Fresh/Frozen Green Tripe?

[itsmeroro]

Hello

I am new here and interested in more information about feeding BARF to my fuzzy. I have previous experience in feeind BARF to our dogs and enjoyed feeding Green Tripe from GreenTripe.com to our dogs.

I did search on this board in regards to feeding ferrets Green Tripe and have not found any relative information on the subject. Has anyone fed GT to fuzzies or had any past experiences doing so?

Cheers!

[vkoslin]

I think I've heard of tripe, but I'm not sure about green? Hopefully someone can back me up on that... because I do see it alot in grocery stores!

[Heather]

You don't want to use the tripe that's available in the grocery stores...that is bleached and has no nutritional value. What you're looking for is green tripe which is the raw variety and smells disgusting I have a couple of ferrets who like it. Just remember that ferrets stash food....stashing tripe is...to say the very least.... I really think that my dog appreciates it a lot more but like I said I do have a couple of the guys who like it. You can feed it, to them if you want. It's good for them
ciao

[itsmeroro]

Thanks Heather... OMG!! Can you imagine a stash of GT and finding it later? LOL!! It is so putrid - the kind I get is fresh (frozen), natural range cattle and other ruminants. Not the canned stuff or the kind found in your local grocery mart - that is the bleached and cleaned version for us people to eat.

Here is more info: Tripe is the stomach of ruminating animals. These animals (i.e. cattle, buffalo, sheep, deer, goats, antelope, etc.) are classified as being four-footed, hooved, cud chewing mamals with a stomach that consists of four chambers. The four chambers of such a stomach are known as the rumen, reticulum, omasum and the abomasum. The food the animal eats (i.e. grass, hay) is swallowed unchewed and passes into the rumen and reticulum where it is then regurgitated, chewed and mixed with saliva. It is again swallowed and then passed through the reticulum and omasum into the abomasum, where it is then further broken down by the gastric juices, amino acids and other digestive enzymes. Yummy!

So how can something so disgusting, be so good? These same gastric juices and enzymes not only aid the animal in digestion, but also aid the dog in digesting and efficiently utilizing his food. The amino acids are necessary for muscular development and, the other gastric juices, I believe, are the best cleaner for their teeth!

I am really glad to know ferts can have GT... and I will base most of their diet with feeding it at least 3xs per week.

THANKS~

[Heather]

** OMG!! Can you imagine a stash of GT and finding it later? LOL!! It is so putrid - the kind I get is fresh (frozen), natural range cattle and other **

I honestly think you won't have to worry about finding it later.... ....you will probably find it sooner You will have to remember that ferrets are often lazy chewers. Your dog will chew it and gulp it down. Ferrets aren't so big on the chewing part. So it will get stashed and forgotten (that's my complaint about it) If you can get it ground, that way it's easy for them to eat and you're still getting the nutritional value. It's just a thought.
ciao

[ferretfreke]

Where can one get green tripe? I want to get some for my dog and I would offer some to the ferrets too.

[rarnold18]

My girls get tripe, but not alone, they get it in a ground mix that also includes ground beef head meat, ground chicken feet and ground eggs.. ( I know...ground eggs?!?!?! we throw raw whole eggs in the grinder as we're grinding the chicken feet...) The fuzzies love it and get KSM about 2-3 times a week... what ever the girls miss, stash or don't eat usually gets found quickly by one of the other animals in our home.

[Heather]

I can get it a couple of places (fresh). One through the coop that I'm a member or I can get it at a pet food specialty store that specializes in raw diets for furkids.
ciao

[itsmeroro]

GreenTripe.com has it although I am not certain if there is a minimum. They have different blends and its ground into more manageable bites.

I know you may also be able to find a version of GT in the can. A friend of mine used it for her dogs. I prefer the fresh/frozen kind but suppose if you were not able to find it that the canned version would be okay too.

I have to *WARN* anyone who has not fed GT - the very first time I got my order, I thawed it out in my kitchen sink - opened it and started "dishing" it up in feed dishes neatly set out on the counter.

By the time I was almost done my husband had just walked in from work to me with my shirt and sweatshirt pulled up over my nose -- tears streaming down my cheeks - all the while I am making these terrible horking noises... but the dogs LOVED it!!

I no longer store it in my personal freezer - it makes the icecream smell and taste awful!!! Maybe the canned version would be better? Lol.

[jojodancer]

CHP sells freeze dried green tripe.

[ferretfreke]

Dec 17, 2009 1:06:15 GMT -5 @itsmeroro said:

I have to *WARN* anyone who has not fed GT - the very first time I got my order, I thawed it out in my kitchen sink - opened it and started "dishing" it up in feed dishes neatly set out on the counter.

By the time I was almost done my husband had just walked in from work to me with my shirt and sweatshirt pulled up over my nose -- tears streaming down my cheeks - all the while I am making these terrible horking noises... but the dogs LOVED it!!

I no longer store it in my personal freezer - it makes the icecream smell and taste awful!!! Maybe the canned version would be better? Lol.

Ha Ha that cracked me up. Thank you for the warning. If it's that disgusting, it's no wonder the dogs like it.

[sherrylynne]

I still say the best description I've ever heard of green tripe was from Guili. Evidently, it "smells like a cow vomited it's own feces"
Based on that description, I decided NOT to feed it. I'll do a lot of things for my ferrets, but that's where I draw the line

[Heather]

There is different qualities of tripe on the market. Stuff that can be called mild (smells rank) to the really "good stuff" which .... I like Giuli's description....that really works Let's just say that as it thaws, it can actually bring tears to your eyes and you will never complain about the scent of your intact hob in full season again .
ciao

[ferretfreke]

mmmmm, you guys are making me hungry! LOL