ferret food

[scothunter 12,609]

mines get rabbit chicken pheasants and there is always dry chudleys available if they want it.its not always feasible for lads to get meat.for the lads that slate ppl for feeding dry.all i can say is would u rather they fed them dog food or milky bread slops.f**k sake guys cut the lad some slack.

[kevin from bristol 95]

I find it amazing that there are ferrets out there that won't eat meat i have had loads of working ferrets over the years and also taken lots of lost or rescued ones in and never once have i seen one that won't eat meat , the worst case i took on was a hob a deaths door he had been stamped on and generaly beat to bits over a long period he had fags put out on him and was covered in infected burns a friend of mine told me what this little prick had been doing to it so i paid him a vist and took it off him and when i seen him i thought he would never live , i put him on his own pen and fed him up alittle at first then over a week he was on full rations i noticed someone had snaped his teeth out aswell . well to cut a long story short i have just rehomed him to a family as a pet and get regular updates hes now a massive good looking fella and really friendly (some people are sick and need locking up )it too 6 months to get him better and to get him bouncing around again he still got a limp but theres nothing we can do about it and he seems fine on it

 

 

[tote 856]

mines get rabbit chicken pheasants and there is always dry chudleys available if they want it.its not always feasible for lads to get meat.for the lads that slate ppl for feeding dry.all i can say is would u rather they fed them dog food or milky bread slops.f**k sake guys cut the lad some slack.

 

It's a forum mate, someone asks a question and others give their opinions, that's how it works.

[ferret lady 73]

Ferrets imprint on food at a fairly early age, so one raised on kibble almost certainly wouldn't even recognize meat as food. That said, when I first began raising my kits on a raw/whole prey diet several years ago, their dams began sampling it when they saw the kits gobbling it down until they'd switched themselves over to it. The hobs started eating it when they saw the others, so I had everyone off kibble in about 2-3 months. Kibble was still available for several more months, but was eaten less and less.

 

Out of curiosity, I showed all mine kibble yesterday evening when I fed the cat (Innova Feline EVO, which is virtually identical to the ferret version...it's a low carb kibble) and no one would even touch it. They smelled it, made horrible faces, and departed in a hurry.

[AL BUNDY 45]

Ferrets imprint on food at a fairly early age, so one raised on kibble almost certainly wouldn't even recognize meat as food. That said, when I first began raising my kits on a raw/whole prey diet several years ago, their dams began sampling it when they saw the kits gobbling it down until they'd switched themselves over to it. The hobs started eating it when they saw the others, so I had everyone off kibble in about 2-3 months. Kibble was still available for several more months, but was eaten less and less.

 

Out of curiosity, I showed all mine kibble yesterday evening when I fed the cat (Innova Feline EVO, which is virtually identical to the ferret version...it's a low carb kibble) and no one would even touch it. They smelled it, made horrible faces, and departed in a hurry.

what kind of faces did they make.

[The one 8,512]

I tried mine with a bowl of dry grub they clawed it out the bowl and left it on the floor wouldn't touch it

[dogger 100]

chefs special today is SQUIRREL mmmmm

[Jamie m 668]

Ferrets imprint on food at a fairly early age, so one raised on kibble almost certainly wouldn't even recognize meat as food. That said, when I first began raising my kits on a raw/whole prey diet several years ago, their dams began sampling it when they saw the kits gobbling it down until they'd switched themselves over to it. The hobs started eating it when they saw the others, so I had everyone off kibble in about 2-3 months. Kibble was still available for several more months, but was eaten less and less.

 

Out of curiosity, I showed all mine kibble yesterday evening when I fed the cat (Innova Feline EVO, which is virtually identical to the ferret version...it's a low carb kibble) and no one would even touch it. They smelled it, made horrible faces, and departed in a hurry.

what kind of faces did they make.

[fieldsportsman 107]

I find it amazing that there are ferrets out there that won't eat meat i have had loads of working ferrets over the years and also taken lots of lost or rescued ones in and never once have i seen one that won't eat meat , the worst case i took on was a hob a deaths door he had been stamped on and generaly beat to bits over a long period he had fags put out on him and was covered in infected burns a friend of mine told me what this little prick had been doing to it so i paid him a vist and took it off him and when i seen him i thought he would never live , i put him on his own pen and fed him up alittle at first then over a week he was on full rations i noticed someone had snaped his teeth out aswell . well to cut a long story short i have just rehomed him to a family as a pet and get regular updates hes now a massive good looking fella and really friendly (some people are sick and need locking up )it too 6 months to get him better and to get him bouncing around again he still got a limp but theres nothing we can do about it and he seems fine on it

thats sick, its good to hear it turned out alright. well done mate

Edited April 25, 2010 by fieldsportsman

[fieldsportsman 107]

I do alot of shooting mainly rabbit, magpie and pigeon before I get a ferret I want to do as much research as possible. I wondred for diet should I take the meat of the bones or should I give the meat with the bones or should i mix just meat with dry food. Should I give the meat raw. What diet applys for kits.

[The one 8,512]

Just gut the rabbits and feed whole you will find the ferrets eat most of the smaller bones

[langouroux 14]

rabbits when its not hot. Biscuit when it is....i don't need any more flys around my 3 dogs sh*t that i have to clear up daily!

 

they also eat left over meat from roast dinners etc...if its meat they will eat it.

[tote 856]

...if its meat they will eat it.

 

Not according to some of the replies on this thread.

[mushroom 13,268]

I agree with the if it's meat they'll eat it Mine get the usual carcasse's but in winter I don't gut them. Summertime I Give plenty of dry but also potioned meat ie rabbit fronts etc. We also buy bulls hearts everyweek this is chopped up and cooked with peas and carrtots for the dogs. the stringy fatty bits of the heart go to the fezzers raw and they love it so much so when they smell the mrs cooking it they all sit at the front of the court waiting patiently :laugh:

[waidmann 105]

my jill won't touch rabbit either, everything else is on the menu though(pigeon,duck.......)

 

 

waidmann