Guts or no guts?

[kinderbeano 13]

ill remove stomach and intestines from rabbits,everything else is left in for extra vitamins and minerals.birds get plucked before the ferrets get them just because it makes a mess in the hutch if i dont.. i think feeding fur can help keep worms down as they get knotted in it and are then passed with the consumed fur..i know of greyhound trainers that will feed the odd bit of mutten with wool still on to dogs to keep worms at bay.sounds like it could work but dont know if theres any science to back it up with.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I've always fed everything as nature intended. Whole rabbit, pigeon, pheasant.

 

Sometimes frozen. Sometimes fresh from the field. Guts and all.

 

Never had a problem.

 

Gaz

[Joe67 239]

aye there digestive tract is supposed to fast ?. every body that asks about worming ferrets ive asked if they have seen worms in the scats nobody has replied they have

 

 

one of the jills i got from sspca had been wormed by them before i got it.i was to keep an eye on its crap just incase was anymore but never seen anything.

[vermin catcher 219]

I've always fed everything as nature intended. Whole rabbit, pigeon, pheasant.

 

Sometimes frozen. Sometimes fresh from the field. Guts and all.

 

Never had a problem.

 

Gaz

:yes: same here, i try and gut rabbits in the field that i catch myself when out, but have other hunting /shooting mates who usually drop me in whole carcass stuff from their own days out,Never had any problems with either to be honest and as long as you clean out what isn't eaten there should be no issues.

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

I prefer to feed whole animals /birds, so the ferret gets a proper diet. But most of my bunnies get gutted as they get caught/shot to make carrying easier.

[young man 225]

why not throw the lot in and i do!

[Lewis Ste 245]

I gut and skin my rabbits :s ferret would attempt to eat them if I throw the in whole never tried leaving the fur on whats the pros and cons of it?

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I dont know about pros and cons but it's most natural.

 

Chuck em in :-)

[Moe 108]

either way never had any bother,dogged rabbits straight in if needed,ferreted or shot gutted for ease of carrying.anything else fed whole.only speaking for myself but mine always go for the guts first.

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Horses for Courses

 

I gut, but have fed whole with no issues. Personal choice really

[03milesR 6]

i gut the rabbits, simply cause i hate the smell of the 's**t bag'. i keep the heart, liver and kidneys. they seem to make bedding out of the fur as well and manage to skin the rabbits themselves!

[theferreter 311]

i gut and skin and freeze all mine only ever leave the fur on if im feeding kits it gets them used to the smells and what a rabbit is before there first outing

[patterdalejoel 669]

i gut and skin and freeze all mine only ever leave the fur on if im feeding kits it gets them used to the smells and what a rabbit is before there first outing

do you freeze for a reason pal?

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Yesterday mine had a magpie and a jackdaw, today a raod kill cock pheasant (bit squashed but will go down a treat).

[B.P.R 2,798]

Rabbits= no guts

 

Everything else= whole

 

So onto another question:

 

FROZEN OR FRESH?

 

Mine get fresh as I get in from ferreting/ lamping and the rest goes in the freezer.