From:
"v.wilber"
Date: 2008-12-01 10:13:36 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Question about canned dog food for ferret
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...>
wrote:
>
> Dog food tends to have incorrect amounts of
> multiple nutrients for ferret needs. Most
> markedly, it tends to have no added taurine
> or too little added taurine. That has the potential
> to place the ferret's eyes and heart at risk.
>
Just a thought, if it is 95% rabbit does it need added taurine,
ferrets survive happily on nothing but rabbit, admittedly fresh not
canned. The only problem I can see if it really has that % of rabbit
is whether it is the whole rabbit or just muscle meat, They need
bone, and offal, ie heart kidney and liver, as well as muscle meat.
Perhaps the manufacturer could confirm whether it is whole rabbit or
just muscle meat they use.
[Moderator's Note: if you do contact them remember that
the AMOUNT of taurine, not just its presence is important.
See today's previous posters on that score.]
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