freed the corwall 6

[ratman 1 0]

i have rescued 6 ferrets from a guy i went to get them i didnot look at them till i got them home when i looked

them over they wer skinny.they have gray teeth coats are very thinn they had very long nails i have had them 2 weeks

4 from the 6 are doing well but 2 are still skinny feeding on liver chicken and fish soup and ddry food and 2 eggs a week anyone has any suggestions or advice they all are adventurous and seem happy but i am worried about the winter fee in my back garden with my 5 other ferrets

5 from 6 eating chicken and fish soup

[scothunter 12,609]

  ratman 1 said:

i have rescued 6 ferrets from a guy i went to get them i didnot look at them till i got them home when i looked

them over they wer skinny.they have gray teeth coats are very thinn they had very long nails i have had them 2 weeks

4 from the 6 are doing well but 2 are still skinny feeding on liver chicken and fish soup and ddry food and 2 eggs a week anyone has any suggestions or advice they all are adventurous and seem happy but i am worried about the winter fee in my back garden with my 5 other ferrets

5 from 6 eating chicken and fish soup

 

Good on you mate and they look like they are well happy

[skycat 6,174]

Try and get them some whole rabbits: just open the carcase and put the lot in: your diet, whilst caring, may be lacking some vital nutrients only to be found on whole carcases, which is of course what small mustelids thrive on: raw carcase every time. Cooking alters the chemical composition of things and all predators are designed to eat raw meat. By putting the whole carcase in you give the ferrets EVERYTHING they need: and they pick and choose what they need most.

If you absolutely can't give them fresh rabbit then offer them a wide choice of raw meat: minced beef (they need the iron and vitamins only to be found in red meat), breast of lamb, shot pigeons: in fact just about anything raw, though I wouldn't feed pork. Even day old chicks would be better than constant fish and white chicken meat. If you can get hold of some dead chickens, feathers and all: do that as well.

 

Good luck with them.

[ratman 1 0]

thanks to scothunter and skycat for your response took one of the rescue ferrets out this morning for an hour and a half bagged five rabbits, have given the six ferrets a whole rabbit, they know exactly what to do with it and are enjoying it, thanks again mike.

Edited September 16, 2008 by ratman 1

[rabbit tourmentor 29]

lamb breast mince up with raw egg in it fatens them up alright

[The one 8,524]

Just making sure they have as much rabbit to eat as they want for a couple of weeks will build them up

[springfield 20]

Had privilage of meeting Ratman1 yesterday, And must say what a great guy that really cares for his animals,A really, Really good set up for the ferrets.Thank you for the jill.