From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2007-12-29 12:56:09 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Totally Ferret Hypoallergenic food
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I have made a conserted effort for the past 2 years to feed my ferrets
raw meat but it has not been successful. I began with organic ground
rabbit and have tried ground chicken, turkey, veal and beef. I have
tried it raw by itself, mixed with kibble, and mixed with ferretone. I
have mixed different proportions, different temperatures, different
degrees of rawness. I have steamed it, sauteed it in olive oil.
They will not eat it!
I had concluded it was because they were not introduced to raw meat at
an early age. They were all mature ferrets by the time I got them.
However, I am certainly willing to give it another shot, short of
feeding live prey. Suggestions for other ways to prepare it are welcome.
Tressie
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, John Lewington <jhlewing@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Why not try fresh fatty meat for your ferrets for a
> change? I mean meat for human consumption.
> Ferrets will eat meat and eggs and even rabbit/chicken
> and can live on such meals.
> Okay, so you would have to wean older ferrets onto a
> new plate but it would be worth doing.
> Pet Ferrets are easy to keep as they ,for one thing,
> don't eat much and one can be talking
> only up to 100 grams daily. Fed seperately in numbers.
> I've never fed my ferrets commercial tin/dry food and
> never would.
> Cheers,
> Dr John H Lewington.
> Author of "Ferret Husbandry, Medicine and Surgery."
> Elsevier. UK.
>
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