Carraghs Gem 1,675 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Just after feeding stinkers, today they got guinea fowl that had to be culled due to injury All of the stinkers dived in delighted to be getting it except the albino... He looked quite confused and ignored the carcass? Never seen a stinker turn down a fresh carcass? Was it the feathers he didnt like? Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Just after feeding stinkers, today they got guinea fowl that had to be culled due to injury All of the stinkers dived in delighted to be getting it except the albino... He looked quite confused and ignored the carcass? Never seen a stinker turn down a fresh carcass? Was it the feathers he didnt like? mine won't touch squirrels for some reason....they are fussy gits at times! Quote Link to post
spazzy paddy 127 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 ive a 3yr old albino hob here wont touch flesh at all only eats dry food . atb sp Quote Link to post
jayjay 264 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 i got a hob ferret here, and he refuses to eat fresh rabbit whenever i put it in there for him, have'nt tried him with anything else, but i can leave a piece of rabbit in there for a day or two, thinking when he's hungry he will eat it, but so far he's proved me wrong, strange i think........having a vegetarian ferret....lol, but when i put dried food in there he soon tucks into it, must be something to do with giving them james welbeloved dry food, or any other dried food come to think of it, because one or two friends have experienced this in the past, all the best, jay. Quote Link to post
jayjay 264 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) ive a 3yr old albino hob here wont touch flesh at all only eats dry food . atb sp i wonder if its a hob thing....... .some will some wont..........., all the ones i've heard of have been hobs.........strange that. i suppose the main thing is......as long as they do the job they are kept for, and you are happy with the way they work, it does'nt really matter what they eat, only downside is it can be quite costly feeding dry all the time. Edited October 5, 2012 by jayjay Quote Link to post
Carraghs Gem 1,675 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 But my other 3 polecat hobs dived in to the carcass like a load of savages... Just the albino who turned his nose up Quote Link to post
spazzy paddy 127 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 ive a 3yr old albino hob here wont touch flesh at all only eats dry food . atb sp i wonder if its a hob thing....... .some will some wont..........., all the ones i've heard of have been hobs.........strange that. i suppose the main thing is......as long as they do the job they are kept for, and you are happy with the way they work, it does'nt really matter what they eat, only downside is it can be quite costly feeding dry all the time. thats what i thought is it a hob thing, he will eat any dry ferret food,cat dry food ect he looks well on it and is my best worker . Quote Link to post
blond 8 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 my 3 yr old albino hob wont eat chicken for some reason but eats any other flesh Quote Link to post
The one 8,535 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Same here my older lot wont touch squirrels or crows but the youngsters eat them like there going out of fashion Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 fussy is down to choice, its a case of how hungry they really are. against unfamiliarity, in the end hunger will always triumph Quote Link to post
The one 8,535 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 'paulus' timestamp='1349468096' post='2838261'] fussy is down to choice, its a case of how hungry they really are. against unfamiliarity, in the end hunger will always triumph Aye im feeding mine chicken carcasses and there hardly touching them but the dogs aren't so fussy next morning when there coming out the ferret hutches :laugh: Quote Link to post
reddawn 2,173 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 i got a couple a kitts a good few years ago an the guy said they had been reared on ferret biscuits, an they wouldnt touch flesh for love nor money, i started asking around an it seems its quite common for ferrets fed on kibble to turn there noses up to meat, i did starve the 2 jills i had for a day an they soon started eating flesh, so all was good Quote Link to post
Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Most ferts prefer fur to feathers IMHO Quote Link to post
ferret100 47 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 They really can be contary creatures. They tend to imprint on what's edible as a kit. As adult ferts, some readily expand to what's on offer but some just don't regard 'new' meat/dried food as edible. Personally disagree with starving an animal until it eats what you give it. Wouldn't be the first case of an animal dying from refusing to eat what the owner provides. Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 They really can be contary creatures. They tend to imprint on what's edible as a kit. As adult ferts, some readily expand to what's on offer but some just don't regard 'new' meat/dried food as edible. Personally disagree with starving an animal until it eats what you give it. Wouldn't be the first case of an animal dying from refusing to eat what the owner provides. no healthy animal would make the decision to starve to death rather than eat whats available, only humans are daft enough to make that sort of decision Quote Link to post
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