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Always feed the ferrets at night there is always plenty of food in the court and quite often still some rabbit etc left in the morning box them up and they work fine never had any problems doing it this way personaly i think this starving idea is a big mistake

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I give them a good feed in the evenings, and usually chuck in a rabbit or two, and sometimes a bit of dry (there are ten ferrets together), They eat as they please, and sometimes even get the odd bit of kidney etc during the day if im feeling generous. They work because they love to hunt. Having said this, none of my ferrets are over fed, they are always ready for the grub when it hits the courts floor, and you can tell that they are fed enough to be strong and healthy, but not enough to make them slow and lazy.

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  On 26/01/2012 at 11:47, Ideation said:

I give them a good feed in the evenings, and usually chuck in a rabbit or two, and sometimes a bit of dry (there are ten ferrets together), They eat as they please, and sometimes even get the odd bit of kidney etc during the day if im feeling generous. They work because they love to hunt. Having said this, none of my ferrets are over fed, they are always ready for the grub when it hits the courts floor, and you can tell that they are fed enough to be strong and healthy, but not enough to make them slow and lazy.

 

Looks like you have found the balance there Ideation, its not about starving them at all, its about keeping them in shape. Mine have food every day, and like Tug has just said, the night before, the food is taken out. (they get the livers at the end of the day though!)

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  On 26/01/2012 at 18:40, Brimmer said:

Looks like you have found the balance there Ideation, its not about starving them at all, its about keeping them in shape. Mine have food every day, and like Tug has just said, the night before, the food is taken out. (they get the livers at the end of the day though!)

Mine love a bit of liver or kidney at the end of a days work. My mates don't have good manners like mine and usually end up getting a bit of hand too :@

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