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Post by tss on Oct 17, 2008 13:19:08 GMT -5
It's good they are still enjoying the baby food.
Keep us updated!!
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Oct 22, 2008 11:23:31 GMT -5
Hey again!
So we finaly defrosted the chicken and so now i have a bag of organs for them to try out in there baby food.
I got the ferrets into there cage, and sat a paper plate down with warmed up baby food, and little chunks of i think they are the kidneys. They are almost ball looking, and take forever to chop up.
Both of them realy got into the food, and i'm glad to say that it was totaly a hands off exsperience. I didn't bribe them, or show them the food. I think i'm going to try less baby food just so they can eat the chunks. I saw after they ate that they had pushed most of the peices around.
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Post by tss on Oct 22, 2008 12:17:43 GMT -5
Thats a good sign. Sometimes it is difficult for them to get the meat up off of the plate, since they were moved around they were probably trying to eat the chunks but couldn't quite grab them.. Did you catch them chewing any of it??
Next time you try it try some heart or plain chicken, not organ.. See how it goes.
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Oct 26, 2008 21:06:51 GMT -5
good idea. I bought chicken for dinner this week so i will try that. ^.^
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Post by Forum Administrator on Oct 27, 2008 5:02:18 GMT -5
Let us know how it goes  |
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Oct 28, 2008 12:22:06 GMT -5
Update- They are still beging stuborn about the meat. I think today i am going to sit down and make sure they eat it. My blender broke so i can't make a duck soup.  |
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Post by Forum Administrator on Oct 28, 2008 17:33:41 GMT -5
If you dont have acces to a blender you can pick up some ground meat from the store. Mash it up with some warm water. It wont be the same as a soup, but its a suitable substitute. |
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Oct 30, 2008 21:09:26 GMT -5
Thats just what i ended up doing. ^.^ They realy didn't get into it as much as before, but they still ate enough for a meal.
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Post by Forum Administrator on Oct 31, 2008 0:27:39 GMT -5
Good. Just keep that up and once they are eating it without any issues, slowly start adding teeny tiny chunks of raw chicken into the ground meat. Start out with chunks about this big -----> [--] and work your way up to "thumb sized" pieces. As you increase the amount and size of the chunks in the ground, decrease the amount of ground. Let me know how this goes, and as always if you have any questions, just let me know. |
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Nov 3, 2008 12:20:48 GMT -5
Lazy Nights-
Last night i was realy realy tired because of spending the whole day, cleaning my room, making the ferts cage, anjd cleaning the guineas, So i just opened a can of baby food, put some of a plate and placed it in there new cage for them to eat.
I opened the cage a good 15-20 minits later to let them out, and the plate was completly cleaned off. So i know this whole week of off and on feedings didn't realy effect any progress of them eating.
now that everyone is settled down, I'm going to realy get down to buisness on switching them.
Thanks you guys!
Also, I am saving up so i can order a custom made harness, lead, and bandana thing for my little girl.
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Post by tss on Nov 3, 2008 17:49:07 GMT -5
Glad to hear that they gobbled up the baby food.
Let us know how it goes once you try the chicken.
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Nov 6, 2008 19:32:07 GMT -5
So...Last night i fixed them there baby food, but with some chick bits. I came back about 15-20 minits later and they had finished the plate once again. ^.^ I think i'm going to go with ether a little less of baby food, or a little bigger chicken bits.
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Post by tss on Nov 7, 2008 10:44:44 GMT -5
That is great!!! Hopefully they will enjoy the bigger chunks just as much :-)
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Post by tss on Nov 14, 2008 17:31:23 GMT -5
How are your fuzzies doing??
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Nov 16, 2008 8:39:13 GMT -5
Sorry for the delay.
The ferts are doing good. I acualy just printed out pretty much the whole thrad on duck soup on FV. I want to make acual duck soup again and get them used to that instead of just baby food.
ps- My meat is low because everything is frozen, and my mother forgets to save me parts of the dinner meat so i havn't been feeding them too much meat.
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