horseyliz
Going Natural
Raw and Whole Prey Feeder
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Post by horseyliz on Mar 6, 2009 12:16:36 GMT -5
my bf found my missing rat after i bought a hamster. so i guess i am breeding rats and hamsters soon. the ferrets love their food.
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Post by Heather on Mar 6, 2009 12:31:38 GMT -5
That's fantastic....a more varied prey diet too. If you want to outline your present diet, I think Giuli requires a week, we can have a look at it, see if it needs anything extra and let you graduate  Then we can work on adding prey to your guys food variety. Did you ever get them to eat the rest of the mouse? ciao |
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horseyliz
Going Natural
Raw and Whole Prey Feeder
Posts: 144
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Post by horseyliz on Mar 12, 2009 12:03:48 GMT -5
oh k i can write down what i feed them and will post next week. No my babies did not eat the rest of the mouse.
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Post by Heather on Mar 12, 2009 14:52:59 GMT -5
Sounds great. I will talk to you then. If you have any problems or questions I will be checking in this evening. Talk at you later
ciao
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horseyliz
Going Natural
Raw and Whole Prey Feeder
Posts: 144
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Post by horseyliz on Mar 24, 2009 13:23:58 GMT -5
Monday-1 to 2 chicken thighs -whole
Tuesday-1 cup liver and bones from chicken thighs
Wednesday-1 cup of beef steak
Thursday- beef or pork neck meat and bones
Friday-3 chicken wings -1 per ferret
Saturday-ground turkey
Sunday- 2 chicken legs
Yesterday- one adult dwarf hamster - Mocha ate most of her.
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Post by Forum Administrator on Mar 30, 2009 0:25:58 GMT -5
Your schedule looks good. One thing I would recommend is to vary the parts of the chicken you feed. Try and feed all the different parts (neck, wings, legs, thighs, etc) at some point each month. I found the cheapest way to buy chicken is to buy a whole chicken and cut it up into portions yourself, they also sell whole chickens that are cut up for you already but those are just a tad more expensive. You can also try them on some whole turkey breasts, try to avoid ground meats when possible. They aren't bad, its just that whole meats are better They clean the teeth and exercise the jaw in a way ground can't. Other then that it looks great. I think you are ready to graduate!  Now there is one last thing I want you to do (and then I am moving this thread to the "newbie switch archive": If you havent already, it might be a good idea to start popping in toNaturalFerrets. I know forum is small right now, but that is because they are switching to the new forum from a yahoo! group. There are many many senior raw feeders on there and it would be wise to make use of their knowledge. I try and advise all my "completed switchers" to get on there and post a bit. I still want you to say on HF, but I want you to "broaden your horizons" by getting a bit of NaturalFerret's info as well. Sound good? www.NaturalFerrets.comYou'll probably run in to the Holistic Ferret Mentors on there. This is where THEY go to ask THEIR questions on natural diet (I do too). Let me know if you get any good info out of here. and....... Now that you've completed the switch, have had your feeding schedule reviewd, and been advised to check out NaturalFerrets, its time to retire this thread to the "newbie switch archive"!  No one (yourself included) will be able to post in this thread anymore once its been moved to the archive. Please begin posting your diet-related questions in the "whole prey" "raw" or "general feeding questions and discussion" area. We encourage EVERYONE that is archived to continue posting. Feeding a natural diet is a learning PROCESS, there is much to learn after making the switch. There is always lots to learn, and lots to share with the newbies on the site. If you feel comfortable offering the newbies advice, then by all means go ahead. The more help we can get, the better. If you'd rather lurk and not post, thats cool too, its just always nice to have our graduates stick around. We (your mentor and I) will run a detailed "check up" with you (via PM or email) at the 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 1 year anniversary since "going natural" just to make sure all is going well and that you arent having any issues. |
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Post by Heather on Mar 30, 2009 11:27:56 GMT -5
Hey, CONGRATULATIONS....you and your furbabies have done it  So totally fantastic!!!! I do hope I will continue to see you popping in once in awhile. Please if you have any questions that you think I could handle for you because I know your guys, please don't be shy to pm me but for the most part you're handling things wonderfully and the forum is more than happy to help you with any questions you might come up with at this point. Again, congratulations....give your little ones a really big hug. ciao for now |
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