Ferret food

[ratting king 0]

wont be able to get any proper ferret food for at least threee days whats the best stuff to feed my ferret for the time being?? please reply

Edited February 20, 2011 by ratting king

[tus 22]

a rabbit will last them a few days

[KittleRox 2,147]

Felix

[lksopener 105]

Dry Cat Biscuits or wet cat food if desperate.

 

If your looking for other things, raw mince, eggs, fish (all available easy enough)

 

If your out shooting, whole pigeons, crows, squirrels or anything else you can get.

 

Don't get stuck just feeding them specilist ferret biscuits. They need meat and bone in their diet aswell.

 

ATB

 

Liam

[Ideation 8,216]

Meat. If your desperate go into the nearest store and by some cheap chicken/turkey wings, legs, thighs, whatever.

[jambay5 191]

I always used to feed mine liver!! 20 years ago now though, getting some ferrets in summer so will be watching this topic

[joe14 98]

chicken wings/livers/mince cheap from supermarkets. Failing that dry cat biscuits will do for a short time (kitten if you can, it tends

to have more protein).

[Joe67 239]

if your feeding meat i guess you remove whats left the next day,cant leave it in there to long?

 

are you guys feeding your ferrets once everyday,and how much?dont wanna feed to little or to much..

[deck 35]

dry cat food when you got no meat,a handfull would do a ferret easily for a day,i put two hand fulls in with three ferrets a day,in summer only put a small amount of meat in at a time and clear out daily flys everywhere otherwise,in winter can leave meat in longer with no problems

[The one 8,481]

'jambay5' timestamp='1298227318' post='1938544']

I always used to feed mine liver!! 20 years ago now though, getting some ferrets in summer so will be watching this topic

 

 

Liver once twice a weeks fine anymore and it can cause a vitamin D ? deficiency

 

 

As said nip down to your local store and but some chicken or turkey

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Dry Cat Biscuits or wet cat food if desperate.

 

If your looking for other things, raw mince, eggs, fish (all available easy enough)

 

If your out shooting, whole pigeons, crows, squirrels or anything else you can get.

 

Don't get stuck just feeding them specilist ferret biscuits. They need meat and bone in their diet aswell.ATB

 

Liam

 

Not so my friend!! They can and will live perfectly happy on ferret food.

I have had ferrets who turned thier noses up at meat and wanted only dry food, It has all that they need in it so it can be fed on its own.

 

ATB

[Leeview 791]

Dry Cat Biscuits or wet cat food if desperate.

 

If your looking for other things, raw mince, eggs, fish (all available easy enough)

 

If your out shooting, whole pigeons, crows, squirrels or anything else you can get.

 

Don't get stuck just feeding them specilist ferret biscuits. They need meat and bone in their diet aswell.ATB

 

Liam

 

Not so my friend!! They can and will live perfectly happy on ferret food.

I have had ferrets who turned thier noses up at meat and wanted only dry food, It has all that they need in it so it can be fed on its own.

 

ATB

 

no carnivore would last long in the wild turning its nose up at meat

Y.I.S Leeview

[TOMO 26,217]

Dry Cat Biscuits or wet cat food if desperate.

 

If your looking for other things, raw mince, eggs, fish (all available easy enough)

 

If your out shooting, whole pigeons, crows, squirrels or anything else you can get.

 

Don't get stuck just feeding them specilist ferret biscuits. They need meat and bone in their diet aswell.ATB

 

Liam

 

Not so my friend!! They can and will live perfectly happy on ferret food.

I have had ferrets who turned thier noses up at meat and wanted only dry food, It has all that they need in it so it can be fed on its own.

 

ATB

 

they may well live on it ,,,,, but why would you want them to,,, if your a ferrets are workers there no excuse you should have a ready suply of bunnys.

 

personly i dont see how a biscut made up of cereals can have what a ferret needs, no matter how much protien they add or vitamins,, its still cereal, and dont digest the same.

 

i think people belive the advertising on the pacaging to much

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Not really

All my ferrets get rabbits and dry food plus whatever else I get for them ,squirrel ,pidgeon etc.

And I have had a couple that just ate the dry food, wouldn`t touch a rabbit when it was put in front of them. Simple fact,, had ferrets for 23 years and only a couple (2) have done this , but there you go.

 

And as for why would you want to ! does averybody with a lurcher feed meat to the dog ? no I don`t think so. 90% will be on complete meal,,exactly like giving complete meal to a ferret

[ferret lady 73]

Liver once twice a weeks fine anymore and it can cause a vitamin D ? deficiency

 

Too much liver can create a Vitamin A toxicity. However, recent research has shown that ferrets can utilize much more Vitamin A than previously thought. It's much easier to overdose Vitamin D.