From:
"Ulrike"
Date: 2008-10-05 13:34:48 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] feeding
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
I think we may need to be careful how we phrase things. The person asking
for help (or other (new) people on the list) may take the turkey/ chicken
gravy literally and make gravy from a turkey/ chicken or buy gravy granules.
In the past I have done some silly things so unfortunately know from my own
experience that some people are more blonde (me) than others. Or maybe I am
(or was) just exceptionally bad. Like when I first had ferrets I read a
book which said that ferrets can eat a high quality cat food (that was
before we had ferret food in the UK) and I thought a popular brand name
"available in supermarket" cat food was high quality... Not sure if I'm
allowed to name it but it was one of the bad foods with lots of grains,
vegetables and fillers.
But regarding Janie's post, how old is your ferret and could he be ill? For
some ferrets it can be quite normal to be thin, I have 2 thin jills who are
eating and very playful and hyperactive and I have some jills that are more
podgy. Got 2 males, too, that are thin over summer and are now putting on
weight luckily for winter. So it could just be your ferret like there are
some people who are lean. Or your ferret could be becoming ill. Is he
eating okay? What kibble are you feeding?
You could try fatty (ground or liquidised) meat or something like Hills a/d
from the vets which can be mixed with ground kibble and water to make it
palatable. Most ferrets like a/d. But most ferrets are also imprinted (?)
on a certain food and will not readily accept a new food. You may have to
offer a new food over and over and offer it warmed up or even let the ferret
lick it off your finger before he will accept it.
Good luck.
Ulrike
----- Original Message -----
Turkey gravy, gerber meat baby food, chicken gravy, lamb, beef. There is
duck soup. a/d from a vet
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