ferrets & milk

[Kay 3,709]

I have never fed milk to ferrets or any other animal in my care , i wondered if people feed it cause the animal needs it or do they feed it because its i suppose a mothering thing, i fed my babies milk till they got teeth but i dont understand if the animal were wild it wouldnt get milk as an adult , or would it , just curious to see what others think

[lindsay 1]

I mix a raw egg and a wee bit milk together and they love it

[Tallyho 181]

i give mine egg and milk sometimes too. they love it and does them no harm.

[ferretess 230]

Mine get milk when they have kits,,,,,,

 

But only an occasional egg,,usually for them to play with they love rolling it around and they get a treat at the end of it

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

It just adds a bit more calcium to their diet. Probably about the only thing that actually kept them ticking over, during the period when the country lost the plot and started feeding them Bread and Milk slops.

 

Now the country's teetering on the brink again, feeding prepackaged carcinogens. Perhaps a bit of milk would be a boost to such creatures? Couldn't access milk in the wild? And where would they access greasy pellets of chemical loaded recycled vet kill?

 

Either way, I know that when I had that milking goat here - and I don't use milk myself - my Dogs would guzzle a gallon at a sitting, if I allowed it! Did them no harm.

[feeble 0]

my 3 get milk as a treat after most rabbiting trips

[Ron Weasley 83]

I give mine milk from time to time- too much can give them the shits though, so be careful. Ditchy's got it spot on again, the man speaks a lot of sense!

[ferretville 69]

A egg and a bit milk now and again does them no harm little buggers love it.

[Neal 1,873]

My seven year old ferret occasionaly gets a wheezy coughing fit, poor old git, and I find a saucer of milk sorts him out whenever this happens.

[Guest MOLLY]

Egg and milk about once a week. If i have cat milk in i give that instead of human milk.

MOLL.

[the fezz 44]

Egg and milk about once a week. If i have cat milk in i give that instead of human milk.

MOLL.

 

have you got a breast pump there molly

[Guest MOLLY]

Lmfao

MOLL.

[boris b 1]

I will give them some as a treat , Normally in the winter months . Not that it matters i warm it up a little they like it .

[Coneytrappr 30]

A thought just occured to me that predators very well could find milk in the wild; my ferrets all go nuts when given a milky doe. The first thing they do is lick it out and eat the mammary glands [ :sick: ] then onto the organs as per usual.

So giving a little milk could well be beneficial.

[darren m 1]

i give mine kitten milk ( watered down a little ) every other day