Fussy eaters

[logman 0]

Ive got a couple of hobs that will ignore a skinned rabbit in favour of their dry food, is this normal behaviour and has anyone else expierienced this?

[doddsy1970 9]

Ive got a couple of hobs that will ignore a skinned rabbit in favour of their dry food, is this normal behaviour and has anyone else expierienced this?

This will open a can of worms but I find that mine dont touch meat because i feed them just dry food athough I do let them have the skins. If you want them to go on to meat leave them with it for a couple of days they will soon start eating when they get hungry and in this weather they meat wont go off as quick

[ferreterno1 0]

THEY DIDNT EAT IT BECAUSE THERE USED TO DRY FOOD. MINE RARELY EAT BISCUIT, I FEED MEAT ANYTHING I CAN GET JUST LET THEM HAVE IT GUTS AS WELL (EXCEPT RABBIT GUTS) YESTERDAY THEY HAD SQUIRRELL

[Guest ferretlass]

Ive got a couple of hobs that will ignore a skinned rabbit in favour of their dry food, is this normal behaviour and has anyone else expierienced this?

 

personally i would offer both, biscuit & fresh meat, i have experienced probs in the past when they wont eat meat & will only gorge on dry food

 

however i always say kits should be given meat & then introduce a little dry food just as a back up & a bit of variety, also i have fed meat in the cooler evenings in the summer & then whats left sling in the bin the next morning when cleaning them out

[BLACKBOB 9]

THEY DIDNT EAT IT BECAUSE THERE USED TO DRY FOOD. MINE RARELY EAT BISCUIT, I FEED MEAT ANYTHING I CAN GET JUST LET THEM HAVE IT GUTS AS WELL (EXCEPT RABBIT GUTS) YESTERDAY THEY HAD SQUIRRELL

 

 

Why not rabbit guts i just chuck the whole thing in, is this bad ?

[Guest ferretlass]

THEY DIDNT EAT IT BECAUSE THERE USED TO DRY FOOD. MINE RARELY EAT BISCUIT, I FEED MEAT ANYTHING I CAN GET JUST LET THEM HAVE IT GUTS AS WELL (EXCEPT RABBIT GUTS) YESTERDAY THEY HAD SQUIRRELL

 

 

Why not rabbit guts i just chuck the whole thing in, is this bad ?

 

i will gut them first, cause i was advised to do so, i dont know if they will eat the lot if you chuck the whole thing

in without gutting it

[Guest Bigbob]

Ive to hutches the older ones only eat dry grub ,put a rabbit in and you will take it out the same way a week later .My young ferrets only eat meat and coup the bowl of dry grub over then leave it

 

Blackbob its personal chioce but i gut every rabbit then freeze them before feeding to cut the tapeworm burden for my ferrets i feel if you put guts in these could be loaded with tape worm .

 

But hey look at lions when there feeding what do they eat first the guts

[BLACKBOB 9]

THEY DIDNT EAT IT BECAUSE THERE USED TO DRY FOOD. MINE RARELY EAT BISCUIT, I FEED MEAT ANYTHING I CAN GET JUST LET THEM HAVE IT GUTS AS WELL (EXCEPT RABBIT GUTS) YESTERDAY THEY HAD SQUIRRELL

 

 

Why not rabbit guts i just chuck the whole thing in, is this bad ?

 

i will gut them first, cause i was advised to do so, i dont know if they will eat the lot if you chuck the whole thing

in without gutting it

 

 

The only thing left sometimes is a bit of pelt and jaw bones, ive never removed anything else.

 

 

Blackbob its personal chioce but i gut every rabbit then freeze them before feeding to cut the tapeworm burden for my ferrets i feel if you put guts in these could be loaded with tape worm .

 

I dont now if im up to speed on this but is it known for ferrets to catch tapeworm off rabbits?, and if so whats your opinion on worming ferrets, as this is something ive never done.

[Guest ferretlass]

THEY DIDNT EAT IT BECAUSE THERE USED TO DRY FOOD. MINE RARELY EAT BISCUIT, I FEED MEAT ANYTHING I CAN GET JUST LET THEM HAVE IT GUTS AS WELL (EXCEPT RABBIT GUTS) YESTERDAY THEY HAD SQUIRRELL

 

 

Why not rabbit guts i just chuck the whole thing in, is this bad ?

 

i will gut them first, cause i was advised to do so, i dont know if they will eat the lot if you chuck the whole thing

in without gutting it

 

 

The only thing left sometimes is a bit of pelt and jaw bones, ive never removed anything else.

 

 

Blackbob its personal chioce but i gut every rabbit then freeze them before feeding to cut the tapeworm burden for my ferrets i feel if you put guts in these could be loaded with tape worm .

 

I dont now if im up to speed on this but is it known for ferrets to catch tapeworm off rabbits?, and if so whats your opinion on worming ferrets, as this is something ive never done.

 

 

panacur paste i was advised by the vet to use it , i only used it as i had a couple of ferets who were getting thinner & EATING like pigs.

[ferreterno1 0]

the only reason i dont put rabbit guts in is because of the s**t bag if that breaks it will go everywear, but with pigeons and stuff like that just chuck them straight in

[devvo 0]

[bANNED TEXT] i got my first jill 3years ago i feed her on pigs liver then went on 2 dry food now i still give her dry food, i this year have 2 more ferrets a jill n hob i give them dry food till this time of year and also a rabbit or baby rabbit (cold winter) in the summer i feed dry 2 all and no meat unless i joint the rabbit n give them a leg. i do this because i live around a few town people who have moved to where i live (in the country) n if heard tht ferrets smell [bANNED TEXT] u give them meat. so i dont give them it in the summer.

 

 

 

 

inabit devvo!!!

[Guest RobW71]

Never wormed and never noticed worms, feeding fresh meat sometime's Rabbits left unskined. Never fed guts.

 

Regards Rob

[Guest Bigbob]

Never wormed a ferret in my live and ive had them 35 years but i put that down to being careful and not asking for trouble never fed guts and never will .i bring all my rabbits home whole and gut them into pails with lids to use a fox baits and the guts are always full of worms and as i want the best out my ferrets i wouldn't fed them crap like that :sick:

[Guest stevo]

i just put the whole rabbit in if fresh and just take the intestines out if ime going to freeze them as all the newtrients are in the rest of the guts. i only give them dry food if there is nothing else with a little egg on top as somthing different they love it but driving round you can usually find somthing :sick: or a can of dog food works just as well