What different animals have you fed your Ferrets

[Kay 3,709]

Rabbit, pidgeon, birds the cats had when we had one before the greyhounds arrived a turkey that a gamekeeper friend of mine ran over , it was massive & i had to bin 3 parts of it , dead pet rabbit from next doors house , the bloke didnt like it & his Mrs left it there when she buggered off so when it died he said it may as well go to feed the ferrets

[jay_h 2]

rabbit, hare, pigeon, duck, pheasant, deer, magpie, crow, chicken and god knows what else.

none of my ferrets are fussy eaters they all eat what ever gets put in the hutch.

oh and some dimwit i left two of my jill ferrets with one time fed them a hegehog

 

cheers, jay.

[StephOC 6]

All the usual, but also a coulple of mice the cats brought in, a blackbird that flew into a window and one time, some haddock.

 

However, my dog killed a field vole (I was shifting an old tarp and he jumped on it, and in doing so squashed the vole...) the ferrets would not touch it!

[wwwaaron2 0]

My ferrets go mental for field mice ! if i hold it a foot away from the cage they run around lyk mad! once i was giving one ta my buck nd he locked on to my finger!!

[maxwell 88]

mine eat hare no problem,

whats the difference between a hare and a rabbit ???

you can pull a hare out of your arse but not a rabbit

[Maria_ferrets 0]

I've fed deer, pork, rabbit, rabbit pinkies, mice, rats, turkey, chicken, beaver, goat, squirrle, lamb, veal, meal worms, quail, cabrito.. Soon I'll be adding woodchuck. And I'm sure I've fed some other stuff that I can't remember. Of course each ferret has it's own likes and dislikes, but all in all everything gets eaten.

[lurcher lass 9]

i like to give my ferrets a varied diet,

 

on day to day bases they get:

minced chicken,lamb,tripe (whichever the dogs are having) along with top up of james wellbeloved ferret bics

egg and milk mix

and then any game remains i have to spare, e.g me ferret kits are polishing off a deer head i had in the freezer, but this could mean rabbits which i get, or game given by a local who shoots, so pheasent hare woodies etc

 

once a week they get day old chick

peanut butter

tuna / mackeral in oil

and cream

 

the lil feckers eat better then i do FACT but they look lovely on it

[Guest Countryboyo]

Thinking of trying my 12 week kits on a magpie or pigeon. should I freeze it first and should I pull sum feathers off and open it up to give them a start?