Eating out of house and home on Freeze dried raw

[ferretlove67]

As title says! Now they will refuse Most, not all kibble , except jacob, he'll eat anything until he can't anymore. I swear he's a wee one too and can surely eat his weight! But the others since switching to archetype 1, now want it all day! It's so spendy, love them, worth it, can't wait for the raw and whole prey to come and get started! It has shipped, i'll vid if I can get my camera to cooperate the opening of box for others interested in the company packaging and what they look like upon arrival. If you wanna see my master cleaver skills I can have my daughter film from afar LOL ;D ;D. Let others decide how they like the way a huge 56 lb order will do through the mail. Was that a lot of meat? I tried stocking up. I am heading to the market for the dog to switch to raw too that carries more for her species, see what you did to me! . That should last a bit right? I need to give a couple archetype servings a day now, I don't want to overfill as it only lasts so long. The packages are great for one ferret ( glad I had stocked up a bit there , sad I will donate it but for a good cause won't go to waste) but I can go through one large one quickly. Not that its bad, atleast I have them to that point and some will eat the whole prey "treats." So I am hoping, and maybe setting bar too high as I will prepare for struggle too as this is a commitment on my part as well that I am promising that I can do it no matter how tough ( easier said then done huh?) get them all over to a combo of whole prey and raw. Now dog too! Dog more raw. I think I will keep her strictly raw.

I'm excited to graduate through the mentoring as this is going to be a feat I am sure to have accomplished as best I can. I know I can, I just got to put that effort in as expected and not assume it'll be easy.


question:

Can I add, in addition to the egg shell calcium and the taurine and Icelandic salmon oil ( all 100% natural, what was in links in mentor section), some probiotics that are natural? Will that be not beneficial or be beneficial? Yay or Nay?

[Sherry]

Probiotics won't hurt- but Wysong's already has them in there
As for the FD, are you rehydrating it for them, or serving it dry? Sorry- can't remember!

[ferretlove67]

i rehydrate a bit as instructions say. They'd eat it dry, but not comfy unless its sprinkled over say kibble?? let me know your thoughts

[ferretlove67]

meant probiotics for the raw...sorry I didnt specify that not wysong's. Should have worded it better

[Sherry]

Rehydrated is best by far. The problem with both kibble and dry FD is the fact your ferret is still going to hover on the edge of dehydration. They don't have a strong enough thirst drive, since they are meant to get most of their fluid from their food.

[ferretlove67]

Mar 13, 2012 20:00:09 GMT -5 Sherry said:

Rehydrated is best by far. The problem with both kibble and dry FD is the fact your ferret is still going to hover on the edge of dehydration. They don't have a strong enough thirst drive, since they are meant to get most of their fluid from their food.

yes definitely once in a while i'll prepare in cage after cleaning dish and adding water as instructions say, one will snag a piece of it . I also do the "uncanny" to mix in as teats and the pheasant as treats. Tonight was treat night and boy did some run with it! LOL little stinkers! we add i believe 1/4-1/2 water depending on amount given. Pheasant and uncanny are treats and both are also freeze dried.