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Post by pastelsummer on Dec 16, 2010 13:03:03 GMT -5
insects roaches and worms? I have a line up on them and was just wondering if they could eat them
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Post by Jackie on Dec 16, 2010 15:24:50 GMT -5
I believe that they can but the real question is if they will.  Ferrets are not insectivores, so they shouldn't be a staple in the diet, but they might make a yummy snack. Also, if they are live, they would probably enjoy that as well. |
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Post by mustelidmusk on Dec 16, 2010 18:25:37 GMT -5
yes, ferrets can and do eat bugs. My only concern with ferrets snacking on bugs is whether or not the bugs/worms they are eating have been contamintaed by insecticides/poisons.
I purchased for feeder crickets for my ferrets. The girls would eat them and reguritate them. The boys wouldn't touch them!
-jennifer
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Post by justahannah on Dec 16, 2010 18:36:07 GMT -5
Whenever it rains, one of our cats will carry in the big nightcrawlers that end up on the sidewalk and leave them around the house (he's a proud hunter). 3 of the 4 ferts ignore them, but my girl Akiko will eat a few if I don't pick them up fast enough.
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Post by sherrylynne on Dec 16, 2010 18:38:41 GMT -5
Willow also loves the earthworms. If I've got her outside after a rain, she'll go for them.
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Post by Heather on Dec 16, 2010 19:06:37 GMT -5
Lady "B" likes her earthworms too. You can usually find her slurping them up when she's playing in the dirt pile in the ferret yard. Now, some of the others may enjoy this wiggly delicacy but I've not witnessed it.
ciao
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Post by bluemoose on Dec 16, 2010 20:19:11 GMT -5
Mine will eat earthworms and mealworms. Crickets not so much.
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