B3@N!
Gnawing on bones
Ben & Cassiel
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Post by B3@N! on Dec 24, 2010 12:16:10 GMT -5
I went shopping at the grocery and came back with 2 beef kidneys, pork steaks, angus beef cuts, chicken heart/gizzards and chicken wings. How did I do?
This is what I found but any suggestions on other things to feed too will be most helpful!
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Post by Heather on Dec 24, 2010 12:24:28 GMT -5
You may want to research a bit more boned in meats (pork ribblets work great too) but sounds good so far. You've got your 3 different types of proteins there, so that's covered Have you tried your little one on livers yet? The texture sometimes throws them off but the little ones seem to like it. Ferrets have a high need for calcium (especially the babies) so feeding boned meats almost every day either as a morning meal or afternoon meal. You can also finely grind egg shells to a powder and add that to her meat as well. Half a teaspoon to a pound of meat. You will usually know if you're getting too much meat to bone, their poops go very soft, sometimes even liquid....you need to up the bone then Great work ciao
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Post by sherrylynne on Dec 24, 2010 16:35:28 GMT -5
So far, so good! Like Heather said, try upping the bone in meats. She can eat cornish hen, turkey or duck necks(these will have to be chopped up well- I use a cleaver ) some rabbit bone, quail if you can find it. If you are interested in whole prey(sorry- can't remember if you are or not) she can eat mice, rats, etc.
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B3@N!
Gnawing on bones
Ben & Cassiel
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Post by B3@N! on Dec 25, 2010 10:01:14 GMT -5
Well unfortunately my partner won't have any whole prey feeding so I'm stuck with raw. Now these RMB's...what do they entail. I know that with wing tips, it's okay to let her eat the bone but pork riblets? Can she mess with the bone on those? the turkey/duck necks...
Help? LOL!
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Post by sherrylynne on Dec 25, 2010 11:10:10 GMT -5
Their bodies are built to both eat and digest bones As long as they can bite into it, they can eat it! It does take some practice for them to learn how to eat it, but she does need it. Mine adore their turkey necks! All I find the next morning are tiny bits of bone from the tough, middle section of the vertebrae. Duck necks, they aren't as fond of, but then they aren't as fond of duck as I would like. They'll eat it, but somewhat reluctantly.
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B3@N!
Gnawing on bones
Ben & Cassiel
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Post by B3@N! on Dec 25, 2010 14:31:34 GMT -5
Where did you find your turkey necks?
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Post by bluemoose on Dec 25, 2010 14:54:42 GMT -5
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Post by mjohn143 on Dec 25, 2010 15:42:43 GMT -5
I was worried turkey necks were too hard bc I got some from the grocery and the bones were so hard to break up.
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Post by sherrylynne on Dec 25, 2010 17:30:01 GMT -5
I get mine from the raw feeding pet store I frequent. And while, yes, they are hard to break up, remember how strong a ferret's jaws are. I remember reading they have the proportional strength of a medium sized dog.
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