rabbit

[dizzee 0]

when feedibfg rabbit to ferrets ........ is it best skin on or off .... what are the advantages of both please?

[pikey2983 2]

it take the skin off so that they can get all the meat

[dizzee 0]

so based on that is the skin bad for them or good for them, as it seems alot of people feed whole skin on etc,... im just trying to find out what would be best for the ferrets.

[dj.chapman 0]

skin on mate helps clean the digestive track. i just gut them (some people don't) and that helps them get at the meat. within 12 hours i take just the jaw bone and the ends of the feet out of the hutch. they will eat most of it.

[longdog13 36]

skin on mate helps clean the digestive track. i just gut them (some people don't) and that helps them get at the meat. within 12 hours i take just the jaw bone and the ends of the feet out of the hutch. they will eat most of it.

 

Got to agree,skin on. I take the feet off before i give it to them, also gut it. Leave in the offal, Kidney liver heart lungs.

[AlfieR 13]

i leave skin on it helps keep their shit 2 gether an hard, i just gut mine an ill sometimes save the liver if we av had a good day ferretin

[The one 8,457]

Just gut them and open them right up a bit of fur wont matter

[stubby 175]

theres no right or wrong way, its more a case of what suits you, thoughs of us that have our own freezers can fill them up with rabbits, skins on, others that may have to share the family freezer may find it better skinned and bagged

 

I tend to give rabbits whole, complete with fur to the ferts in the courts, just gutted, while those in cages, I tend to skin and chop the rabbit into even potions, its whatever works best for YOU

[night moocher 41]

stoats weazels polecats and all other predators dont wait for some one to skin em,but guts out first .

[stealthy1 3,964]

Fur on, that way it stops all the shavings sticking to the meat, bit like a burger in a serviette

[dizzee 0]

stoats weazels polecats and all other predators dont wait for some one to skin em,but guts out first .

hehehe,

 

yes know what you mean.... this was my answer when talking to someone about ferrets eating habbits.......but some non ferret owners frown on it as it grosses them out, thats why i posted the topic to see what everyone elses view was.

 

Thankyou all for your replies

[johnmac666 2]

feeding fur acts as a pipe cleaner for worms, apparently, i skin mine but leave a bit of fur on for them, keep the kidneys liver & heart as a treat when finished working

 

regards john

[Coatesy900 0]

Fur on. Does no harm and saves a hell of a lot of time when you have a big bag and have to gut each one indvidually as it is.

[Quixote 9]

Fur on, that way it stops all the shavings sticking to the meat

 

Exactly the way I see it too...............mine won't eat all of the fur & skin, but will clean a carcass right down to the bone & just leave the skin & bones. I generally take the gut out, but if I do give them an entire rabbit, they still clean the carcass of meat, but leave the gut completely untouched.

Edited November 4, 2009 by Quixote

[Lerk 0]

Mine get rabbits, crows, pigeons, pheasants (roadkill mr gamekeeper!), squirrels and anything else i can get my hands on just as it died... always keep a close eye on bed compartments and hidey holes for stashed bits, but they never leave a thing! Definately saves time on preparation...