Post by trippyferret on Jan 7, 2011 17:28:11 GMT -5
Some of you might remember me, some of you may not. But after taking a long break from most of my ferret forums, I have returned! And I'm also ready to get some good help and advice because we are making the switch. 
My name is Morgan, and I have four ferrets.
Salem, from Marshall Farms, age 7.
Gwendolyn, from Marshall Farms, age 3.
Evelyn, from Marshall Farms, age 2.
Bomber, from GFX Ferretry, age 2.
I have owned ferrets for about 7 years now, and recently lost my boy Daemeon to insulinoma in October. He was 6 1/2 and we made the hard decision to put him to sleep. After witnessing all that he went through, how he declined, and eventually losing him, I made the decision that I am actually going to do it this time: put them on raw! We feed grain-free kibbles, but I want to take that extra step and give them the best.
So far, we have not made a lot of progress. Bomber and Evie have taken to eating most raw, but Salem and Gwen are giving me problems. We started with ground chicken coated in salmon oil. That went pretty well, so we progressed to tiny fingernail-sized pieces of chicken breast. They eat it ok, but I can't get them to eat anything bigger, and they never seem to be very enthused about eating it. Last night I tried them on chicken heart and gizzard in teeny pieces, and that went quite well. Salem seemed to actually like the heart! We still can't do it sans salmon oil though.
Anyways, it is nice to be back, and to see some familiar faces. I will try to be more active again. Looking forward to getting enrolled in the mentor program.
My name is Morgan, and I have four ferrets.
Salem, from Marshall Farms, age 7.
Gwendolyn, from Marshall Farms, age 3.
Evelyn, from Marshall Farms, age 2.
Bomber, from GFX Ferretry, age 2.
I have owned ferrets for about 7 years now, and recently lost my boy Daemeon to insulinoma in October. He was 6 1/2 and we made the hard decision to put him to sleep. After witnessing all that he went through, how he declined, and eventually losing him, I made the decision that I am actually going to do it this time: put them on raw! We feed grain-free kibbles, but I want to take that extra step and give them the best.
So far, we have not made a lot of progress. Bomber and Evie have taken to eating most raw, but Salem and Gwen are giving me problems. We started with ground chicken coated in salmon oil. That went pretty well, so we progressed to tiny fingernail-sized pieces of chicken breast. They eat it ok, but I can't get them to eat anything bigger, and they never seem to be very enthused about eating it. Last night I tried them on chicken heart and gizzard in teeny pieces, and that went quite well. Salem seemed to actually like the heart! We still can't do it sans salmon oil though.
Anyways, it is nice to be back, and to see some familiar faces.
I will try to be more active again. Looking forward to getting enrolled in the mentor program. 
I can certainly understand your change of heart about making the switch one of your priorities. Please check out some of the actual mentoring switching threads, there is a lot of information there. You can't post to those threads in particular but it might give you some ideas about how to progress from where you are now. Also, ask questions, pick the brains of the people on board. There are quite a few who are in process right now and they can help by sharing their experiences with you. They also may have ideas that you haven't tried yet 
