From:
"Liz"
Date: 2007-04-14 17:19:35 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Removing kibble as a source of food for ferrets?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I give my ferrets an occasional thawed mouse and they love it.
On the subject of the wild whole prey diet....
We have a 'supply' of wild pigeons in our barn that I would like to
get rid of. They multiply so quickly. Maybe by using them as a food
source for ferret 'treats' it could be beneficial on two levels.
Has anyone used pigeons as food?
Liz
...in the Company of Ferrets, Inc.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...>
wrote:
>
> >
> The closest a person can get to doing it right is to provide a
varied whole
> prey diet, but even that is not the same as a wild diet because it
is not
> as varied, because adult and juvenile animals vary in levels of
nutrients,
> and so do animals in different seasons, and because farmed animals
> differ in nutrient values from wild animals. Furthermore, farmed
animals
> are more exposed to a number of illness that increase in rates
under
> crowded conditions.
>
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