feed

[digger. 615]

what is your main feed for your ferrets.iv been feeding mine the odd rabbit chicken,beef,livers,heart etc whats your thoughts on giving them eggs and the odd supp of milk is it good or bad.

[long dogs 580]

hi digger i give mine bunnys, woodys.squirels and tinned cat meat

[diggermad 154]

forget the milk mate give them at the most 2 eggs a week cheers DM

[digger. 615]

iv never gave them the tinned food gave my old fellas the dryed stuff before they seemed to like it.im nearly convinced i killed one of my ferrets two years ago givin it to much milk he seemed to love the stuff so i kept givin it to them my mate swears by it but a few have told me not to so il keep away from that.

[tegater 789]

Imo the milk gives them the squits even though they love it, but I feed mine on dry in the summer with the odd bit of rabbit or pigeon.

 

Come autumn and winter then its rabbit supplemented by dry if I can't get out.

 

I won't give them cat food, even tho some others do.

[diggermad 154]

alrite mate you learn by your mistakes ATB charlie

[long dogs 580]

give them eggs too,these kits are greedy buggers.used to give them dry food but hardly touched it

[diggermad 154]

got to be raw as kits DM

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Ferrets cant take milk as they are lactose intolerant, Don`t give them it, use cat milk instead,(milk for cats NOT milk from cats)

 

Eggs is OK, I use Alpha dry and plenty rabbits but any meat, fish fruit, will keep them happy, mines get whatever I can lay my hands on.

 

A friend of mine fell of a ladder and smashed his ankle up. Looks like he might have to lose the foot so I asked him for that as well to give to the ferrets, waste not want not eh ? he told me to fuckoff, but I reckon I can get it from him if he gets it amputated .

 

ATB

[tegater 789]

Ferrets cant take milk as they are lactose intolerant, Don`t give them it, use cat milk instead,(milk for cats NOT milk from cats)

 

Eggs is OK, I use Alpha dry and plenty rabbits but any meat, fish fruit, will keep them happy, mines get whatever I can lay my hands on.

 

A friend of mine fell of a ladder and smashed his ankle up. Looks like he might have to lose the foot so I asked him for that as well to give to the ferrets, waste not want not eh ? he told me to fuckoff, but I reckon I can get it from him if he gets it amputated .

 

ATB

I wondered why all the cats around here squeeled like f**k but never released any milk...... ... ..

[digger. 615]

im starting off again with 2 jill kits and yes greedy little tings eat, sleep, play,they are 13 weeks old.iv never had ferrets from kits always bought in as adults so its new to me but im sure it cant be to much diffrent than keeping adults.another question if use can answer it.do any of you get your ferrets there jabs and are they realy needed

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Jabs as in innoculations ??

 

No, never, not once in 23 yrs of ferret keeping mate

[Ideation 8,216]

Aye rake is right, you can give them lactose free milk, or just goats milk, which is cheaper and doesnt have lactose.

 

I do give them the odd little mix up of eggs, goats / lactose free milk, and maybe some blood and kidneys etc, in a kind of soup, especially when they have had a very hard days graft or taken a proper beating.

 

I mostly feed mine rabbits, which is fine, but as it has feck all fat, isnt so good for adding weight or building up, if i need t do that i feed birds as they have a high fat content.

 

Best possible diet is a good whole carcass diet, flesh, bone, fur, bit of offal etc.

 

I do use a good quality dry in summer as well.

[digger. 615]

Jabs as in innoculations ??

 

No, never, not once in 23 yrs of ferret keeping mate

my two are right little nippers sometimes can give a nasty bite are they all like this as kits and when do they come out of it

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Handle handle handle then handle them some more, they will come out of it, I`ve "cured some right horrible b*****ds off biting but it takes patience and thick skin.