From:
Mike Janke
Date: 2001-06-18 13:14:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Ferrets and fat
I think it's pretty obvious that they are not ferret nutritional
experts! Grain as the first ingredient? Jeesh.
Anyway, you might want to send them to this link...
http://www.totallyferret.com/nutrition.html
Or go there yourself and extract the information and present it to
them.
Mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Sidsel L. Espersen" <weezil@m...>
wrote:
> Does our pet ferrets need less fat than wild or pelt ferrets?
> This sounds like rubbish to me, but the Danish Ferret Association
claims
> that this is the away to go, and a new danish ferretfood has been
designed
> to fit this. I've taken one look at that food, and that as well as
the claim
> seems to be rubbish. Grain as the first ingredient, only 6% chicken
then
> some fish and then follows a lot of not so good stuff.
>
> I was also shocked to learn that the Danish Ferret Association
claims that
> there are no "experts" on ferret nutrition (sp!?) - and I thought
of Bob
> Church and his diet posts and it said nothing about less fat and
more
> grains...
>
> Could anyone write something that would prove them wrong? I think
they're
> wrong, but that doesn't count as I have no real background with
animals and
> animal nutrition.
>
> Oh, the food they so happily promote has only 11% of fat, just
thought I'd
> tell you, so you didn't think it was 17% or something.
>
> Any help is as always greatly appreciated! :)
>
> - Sidsel & da Gang O' Ferts feat.
> Terrible Turbo Terror Tyson and Loke da Thief
> ~~~~~ http://home19.inet.tele.dk/weezil ~~~~~