Anyone else had a problem with ferrets meat freezing

[Kay 3,709]

I have had to resort to giving mine dry food as the last 2 days the meat i gave them had started to freeze up in a few hours , not sure if it will harm them but wasnt prepared to chance it, has anyone else had this problem

[ellir0305 9]

i have read about people feeding dogs on the barf diet feeding straight from the freezer so i shouldnt think i would harm them. and theres nothing wrong with a good dried ferret food only my opinion.

 

atb rob

[Jamie93 57]

I haven't had the prob with the food freezing but I have had trouble dofrosting meat in the garage as it's still frozen for a few days due to the cold in my garage.

Happy Hunting Jamie93

[epo 2]

I haven't had the prob with the food freezing but I have had trouble dofrosting meat in the garage as it's still frozen for a few days due to the cold in my garage.

Happy Hunting Jamie93

 

was just going to post the same thing

had pheasent carcass's sat out for 3 days and still not deforsted

[THE DEMON 93]

wont do them any harm used to give them frozen trout when i was going away for a couple of days so it did not go of but is was alot warmer then used to come home and it was all ate done it for years with all meat

[bouncer 51]

yes my meat and water been freezing for over a week,i just keep checking water and feeding morning and night with meat and keep dry food in at all times.

[pedro 39]

Im not giving mine dry food at all just now as the water bottles are freezing in no time, the dry stuff makes mine thirsty as feck.

[Guest porterlord]

i brought my ferrets in when i feed them. put them in a ferret box and feed them so they done hide it

[watchman 256]

just give them the defrosted amount they will eat in one sitting,smaller amounts but more often,job done

[fresh earth 47]

I defrost my dog meat and woody or whatevers out for the ferrets in my back cupboard at the back door always just chuck it in there bed its 100 degrees in there bed anyway plus they dont faf about i only feed 4 woodys a week to a hob and two jills they are twice the size of all me mates and they feed them tinned meat and ferret buscuits every day .

[neil r 1,861]

ive only had the meat freeze in the last couple of days but i also give them some complete aswell but i change the water a few times a day so they have something to drink when they need it

[Kay 3,709]

just give them the defrosted amount they will eat in one sitting,smaller amounts but more often,job done

 

Thats what i was doing , giving small meals several times a day & it still froze , in 15 yrs of keeping ferrets its the first time i have had this happen

 

thanks for the replies folks

[The one 8,503]

Im just bring the rabbits into the house and there defrosted when i go to feed them ,But if i go away for a weekend i put a fresh and frozen rabbit in the hutch and they play and rag the frozen rabbit so i dont think it does any harm .Its just changing the water bottles over a couple of times a day thats the pain as ive to unfreeze the dog water bowls as well

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

My missus nicked all the quilt this morning and MY meat froze .

 

Yes KAY some of my ferret food was frozen after being in the run for a few hours,like you i have never know it happen,it must be bloody colder then we think

[stealthy1 3,964]

Does'nt seem to bother my ferrets, just sounds like they're eating pork scratchings, its also buiding up the strenghth of their jaws for shifting stubourn bunnies when the snow disapears