From:
"scott sinclair"
Date: 2003-04-29 20:14:07 UTC
Subject: new nutrition? delete this is already received
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20030429201407.15179.qmail@rousseau.synacor.com>
If this post was already received, please delete it...
I'm just hearing from my vet about a new (to her and thus to me)feed called
Wysong? What's the scoop out there? We currently mix a bit of everything from Innova kitten to Zupreem to Marshalls as a base mix...basically shooting for the high fat, high protein diet that is more meat based than grain...and since at least half of our tribe is senior...we augment with my own concoction "ducksoup" recipe that has the high cal ensure (1 can), A/D (6 std. cans),chicken (either in baby food (6 jars) or cooked down whole bird form (boned and liquified)), chicken broth (2 12oz cans), 2-3 cups of the mixed ferret kibble soaked and liquified, a squirt of ferrettone and a few ribbons of ferretvite. The older guys/gals get 10/20cc of the soup twice a day and then are free to roam the regular bowls as they want. The young ones only get the regular diet offered with a few non-sugar treats like Bandits or Chicken Jerky.
Do we need to obscess further over furball food fitness? And, yes, insulinoma
problems have been what I consider to be more than common in our animals over
the years (at least our original pack)although the sweets from raisins and such treats were only eliminated a few years back...so only our youngest will show ifthe current diet reduces our seemingly endless problems with the big
"I". Longevity seems to be on the rise here and I'm happy to report
that we now have seniors in the 7-8 range and going for 9. Can't wait for a 10th BD someday!
Putorius and the gang of 10...Bodie, Bounder, Bopper, BonBon, Brando (yup...he's a whopper) and the "B"...oh, wait...the "other"
team...Bonnie, Bumper, Casio, Clyde and WINGNUT (constantly "spun
up")!
Bubba, Blizzard, Beeper, Cindy (she had a mole on her cheek) and ABBA the
dancing Queen patiently await all of us at the rainbow bridge!
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