carcass vs dry food?

[patterdalejoel 669]

which do you prefer? in a "which does the ferret look better condition wise?" mine have only ever really had meat and carcass to eat, they have rabbit, rabbit heads (a particular favourite, and i dont like to waste good food and they strip it down to the skull which is fun to see) all different ages of chickens, old hens, spare cockerels, male chicks, drowned chicks etc, debreasted shot wood pigeons, shot feral pigeons, dead pheasant poults off the road (fresh) and ive even been known to go to the auction and get a massive fat old lop eared pet bunny and giver this to the ferrets, its cheap and when their kits its a easy way to get fat in side of them cheaply, as the fat rabbits insides are coated in fart. and without sounding like a tw4t, ive never personallky seen healthier ferrets, and i think the ferrets enjoy having fun stripping bones etc, more engaging than just eating a biscuit. before anyone says it, i know it sounds a bit scratty, but i put the carcass in at night and simply scrape out the sleeping area in the morning to prevent maggots etc so the hutch is definetly nothing hanging around. my main motivation is price, most of my ferret food is cheap or free and i enjoy the thought of recycling so which do you prefer?

[stealthy1 3,964]

My personal choice is rabbit over everything else, gives them a good winter coat and they seem to have an endless supply of energy

[Country Joe 1,411]

I fed mine minced beef, and Lamb, and rabbit, now at three Months two weeks I have put them on complete, in the Winter they will go back to meat, mainly rabbit hopefully.

[lapin2008 1,587]

Mine are on carcass all year round, % rabbit and then occasionally venison/hare/pheasant depending on what I have in

[theferreter 311]

mine get both

[Leeview 791]

Cant fault that diet patterdalejoel just as nature intended

Y.I.S Leeview

[Marsh Lad 321]

Rabbit heads and batteries but i use a little biscut in the summer months

I miss the odd day,keeps them sharp

[The one 8,512]

Rabbits 90% of the time then pigeons,chicken,squirrels crows and magpies any full carcasses i acquire

[Country Joe 1,411]

Isnt great how times have changed and ferret husbandry has moved on in leaps and bounds, if this post had been put up years ago, if computers had been invented, top of the list would have been Bread and milk, and here we are with not a mention.

[simonrocco 175]

mine get a mix of both dry food and rabbit

[muddy210 34]

dry and rabbit here dry through the summer with a bit of meat just to keep the flies down a bit but through the winter its meat wether it be pigeon venison rabbit or pheasnt they seem to enjoy it not much usually left.

[ferret100 47]

Both dried and raw have their merits. I feed both winter and summer.

[Col_c88 41]

Both, if its MEGA hot I use dry for obvious reasons but on a night time they always have meat put in.. Pigeon seems to be a particular favourite.. they love a bit of tuna too (when im totally out of meat i mix half a tin of tuna with dry for each hutch (2 ferrets per hutch)).. day old chicks is also a nice treat for them they seem to devour them.

 

I've never gave them crow/magpie though, I dunno why but I just dont think feeding an animal, an animal that eats another animal can be good.... thats just my preferance though

[nat 8]

Country Joe I feed mine bread and milk about 3 times a week With fresh meat only been doing it fir a couple of months, dad gets a load of bread for the pigs and iv always given it to the young uns so I thought why not ... My ferrets have never looked so good, they probs won't get it in summer tho

[stealthy1 3,964]

Bread n Milk is for puddings