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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 4:58:09 GMT -5
Ok so today I went to one of my only pet stores that has some very basic ferret products (there only getting a few small items in now shampoo ect)While looking at them the lady told me "if you feed ferrets meat they get a taste for blood and it makes them more bitty " so I should buy the evo ferret kibble I think this was just a scare tactic so I would buy the kibble but I just thought I should ask anyway is this a myth ??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 5:31:08 GMT -5
Completely false. There's no way a feeding style can make them more aggressive. In fact, I'd say that chewing bones helps direct biting away from me and my stuff.
I've fed raw for 2 years. Others have done so for 20+. My fuzz are as lovable as they were on kibble. It's a scare tactic and it's bull.
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Post by ferr8er on Jun 10, 2012 5:43:11 GMT -5
she,s talking rubbish, but i am always carefull of getting blood on my hands when feeding/handleing as i have been bit when they get a smell of blood. this is not down to increased aggresion but a simple mistake on the ferrets behalf and mine ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 6:16:29 GMT -5
I let my ferrets lick my hands once I have finished preparing their meals.. I still have all 10 fingers.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 7:25:20 GMT -5
All three of my raw fed ferrets have NEVER tried to bite me! I don't know where this silly myth comes from but it's frustrating that people still share it brady has been on raw since 8 weeks old and is so gentle in nature that he couldn't kill a mouse, literally
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 7:36:18 GMT -5
I find that my ferrets can still distinguish my fingers from food even if I have blood or meat juices on my hands. They could get confused though, and if they are being hasty it is possible to make a mistake, but this is simply a matter of being confused by the smell and/or look of food, nothing to do with aggression. Same thing could happen if you smeared kibble all over your hands and the ferret was being hasty trying to grab a piece from you.
I hand-feed mine bits of bloody meat sometimes, and they are very careful to take the bits from my fingers without biting. They aren't stupid, they know what is going on and they know if they aren't careful they could accidentally bite you. But if they get hasty or over-excited they could make a mistake ;D
A dog can make the same mistake taking a dog biscuit from your hand and it happens to people all the time! ;D Nothing to do with raw vs. kibble...
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on Jun 10, 2012 7:36:53 GMT -5
This started with dogs and has been expanded to all animals. For dogs it is the thrill of the chase that addicts them to killing animals not eating raw food. But everyone carries on about them getting a taste for blood.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 7:50:19 GMT -5
so 100% myth I though so
on anther note can you feed them Raw or cook bacon and egg yolk ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 7:52:48 GMT -5
so 100% myth I though so on anther not can you feed them Raw or cook bacon and egg yolk ? Raw egg is fine, a tasty treat. Mine especially love the yolk. However, you have to be very careful with bacon. Most bacon you buy in the store is cured and/or smoked. Raw bacon, if it's just raw UNCURED bacon, not smoked or cured or altered in any way, is OK and a good treat to add fat to the diet. However, you just gotta be really careful, make sure when you buy the bacon that it says UNCURED and that there isn't salt added. If it doesn't say or you're not sure, I would assume it's probably cured and not safe for them! If in doubt, you could always cook a little piece and taste it. If it's completely bland with no salt, then you can feed it to them (raw of course) I feed mine raw bacon from time to time but I buy it from an asian market and it says right on the package that it is uncured bacon, and I make double sure!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 8:57:14 GMT -5
well I'm buying bacon and eggs in the morning and I thought my friends ferret that were looking after might like to join in the fun ;D
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Post by Heather on Jun 10, 2012 9:59:31 GMT -5
My guys would love to get bacon and eggs ;D but they only get the eggs. Truthfully, they do seem to like the flavour of salted pork (bacon and ham) but it's really not good for them. I'm sure a small piece would not hurt them but they really shouldn't. As far as the raw meat thing, it's an old hunters tale that has expanded to include every carnivore. Your cat doesn't mistake your hands and toes for mice? Mine doesn't, he very much knows the difference as does my ferrets. I've been feeding my carnivore household raw for almost 20 yrs. The only problem I've had is with blasted kibble fed fuzz who think any appendage is edible. Once they're switched they seem to leave my toes alone preferring to chew on bones and meat that doesn't scream at them. Seriously, I do a lot of rehab for biting ferrets. Their biting decreases substantially once they're eating "real" food ciao
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Post by miamiferret2 on Jun 10, 2012 10:06:08 GMT -5
To the contrary, i think it makes them more calm and much nicer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 18:06:20 GMT -5
That comment makes absolutely no sense at all! When you ask them, " then why do kibble fed ferrets bite?" They never have a viable answer! I have taken in several vicious biters that were former kibble crunchers and converting them to natural food, raw meats and whole prey quickly got them to stop biting when they could use their teeth as nature intended!
If we eat a raw carrot or potatoes do we become cave men?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 21:23:56 GMT -5
I was just hand feeding mine liver tonight (soaked in a touch of heavy cream and oil because it's the only way they will take it ) so my hands were drenched in tasty cream/liver/oil juices and liver tends to stick to your fingers a bit, and my fuzzies actually made the effort of carefully taking the liver out of my hands and avoiding my fingers
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 21:37:42 GMT -5
It's not just ferrets, but all animals that some people seem to think that raw food makes them bitey. It's actually fairly common in new-to-raw fed dogs to suddenly become aggressive when switched. It's got nothing to do with the raw food though, and everything to do with training issues around resource guarding. Raw Food= Much more valued resource than kibble and if your animal is a resource guarder is usually causes these problems to surface.
But again, it's a training issue - not the fault of raw food. However, I can see how ignorant people could interpret it as "raw food makes them aggressive".
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