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Post by weloveourweasels on Jan 15, 2009 2:49:47 GMT -5
I'm asking for a girl on Ferretopia who is switching to raw over here. I told her raw is ok to eat with kibble ONLY is it is in a soup. But they can't have plain raw and dry kibble in the same meal. I know that the kibble and the raw digest at different rates. Kibbles digest slower right, so that means the raw would be in the belly longer? Why is it again that it is OK to feed raw in a supplemental soup and in a soup during the switching process. I know I asked this many months ago but I am unsure of the answer other than what I said is OK.
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 15, 2009 9:22:41 GMT -5
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're asking why kibble is ok in a soup mix, but not dry with raw mixed in? If this it correct, when kibbles are mixed into soup, they absorb the liquid, and become mush. When that happens, they digest at or near the same rate. The concern with dry kibbles is in how it could affect how quickly the raw moves through a ferret's digestive system. Fuzzes generally aren't suseptible to things like salmonella because their gut is very short, and the salmonella bacteria has to sit and "brew" in the gut for 6-8 hours before it affects the animal. As you know, from the time food goes into a ferret, it only takes 3-4 hours before it comes out again  . Dry kibble will take longer. The concern is that if the raw gets "stuck" behind the kibble could potentially make the ferret more suseptible to bacteria. |
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Post by spiritualtramp on Jan 16, 2009 21:13:36 GMT -5
Sherry got to you first, and she's right  |
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