got back from an asian market. Pork kidneys, duck wings and 6 quail. YAY
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2011 17:00:04 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2012 19:35:26 GMT -5
Happy 2012 Any updates?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2012 21:20:43 GMT -5
merry Christmas and happy new year! we've had 'Christmas brain' ourselves. and now New Years Day brain.
Menu: (AM/PM):
Monday: chicken 4.2oz/pork 6oz Tuesday: chicken 6oz/quail 5.3oz Wednesday: beef 4.8oz/chicken 5.2oz Thursday: hearts 4oz/chicken 6oz Friday: liver 6oz/kidneys 6oz Saturday: duck 5.5oz/pork 6.4oz Sunday: hen 12oz
cici 1.95 baby legs 2.27 neener 2.63
the quail and duck have been going well. the kidneys are still a work in progress.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2012 0:40:14 GMT -5
Menu looks good! Is Neeners nickname for Dids? Or was that an autocorrect? ;D What exactly are they doing with the Kidneys?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2012 8:20:14 GMT -5
yeah neener is dids.
They are just picking it up and hiding it. It was only the first feeding so i wasn't expecting complete cooperation. I had to feed it to them, even very very small pieces they were hiding. We are going to try some more today and the next and the next until we start seeing some initiative from them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2012 9:16:21 GMT -5
good news, this morning cici and baby legs ate kidney. Dids is being very resistant but he will come around.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2012 0:19:11 GMT -5
Excellent! Keep the piece sizes very small until they are eating it 100% well and then slowly increase. Just keep on Dids and if he's still resisting the tiny pieces after a couple days either cover them in some soup or make them into a kidney soup to get him eating them (same process as the liver).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2012 17:12:30 GMT -5
Any updates? Hope that kidney is going better!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2012 7:13:07 GMT -5
Kidney went alright. Cici ate like a champ. Baby Legs ate but not on his own we had to hand feed. Dids didn't really eat much of it mostly just hid it. This has been his problem even since we started with the soup, he would get the smallest little piece in his mouth and then stash it. The other two eat it right then and there if its small enough. He will get over it i'm sure he just needs more time.
They are still sleeping a little bit more than they used to but other than that everything is going great. All of their coats feel and look so great. The menu is basically the same except we changed out some chicken meals with duck wings and quail. Cici - 2 lbs Baby Legs - 2.3lbs Dids - 2.6lbs
Thanks for all the help and wish the best for you and your two new babies
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2012 15:44:55 GMT -5
Well keep on Dids for sure, however in the mean time, can you make a kidney soup for him? Because he's an older boy, it's entirely possible that he's never going to eat the kidney in anything other than soup form. In fact lots of younger ferrets who are on raw, won't eat any organ unless it's in soup form. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that So in the mean time, use the kidney soup for both Dids AND baby legs, Cici doesn't need it. Keep hand-feeding baby legs the pieces of Kidney, and keep working on Dids too, but at least get the soup into them so that they are getting the nutrients from the kidneys The rest looks good And thank you!!! I am so anxiously awaiting a phone call from Petland.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2012 8:51:25 GMT -5
sounds good
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2012 18:12:19 GMT -5
Heyyy Just wondering if I can get a more detailed weekly menu from you. I'm going to submit it for review and let you know about any changes/recommendations and then we can pretty much get you graduated Your guys are all eating a fully balanced weekly menu very well and Dids and the kidney issue will be something that either just takes time to get him to eat chunks or that you decide to just feed him soup form of. Either way, you have done awesome and I think you are ready! So for the menu, it's the same format as usual: Monday AM - Monday PM - etc. But just be more specific about exactly what you are feeding for this one. So instead of "5.5oz chicken", make sure you specifiy "5.5oz chicken wings (bone-in)" or something similar to that. So that it's obvious which meals are bone-in and which are muscle meat. Thanks!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2012 22:58:18 GMT -5
YAY! I'm so proud of the furrkids!
Dids- 2.6lbs, Mostly Large chunks, we are going to work on kidney soup tomorrow, playful but sleeping a bit more lately. His fur is noticeably whiter and softer, this yellow around his ears but much better. Normal stools, a bit runny with the hearts but seems fine.
Cici- 2.1lbs, Large chunks, eats everything in sight! Playful and getting stronger by the day, she can almost jump on the sofa without help and climb up without assistance. Her coat is naturally soft but since the switch its gotten more soft.
Baby Legs - 2.3lbs, Large chunks. Ball of energy like usual, always getting into trouble and what not. I haven't noticed much a difference in his coat except his undercoat is much more white than yellowish gold.
Monday Jan 9th Morning - Bone In Meal - Chicken Wings cut up in large chunks including bones (every chunk has some bone in it). 6ozs. 2 chunks and half of the large leg bone. Evening - Muscle Meat - Pork Tenderloin - cut into large chunks, ITS SO CHEWY! anyway, 4 pieces left. 6oz.
Tuesday Jan 10th Morning - Bone In Meal - Quail (1 + breast) - Cut legs, wings, breast, ribs, 6.5oz, Many small bone fragments left, a few pieces. Evening - Bone In Meal - Chicken Wing - Large chunks, 5oz. Not much left but two chunks.
Wednesday Jan 11th Morning - Muscle meat - Pork Tenderloin - large chunks, 3 pieces left, 6oz. Evening - Bone In Meal - Chicken Wing - Large chunks. some leg bone fragments leftover a few pieces.
Thursday Jan 12th Morning - Muscle Meat - Chicken Hearts - Bite sized and some whole. 5.5oz, almost no leftover, this was the best they ever ate hearts as a group. I started with 3.5oz bags and moved all the way up to 5.5oz. I will make some 6oz bags next time i get some. Evening - Bone In Meal - Duck Wings - large chunks, This was going to be chicken but Dids has really runny stool so we got the duck wings they are practically all bone. 5 oz but there were a few pieces leftover.
Friday Jan 13th - Morning - Organ Meal - Chicken Liver - Slivers and bite sized, more leftovers than i would liked to see. They slept alot this day but ate really well when they were awake. 6oz. Evening - Muscle Meat - Stewing Beef Chunks - Large chunks, I think this is their favorite meal. Not much leftovers 5.5oz.
Saturday Jan 14 - Morning - Bone In Meal - Chicken Wing - Large chunks cut up. 6oz.
Evening - Muscle Meat - Stewing Beef Chunks - Large chunks 6oz with 8 pieces leftover.
Sunday Jan 15 - Morning - Bone In Meal - Cornish Game Hen - approximately 1/3 of the whole game hen total for the whole day is around 11.8oz. A leg, a wing, some breast, ribs, spine. Evening - Bone In Meal - Cornish Game Hen - other half of 11.8oz. Not much leftover, I think they like it better than the chicken.
They were supposed to get kidney today but i wasn't home much and my girl is gone. They will get it first thing in the morning though.
If I didn't give enough information let me know.
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