From:
Linda Iroff
Date: 2002-06-27 18:10:00 UTC
Subject: re: Treats by 8 in 1
Hi Trish
Glad to hear how well Merry is doing!
I'd throw out the 8 in 1 treats--they are just junk food for ferrets.
I only use the Totally Ferret treats, regular ferret food or bits of meat
as treats. Or sometimes a lick of ferretone or ferretvite, and of course
chicken gravy. Only Cassie and Andi will eat real meat--I've been giving it
to them since they were babies. Cookie and Buttons used to get raisins and
Cheeerios, but they don't anymore.
I got a sample of the new Path Valley food a while ago, and Cookie seemed
to think it was candy, so they get that as a treat now. At first only one
of them like the TF treats, but I put it in with the PV food for a few
days, and then they started to like it too. If one likes something,
eventually the others will at least try it to see what all the fuss is,
silly critters!
Here's a suggestion: instead of throwing out the 8 in 1, put it in the same
treat jar as the TF treats (or their regular food) to scent it!
By the way, my first ferret Belle used to get almost every brand of ferret
and quality kitten food stuck (except Eukanuba and other small round
nuggets) in the roof of her mouth at least once! She was a tiny girl with a
narrow palate.
Linda