Post by cristina on Apr 12, 2009 14:13:09 GMT -5
3 Months Since the Switch- EVALUATION #1:
1. Since switching to a natural diet, what are the most noticable changes you have noticed in your ferret(s). Please be specific.
Since the switch all three have much more energy and better coats. Mimi and Penny are way more apt to trying new natural treats now and Boomer has gained healthy large weight (not bowling pin overweight anymore).
2. Have you filled out the "Natural Diet Survey"? (If not, please do by going to the following link: holisticferret.proboards80.com/in....play&thread=241) Will do right after this!
3. Please post a "sample weekly feeding schedule". Basically, give us an idea of what you feed your ferret(s) each week. This way we can review it (again) and let you know if you need to make any changes to ensure proper nutrition. Post your schedule in the following format:
MONDAY: cornish game hen
TUESDAY: beef (strips, tips, and bone in)
WEDNESDAY: chicken wings
THURSDAY: lamb/mutton (strips and bone in)
FRIDAY:pork chops, and or beef (all different cuts, with and without bone)...ideally I try to get a duck and feed it this day but its hard to come by sometimes.
SATURDAY:chicken drummies (unless I have found rabbit at the store, since it comes and goes)
SUNDAY: veal, organs in a soup (since they wont eat it plain) which includes part of a pig heart, chicken hearts, gizzards, a whole egg and sometimes smelt.
*For treats everyday they get: jerkey(of either duck,elk,venison,ostrich,lamb) and dehydrated liver and dehydrated minnoes (sp) (some type of small fish).
4. Do you have any questions or concearns regarding your ferret(s) diet?
Just a quick question about other feeding methods I have read about...can they have ground meat patties (the ones for ferrets), I am just wondering since they dont have anything to "chew" on (i.e. ripping meat off bone and such).?
5. Do you have any new "diet goals" for your ferrets that you would like us to help you with, such as: adding whole prey to the diet, diversifying the types of meat fed, or incorporating freeze-dried or commercial raw foods? If so, please specify.
We have dehydrated meat strips and liver and fish as treats. We are also incorporating feeding mice, although they only lick them and Mimi only eats the heads! So that is still a work in progress, and I am interested in freeze dried and commercial raw as well although I have not done so yet.
6. How was your experience with the Holistic Ferret Mentor Program? What did you like about the program? What didn't you like? What can we do to make our program better?
I think it was a great program, I would have NEVER been able to switch without it...it really kept me going! I liked how I always had someone to turn to and who has gone through it so I wasnt alone and left wondering ever. I think the program is perfect, I cant think of anything else that it doesnt already possess.
