From:
"Ferretlove"
Date: 2002-09-01 15:26:26 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Bob C: Ferret Caretaker Quiz
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <011301c251cb$f2eb19e0$5954fd3e@petestanley>
> ferrets fed raw from a young age cope with the bad bugs.
Chris, I put old ferrets on raw over night. They were used to kibble for
years. One example is my Jilly, she was 6 years old and had insulinoma, I'd
had her since she was 1 and she had kibble for 5 years and was put on raw
chicken from one day to another. No ill effects! Except her blood glucose
was a lot higher and more stable. Jack was 5 at the time, had kibble *all*
his life and his health was on the dodgy side and he also was fine with the
raw meat. Igor was 6, had a pancreatic tumour and was doing fine on raw
meat. So even older ferrets can be put on a raw diet, even older sick
ferrets, without getting ill from bacteria.
Ulrike
West Wales Ferret Welfare
E-mail: ferretlove@ntlworld.com
http://www.ferretlove.co.uk
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