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Post by Forum Administrator on Jul 12, 2008 20:17:26 GMT -5
Sounds great (and thanks for posting what each of the furkids ate, it makes it sooo much clearer for me  ) Hooray you've got some of your kiddos eating adult mice! Excellent! and you are absolutely right to offer a variety of ages. Throw in those hoppers/pinkies/fuzzies for variety, but be sure that you are feeding a bit more adults then the babies (agan because they are higher in calcium). It sounds like your babies are doing wonderfully! If they are eating the chunks the next step is to slowly work up to making the chunks slightly bigger and bigger. Take it slow (no rush) and work on getting them to eat a bigger chunk, then you'll be ready to start them on the wings! As for them only eating parts of the adult mouse, thats normal (but its GREAT that they actually ate some!) Give them another few days and just like fang demonstrated, the mouse will be all gone. Great work! Im so excited for you! Sounds like things are going great!  |
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Post by desertram on Jul 12, 2008 20:22:32 GMT -5
tyvm well yesterday at 1st i cut up some chunks of chicken and most of them went nuts over it and fang badger wolf ate most of it then made a small bowl of the soup mix for the rest of them. ok i will do that with the adult mice i work tomorrow so i will pick up somemore packs of them it was funny with wolf i had to put ferretvite on the head and hold it then he was bitting it and chewing it took him a few mins but he did it lol and that was 2 hours after he had 2 pinkies though. he is getting there and badger i dont think was all that hungy.
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Post by desertram on Jul 13, 2008 21:43:33 GMT -5
Doe: Turkey/ Chicken chunk soup , kibble
Clude:Turkey/ Chicken chunk soup , kibble
Oso:Turkey/ Chicken chunk soup , kibble
Fang:Turkey/ Chicken chunk soup , kibble
Wolf:Turkey/ Chicken chunk soup , kibble 1 pinkie
Ollie:Kibble
Kat:Turkey/ Chicken chunk soup , kibble
Badger: Turkey/ Chicken chunk soup , kibble
In Tonites soup i made the chunks bigger and within an hour and half it was all gone i put less water in it also tomorrow they will get chicken hearts and kidney's and we'll see how they do with that and who eats it. with wolf eatting the pinkie tonite i didnt even put any ferretvite on it yes so very happy about that one.
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jul 14, 2008 9:38:35 GMT -5
Excellent progress Im happy to hear you are getting them onto bigger chunks and less watery stew. I cant wait till they are all crunching away at bone and mouse |
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Post by desertram on Jul 14, 2008 13:43:56 GMT -5
Wolf: Fuzzie , Turkey/ Chicken chunk/ Chicken heart kindey liver soup, Kibble
Doe: Turkey/ Chicken chunk/ Chicken heart kindey liver soup, Kibble
Kat : Turkey/ Chicken chunk/ Chicken heart kindey liver soup, Kibble
Oso: Turkey/ Chicken chunk/ Chicken heart kindey liver soup, Kibble
Clude : Turkey/ Chicken chunk/ Chicken heart kindey liver soup, Kibble
Fang: Turkey/ Chicken chunk/ Chicken heart kindey liver soup, Kibble
Badger: Turkey/ Chicken chunk/ Chicken heart kindey liver soup, Kibble
Ollie: Kibble
Going to thaw a adult mouse for Fang a little later and see what she does with it will see if Wolf and Badger will eat on it 1st though seems ollie really doesnt want to try the soup he really turns his nose up at it i mean i dont sit out there and watch him but he does feel much heavier then he did so maybe he has had some not 100% sure. all the times i have only seen him with his face in the kibble feeder lol.
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Post by desertram on Jul 14, 2008 21:47:23 GMT -5
the bowl of turkey chicken liver,kidenys & heart soup is just about gone and all but one have big ole guts ollie is sound asleep lol we dont know if he eat any as we were out for a little while
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Post by desertram on Jul 16, 2008 12:49:44 GMT -5
Wolf : turkey/ big chicken chunk soup, kibble, fuzzy, part of adult mouse and chicken wing woohooo see pixs below Oso: turkey, chicken big chunk soup , kibble Doe: turkey, chicken big chunk soup, kibble kat: Little turkey, chicken big chunk soup, kibble Fang: turkey, chicken big chunk soup, kibble, adult soup, some chicken wing Badger: turkey, chicken big chunk soup, kibble Ollie: Kibble Clude: turkey, chicken chunk big soup , kibble      And miss Kat lol  |
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Post by desertram on Jul 16, 2008 17:37:16 GMT -5
the chicken wing was most gone did threw away most of it but some alot of it was gone yes so glad that wolf and fang were eatting on it i think we are doing it woohoo
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jul 16, 2008 19:07:33 GMT -5
Excellent photos! Go babies, go! Oh I am just so proud of your bunch. Sounds like they are doing great! So when you say "big chunk" do you mean that you've increased the size of the chunks? If so, whoo hooo!
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Post by desertram on Jul 16, 2008 19:22:42 GMT -5
yes i have i was cutting them into dime size now they are half dollar size and the bowl is just about gone and so is the adult mouse fang ate that right up and this week when i do the shopping i am going to get some beef and pork along with beef heart and make some little baggies and freeze them just like i did with the chicken hearts liver and kidenys so i'll i have to do is take one out and bamm one meal for 8 ferrets tyvm on the pixs wolf even made growled at fang and took off with the wing lol he didnt want to share. |
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jul 16, 2008 19:25:17 GMT -5
Ah! I just noticed he was eating on a placemat. Good idea |
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Post by desertram on Jul 16, 2008 19:37:41 GMT -5
tyvm the placemate is in front of there litter pan fang is being a brat and pooping right in front of it and the placemate is easy to clean vs carpet lol dont know whats gotten into her these days and doing that
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jul 16, 2008 19:40:23 GMT -5
Hey well it works well for feeding raw too, huh?  Just feed on the mat. Wipe and go! |
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Post by desertram on Jul 16, 2008 19:42:12 GMT -5
yup it did work very well for feeding raw lol and your right wipe and go  |
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Post by desertram on Jul 17, 2008 16:42:28 GMT -5
today they are going to get more mice and the soup lets see if we can get ollie to get eat some of it he isnt very much on the soup mix and dont know why all the others eat it. mmm he is the hardest to get to eat some we will see
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