From:
"Tony Clarke"
Date: 2008-07-08 23:20:27 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: No carb food
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "maevemoped" <angela@...> wrote:
>
> My only thought is that the alfalfa would be high in fibre being a
> grass? Typically ferret kibble is kept low in fibre between 2-3%. A
> high fibre diet may not be good.
>
The provisional ingredient list (which is for cat kibble) has fibre
3%, Ash seem too high for ferrets and oil too low. It would need some
refining of the ingredients to be really suitable for ferrets.
The idea is along the right lines as Alfafa is only 3.9% carbohydrate
(so only 0.5% of total)
Chicken......... 80%
Lucerne (Alfafa) 13%
Seaweed......... 2.5%
Vitamins........ 1.5%
Chicken liver... 1.0%
Salmon oil...... 1.0%
Crude protein... 55%
Oil............. 12%
Fibre........... 3%
Ash............. 14%
Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
In memory of Sally and Sue.
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