Wysong Archetypal I formula change?

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So, I noticed the last time I got a bag of Arch I that it seemed...chunkier. I was about to re-order from CHP when I realized that CHP isn't processing new orders until the 23rd (...wtf CHP! )

So I went to Wysong's website, and they're saying "New & Improved Formula." I don't remember all the ingredients exactly from last time, buuuut -- I don't remember all the filler crap at the end with all the different types of sprouts & fruits

(from wysong's site: "
Ingredients: Chicken, Chicken Hearts, Chicken Livers, Ground Chicken Bone, Milk Calcium, Fish Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Coral Calcium, Organic Mung Bean Sprouts, Organic Millet Sprouts, Organic Quinoa Sprouts, Organic Blueberries, Organic Apples, Plums, Barley Grass, Wheat Grass, Dried Whey, Kelp, Dried Seaweed, Artichoke, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus lactis Fermentation Product, Dried Yeast Culture, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus niger Fermentation Product, Phytase, Sage Extract, Rosemary Extract, Choline Cloride, Ascorbic Acid, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Proteinate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement."
www.wysong.net/products/archetypal-1-natural-healthy-ferret-food.php )


Should I stop feeding them this? I aim to switch them to raw but my life is way too unstable right now to do a switch.


(Modified to include: right now they get Epigen90 kibble mixed with ferret EVO kibble free-run, and soupies of ground Epi90/Arch1/S&C once to twice a day, more if they start following me around sniffing the air!)

[miamiferret2]

It is less than 5% plant veg matter. This is excellent freeze dried. They are using less organ meat than they were before. I feed if rehydrated. It really is an excellent freeze dried. Only thing is, must feed fresh muscle meat & bone to clean teeth OR brush their teeth a few times a week.

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They each get half a nbone twice a week, but I can't get them to eat fresh muscle meat & bone, lil boogers. Any suggestions on how to get them to gnaw down? What would you use for brushing their teeth if they continue to refuse bones?

[Sherry]

Since they don't recognize it as food, you'd have to go through the entire switching process with them If you are interested in doing this, fill out a mentoring application, and we can get them there ;D

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oh the lil brats...I feel bad but it needs to wait a little while until I make sure that I'm stable and not headed back to the hospital -- as much as she loves them, my mom would so NOT be into feeding them raw! Hopefully I will be good to go soon but it will probably be another week (I actually was about to start switching them before I went to the hospital and have a thread archived somewhere ). But like I said, gramma is so not interested in feeding raw!

[Sherry]

Not a problem whenever you able, we'll be here

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Thanks I'm hoping it'll be really soon -- they have me on a new medication that (so far!) seems to be working really well. If I still feel this good on Monday & have been sleeping I'll be looking into getting my thread un-archived