Feeding ferrets fish?

[wasp 0]

Few of you no as well as the working ferts we have 2 jills that belong to our daughter, one a couple of years old and one under a year that are "house" ferrets(in a cage so pets if you like) well last night we had a fish and chip supper and i had a big peice of cod left so i offered it to them and the older one woofed it down but the other just turned its nose up and toddled off to play under the sofa just wondered if anyone else had given fish to their ferts? and is it a bad thing? or is it a good thing?

These house ferts get all sorts offered to them and have found all ferts like honey!

[labsnlurchers 39]

We go fishing fo makeral in the summer round here, any spare fish go straight in the ferret cage and they love it!

[mackem 26,228]

When I was a kid I reared a few litters on nothing but salmon offcuts and sparrows fed in equal measure.

[jazz_11 5]

in the james mckay book it says its good to feed them fish but not oily fish like makrel somthing like plaice or trout.

i often gave mine the trout heads and sometimes a fillet of trout.

they usually at it all..

all the best

jazz

[Guest foxyjo.]

Thanks for asking wasp! I was wondering the same thing - we had some trout left over the other day, and I wasn't sure whether I should give it to them or not... I didn't in the end.

I am a ferret novice so I know nothing!!

 

Just out of interest, a lady on another site told me how grapes and raisins are toxic to them. She sent me a link to a website about it. Other people who've had ferrets for much longer than me were unaware of this, so I thought I would just mention it here.

[Kay 3,709]

Thanks for asking wasp! I was wondering the same thing - we had some trout left over the other day, and I wasn't sure whether I should give it to them or not... I didn't in the end.

I am a ferret novice so I know nothing!!

 

Just out of interest, a lady on another site told me how grapes and raisins are toxic to them. She sent me a link to a website about it. Other people who've had ferrets for much longer than me were unaware of this, so I thought I would just mention it here.

 

Theres a lot of difffering accounts as to them being toxic, with the dried fruit its blockages you have to watch so common sence really comes into play , i do however know a silly woman who gave her ferret the raisons by the hand full them she wondered why it died

[wasp 0]

Never thought of giving them fruit..somehow seems daft feeding meat eaters fruit! I only discovered the honey trick to stop biters!

[Guest foxyjo.]

Thanks for asking wasp! I was wondering the same thing - we had some trout left over the other day, and I wasn't sure whether I should give it to them or not... I didn't in the end.

I am a ferret novice so I know nothing!!

 

Just out of interest, a lady on another site told me how grapes and raisins are toxic to them. She sent me a link to a website about it. Other people who've had ferrets for much longer than me were unaware of this, so I thought I would just mention it here.

 

Theres a lot of difffering accounts as to them being toxic, with the dried fruit its blockages you have to watch so common sence really comes into play , i do however know a silly woman who gave her ferret the raisons by the hand full them she wondered why it died

 

It came as quite a surprise to me...it was after I posted a pic of one of mine on the kitchen table and there was some grapes in the photo too! (so hygenic!! ) she sent me a pm to warn me and a link to the site. Fortunately my boys didn't touch them - they were far too busy trying to leap onto the cooker to get to the frying pan... I never would have thought of the innocent looking grape as being toxic

 

Your lady with the raisins - is it common for them to eat fruit and vegetables? Cos mine wouldn't look at anything like that, they are carnivores all the way!

[Cornio 0]

Mine were extremely spoilt last week.

They had a fillet from a large Gilthead Bream. I made sure that every single bone was removed though, including the small ones on the lateral line.

[Guest ferret feller]

i give mine troat heads if iv been out for troat but not the body thats for me to eat mine just grab them and hide them in the corner for the "hard times ahead"

[mackem 26,228]

Mine were extremely spoilt last week.

They had a fillet from a large Gilthead Bream. I made sure that every single bone was removed though, including the small ones on the lateral line.

Your ferrets are treat like kings,my wife deliberately leaves the bones in when she prepares fish for me

[wasp 0]

Thanks for the replies everyone...put my mind at ease has'nt affected the toilet side of things either phew!

[Kay 3,709]

Thanks for asking wasp! I was wondering the same thing - we had some trout left over the other day, and I wasn't sure whether I should give it to them or not... I didn't in the end.

I am a ferret novice so I know nothing!!

 

Just out of interest, a lady on another site told me how grapes and raisins are toxic to them. She sent me a link to a website about it. Other people who've had ferrets for much longer than me were unaware of this, so I thought I would just mention it here.

 

Theres a lot of difffering accounts as to them being toxic, with the dried fruit its blockages you have to watch so common sence really comes into play , i do however know a silly woman who gave her ferret the raisons by the hand full them she wondered why it died

 

It came as quite a surprise to me...it was after I posted a pic of one of mine on the kitchen table and there was some grapes in the photo too! (so hygenic!! ) she sent me a pm to warn me and a link to the site. Fortunately my boys didn't touch them - they were far too busy trying to leap onto the cooker to get to the frying pan... I never would have thought of the innocent looking grape as being toxic

 

Your lady with the raisins - is it common for them to eat fruit and vegetables? Cos mine wouldn't look at anything like that, they are carnivores all the way!

 

Some folks feed vegetables to there ferrets but i have never done it , i suppose they think a treat of veg is better than some sugary pet shop treat , i dont suppose a tiny little bit of something every now & then will do any harm

[scotsman5 0]

whats the honey trick to stop biters?

[Kay 3,709]

Mine were extremely spoilt last week.

They had a fillet from a large Gilthead Bream. I made sure that every single bone was removed though, including the small ones on the lateral line.

Your ferrets are treat like kings,my wife deliberately leaves the bones in when she prepares fish for me

 

I cooked my husband some fish once & i had hells own game getting the bones out properly