Opinions On Dry Food

[adbirdy 14]

All,

 

Through the colder months we normally feed more meat than dry food but when it gets warmer and the flies start to get a bit more active, we tend to feed more dry food.

 

I have been feeding the James Wellbeloved food which the ferrets seem to like, but I have seen some Chudleys dry food at half the price of the other stuff and wondered if any of you lads and lasses had any experience of using the Chudleys and what you thought of it.

 

Cheers for any opinions

 

Ade

[Malt 379]

Don't feed dry at all. People say that dry is fine, but then my old man's ferrets used to live to the age of 9 on bread & milk..

[auld salmon 28]

ive used chudleys for nearly a year now ferrets told me they like it mmm got the bag last year 15 kg bag that will be a year ive had the bag in june not bad for £20 to feed 4 ferrets cheap at that they get bunny and lamb at times

[gmullen 0]

my ferrets were better on chudleys than james welbloved

[stealthy1 3,964]

Buy my dry in 15kg sacks from local factory for £16, split it between four of us, ferret rabbits in the season, shoot and snare the rest of year, so always got some fresh rabbit in most of the time, good for a stopgap if no fresh rabbits are available.

[ferreter.al 22]

feed mine on james welbeloved,no mess,no flies,full of everything they need,a little bit expensive but not that much,a small bag for £5 will see two ferrets through 3weeks easily.i dont no about the cheaper stuff,never tried it,atb

[gilly-93 31]

I Feed Mine On Chudleys, A Bag Lasted Me Since They Were Kits. So About A Year Just Got A New Bag Today. My Ferts Are As Healthy As Any Rabbit Fed Fert IMO. And They Definatly Dont Turn There Nose Up At It

[adbirdy 14]

Thanks for the info all

 

 

Ade

[Malt 379]

My Ferts Are As Healthy As Any Rabbit Fed Fert IMO.

 

I'd bet they're not matey.

 

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one Gilly mate.

[jayjay 264]

i've been feeding mine on j.wellbeloved dry food for a few years they do alright on it,but they dont seem to be keen on eating meat now, if i put a rabbit in they have a bit of a pull on it but dont seem to be interested in eating it and the same goes for a pigeon,which means it all goes to waste,this seems strange to me because if i had the choice of meat or dried food i know what my choice would be,also i personally think that they dont work the same as flesh fed ferrets they dont seem so keen, just my opinion.

[lawrence 657]

i'm sure they do alright on it but its not for me, i wouldn't feed my dogs dry food, so same applies to my ferrets.

[solostoke 1]

been feedin my ferrets on j wellbeloved dry food all their lives (oldest are 11+years) with no ill effects so far. they have meat when i have spare game about. but i do agree they do turn their nose up at it!!! also mine dont seem to kill much at all underground. dont know if its related but it is useful. imo lol.... atb solo

[ace32 4]

my ferts eat it,my new hob loves dry food,but gets fat on it,i mix a little bit in with their minced rabbit,but they prefer meat and dont end up fat,and are fit as out,ian

[Kay 3,709]

My experience of feeding dry food as a staple was the ferrets were eating al the time & were fat & lazy , slept when they wernt eating , played rarely all they seemed to want to do was scoff

 

2 of the hobs i had were so overweight they had ruffs round there neck of fat , they both quickly lost weight & started to interact a lot more when the weight when down once i changed there diet to raw meat only

[droid 11]

Mine are fine on dry. Can't say they're better or worse than all meat fed ones, but they are pretty active and not fat.