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Post by 1 on Mar 8, 2010 0:34:13 GMT -5
I thought I all ready asked this but, can seasonings hurt a ferret? Like if I where to have only taco seasoned hamburger, would it be bad for them?
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Post by luci on Mar 8, 2010 7:54:14 GMT -5
In a word... Yes.
Things like salt can be a real problem over time and chili powder, paprika, cayenne, black pepper, etc. could cause some serious immediate issues.
Ferrets need a species appropriate diet. If they were living in the wild they would not cook or season their food. Things like kibble and canned foods are cooked and full of inappropriate ingredients that are harmful to obligate carnivores.
On this forum we advocate a simple, natural diet. This consists of whole prey (mice, chicks, rats, etc.) or prey model which approximates the proportions of whole prey using 80% meat, 10% bone, 5% liver and 5% other organs.
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Post by sherrylynne on Mar 8, 2010 10:33:29 GMT -5
Also, when you think about what all that does to our bodies, none of it good, can you imagine what that same amount of seasoning would do to a tiny ferret body?
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Post by 1 on Mar 8, 2010 19:45:05 GMT -5
I to am more for natural diet! In fact, I read on a now extinct web site what the food companies dare to feed them <snip> But I would never feed them kibble, unless I found a way to convert meat into cereal, which like most things, is beyond my personal technology (what I'm capable of doing my saith at home!) I aspecially love this forum because its natural! By the way, some kinds of meat I have eaten raw (don't take these words and go around doing it, we are supposed cook stuff, thats what fire is for.) any way the meats I've eaten raw, I think it taste better! But to day I've heard how they process meat in my country, hormones, medicine befor butchering, not bothering to stop the processes if a employee ends up IN THE MEAT! They are slapping nature right in the face! Now I'm afraid to even eat it cooked! So how will I always know if the meat has been processed correctly? You ever heard of a book called "The jungle"? Can you help me know what I'm getting when I go to the market?
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Post by rarnold18 on Mar 8, 2010 20:25:15 GMT -5
An in-expensive food dehydrator is a great way to make treats for any animal on raw... I guess it could be cut up into little pieces to make "cereal". We dehydrate chicken feet as a treat for the dogs and make jerky strips for the cats, dogs and fuzz. We got our dehydrator at the Goodwill for $5.
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Post by 1 on Mar 8, 2010 20:34:27 GMT -5
Thanks guys! And as for how to tell if meat is natural, Mom answered that, the answer is a privet butcher! Who knows, maby he/she would even be nice enough to let me do some of the butchering my saith!  |
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Post by sherrylynne on Mar 8, 2010 20:55:46 GMT -5
I'm fairly certain most of the stories going around out there are simply that- stories. They make for fun reading, but that's all they are. And a butcher wouldn't be able to let you help. It would be illegal, and his/her insurance wouldn't allow it.
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Post by 1 on Mar 8, 2010 21:28:54 GMT -5
I'm fairly certain most of the stories going around out there are simply that- stories. They make for fun reading, but that's all they are. And a butcher wouldn't be able to let you help. It would be illegal, and his/her insurance wouldn't allow it. Thank you! By the way, if I where to hurt my saith in the process, it would be my own fault! if I'd sue any one, it would be my saith!  I don't see why it has to be illegal, I was just hoping for a way to learn, like for if I had enough of a life to catch an elk or something! |
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Post by sherrylynne on Mar 10, 2010 23:55:32 GMT -5
I know that, and you know that- but the butcher's insurance agent wouldn't know that  For learning about how to butcher animals, either you'd have to befriend a hunter, or take a course in butchering! |
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