Post by fuzzymom on Mar 24, 2009 11:04:26 GMT -5
I think Twitch and Damien have been stealing food from Kale and Lilith. Kale and Lilly look awefully thin, like they haven't been eating much. Twitch, Damien, and Kale all fight over food, and Lilly just hangs back and watches. Twitch and Damien usually win any fights over food, leaving Kale and Lilly to find food elsewhere.
We have now started supervising every single meal, and even seperating out Kale and Lilly to eat alone. Even when eating alone, they don't eat near what they should. I would think Lilly eats somewhere around .75-1oz of meat per meal. She is a small ferret, but Twitch is the same size and eats twice as much per sitting. Twitch used to be our skinny ferret but now she has blossomed and she is a chubby, fluffy ferret. Damien has slimmed down from his baby fat, but is a good size. Lilly and Kale though are on the thin side and I'm trying to get them to eat more, but they just won't.
Any thoughts on getting some weight on these two?
We have now started supervising every single meal, and even seperating out Kale and Lilly to eat alone. Even when eating alone, they don't eat near what they should. I would think Lilly eats somewhere around .75-1oz of meat per meal. She is a small ferret, but Twitch is the same size and eats twice as much per sitting. Twitch used to be our skinny ferret but now she has blossomed and she is a chubby, fluffy ferret. Damien has slimmed down from his baby fat, but is a good size. Lilly and Kale though are on the thin side and I'm trying to get them to eat more, but they just won't.
Any thoughts on getting some weight on these two?
I refer to them as my greyhounds. They're active, lean and into everything. It's also spring. Some of my guys drop huge amounts of weight, even though their appetites are good, they're eating less. Are you feeding raw? You could add more fat to their diet, let them have the skin off the chicken, some of the fattier cuts of the pork, things like that. Some people have had success with adding real creme to their ferret diet. I don't because ferrets for the most part are lactose intollerant, just like most animals. I find that I usually get reasonble success with just upping their fat in their diet.
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