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Post by will on Jan 2, 2010 17:18:05 GMT -5
It was suggested that I come here for my raw feeding questions. First let me tell you what I do. I feed my 5 kids a mix of Nupro and ground raw chicken in the mornings only. Twice a month I grind up chicken thighs, breast, and gizzards and make them into small pattis and freeze it in sandwich baggies. I pre-thaw it in the fridge over night and in the morning I take the chill off it via microwave. Not warm but just to get the chill out of it. I then put the chicken, Nupro, and a small bit of water in my mini food chopper and serve. The rest of the day it's Evo kibble. That said here's my question, I'd like to try chicken wings. After that I'd like to try legs and so on. How do I get them started on whole raw without sugar coating it with Nupro?
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 2, 2010 18:05:40 GMT -5
Hi! Best way I can think of is to grind into progressively larger pieces, and start reducing the amount of Nupro at the same time. Once you've gotten to the largest setting on your grinder, time to start cutting manually, again, progressively larger till they are eating the whole thing!
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Post by vkoslin on Jan 6, 2010 23:03:16 GMT -5
Sherrylynne has a very good idea. The best and most successful way people do this is to start with what youre doing: ground with a treat (nupro/ferretone/etc). Then, slowly increasing the chucks and slowly decreasing the treat in it will eventally lead them to eating raw. Sounds like you're on the right track! Can I ask you why you only feed that in the mornings? What all do they eat during the day, for dinner, and such?
Chicken wings are great. The way mine ate it first was when I demolished it. I tore the wing up in many ways, leaving meat hanging off. Then, I cut through the bones so the wing was segmented in 4 parts (u can do the math). Ferrets actually LOVE marrow, just like most pets. If you expose bone marrow through cutting the bones open, and they try it, they will be more likely to eat them. Also, wing tips are generally easier to bite through all the way for ferrets, but most will have trouble beginning with that anyways.
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