Dog meat or cat meat?

[millytheterrier 12]

Can you feed ferrets either dog meat or cat meat? also is is any good for them or should i not feed them it. lol

 

Thanks

[ferret100 47]

Neither does the job. Dogs & cats have a much longer digestive tract/rate than ferrets and they can't absorb dog/cat food at the rate its designed for, so alot of the food ends up undigested/unabsorbed by ferrets.

[superfurryanimal 91]

i sometimes use dry cat food but only when i'm running short of flesh, if you are going to feed dry make sure there's plenty of water for them a.t.b sfa

[millytheterrier 12]

Screw that then, I wont be feeding them dog or cat meat then..

Im currently feeding them ferret meaty biscuits. just thinking what else to give them... yeah they got 2 drinking bottles always avaialble with fresh drinking water.

 

thanks.

[Ideation 8,216]

Any kind of meat mate, from chicken wings, to squirrels, venison, rabbit, lambs heart, anything really, as long as it wasn't poisoned or had salt added. Variety is good. The odd egg or some soya/goat/lactose free milk is a nice treat

[The one 8,463]

Aye raw meat no dry grub

[scothunter 12,609]

the clue was in the names

[superfurryanimal 91]

Aye raw meat no dry grub

nothing wrong with good quality cat food !

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Buy Bulk turkey or chicken thighs if you`ve no meat for them,, should be cheap enough..

And anything you find deed at the side of the road!

[HUnter_zero 58]

Any kind of meat mate, from chicken wings, to squirrels, venison, rabbit, lambs heart, anything really, as long as it wasn't poisoned or had salt added. Variety is good. The odd egg or some soya/goat/lactose free milk is a nice treat

 

 

Venison is the only meat my lot will not eat.

 

John

[B.P.R 2,798]

I've got a Jill that only eats dry cat food or wet catfood. Shes 5 and just a pet. I would feed wet catfood when I'm short of meat. Dry biscuits are always available.

 

When I fit my first hob he had been weaned onto wet catfood and when I weaned him onto meat he filled out in no time. Looks better aswell. When I got my kits off a guy on here, he was feeding them meat from an early age and there was a massive difference between them and my first hob in size, strength and condition( when they were the same age).

[millytheterrier 12]

Many Thanks for replys, I'll try some chicken and pigeon and some road kill. lol

[rob190364 2,594]

Aye raw meat no dry grub

nothing wrong with good quality cat food !

have you ever looked how much actual meat is in cat food? both cat and dog food is full of fillers that ferrets can't digest.

[B.P.R 2,798]

My old ferret has done well on dry and wet catfood for 5 years. She won't eat anything else, not my doing as I got her late an it's too late to change her. I'm not saying that it's particulary good for them as I prefer raw meat with a biscuit option 24/7. Just that catfood can't be that bad if she's going strong at 5 purely on catfood wet and dry. My other ferrets love raw meat, they smash anything- crows, chicken, bones, fur, absolutely anything.

 

Forgot to say, give them a treat of a raw egg once every now and then. They love it. Not too much as they can lose hair as too much is bad for them. Once every 2 weeks maybe.

[rob190364 2,594]

Why is it too late to change her? If you do it gradually you can switch them to raw with a bit of work. I got both of mine from rescue and both were on dry cat food when I got them. They now eat nothing but raw or eggs.