Clams?

[katt]

Yaay I got a connection. Barely. It took about 20 min to pull up a new thread... lol We are going clamming in the morning and I thought it might be fun to give the boys some scraps. I don't see why it would be a problem but does anyone else know something I don't? Also, if I can even get them to recognize it as food (Koda has a bad track record with seafood) it could be fun to give them a whole clam so they have to figure out how to open it. Is there any reason they can't eat the whole thing? Shane asked if the stomach contents would be okay for them.... Anyone havethoughts on this?

[Sherry]

Not certain, but as a treat I don't see a problem. Odds of them opening one are pretty remote, but they'd likely have fun with it anyway!

[Heather]

I can't see why not. I would do whatever you do to prepare them...clean them or whatever and then see if they would eat them. I don't think they'd ever get into one on their own. Don't sea otters smack them on a rock on their tummies....I think that's a taught art.
ciao

[crazylady]

Hi Katt give them all they will eat !!!! there very high in manganese ,selenium, vit B12,vit C , and high in iron ,niacin, phosphorous, potassium, riboflavin and high in zinc all in all a tonic in a clam ! ( I used to soak bits of raw chicken in clam juice then dry it out and feed it as a treat they went nuts for it lol ) take care bye for now
Bev

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Clams are also very high in taurine I think as much as hearts

[Deleted]

just curious....... nutritional wise, which is better for ferrets, clams or oysters?

[crazylady]

Hi they are roughly both the same but oysters do tend to have more sodium in them than clams hope this helps take care bye for now
Bev

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Good to know, thanks for the info Bev. Might pick some of these up!