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Post by josiesmom on Jan 19, 2011 22:20:45 GMT -5
certainly some form is better than nonem but Ilve located high percentages of chicken hearts in Gizzard/hearts packages from Tyson brand chicken. Perdue hardly ever puts hearts s almost all gizzards. But still gizzards ARE dark meat muscles, so are likely to have more taurine than say wing meat or breast meat. OPride of the Farm" brand ( from PUBLIX) offers Turkey hearts in 1 pound tubs. I'll either pick up all tubs from their freezer bin, or if the bin is empt will have them order me a case of twelve. Wonder if they offer direct purchse from their site? If they have a site. Personally am leery of "pills" of any sort. Especially when raw suits them best. Another option might be to get a pork or beef heart and cut it up into chicken heart sized pieces. But don't forget that Taurine is available from ANY dark meat. Cheers Kim
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Post by goingpostal on Jan 19, 2011 22:38:41 GMT -5
My grocery store doesn't sell just heart and the gizzard packages seem to vary greatly, my last one didn't have anything but gizzards, some have other organs. I plan to ask the butcher about getting some beefheart and or just chicken/turkey heart but figured better have some taurine on hand anyways.
However, I am planning on feeding whole prey 3-4 days a week and various meat the other days. Would supplementation be needed in this case? I'm sure they will be getting gizzards at least once a week.
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Post by josiesmom on Jan 19, 2011 23:06:19 GMT -5
IMO whole prey is ideal. Fresh whole prey being a step above frozen. But that isn't for everyone. I see no issues with gizzards several times a week. Especially if hearts are scatce. I'd offer them some sort of boney item too of course. Or pulverize a cuttlefish noe and dredge the gizzard through the cuttlefish powder. Another good source of calcium is to boil egg shells then pulverize these into a powder and dust the meaty item. Boiling the shells allows the calcium and phosphorous to assimilate properly ( according to Bob Church). People tend to think of mostly calcium when they think of bones, but bones are asource of phosphorous, zinc, magnesium and many more trace minerals. If you supplement the ratios get out of whack. But offered whole and raw the ferret's system uses what it needs in the ratios it needs.
Cheers, Kim
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Post by mjohn143 on Jan 20, 2011 9:50:44 GMT -5
Plus some people don't have time to get fresh meat every day. I have a full time job and am a full time student at a university soooo I make about a week or two worth of food in advanced and freeze it, and I have been told meats loose their taurine when frozen. Plus I've been to the grocery store to get tysons hearts and gizzards and they've been frozen from shipping. So, how long does it take frozen meat to loose taurine? I want to make sure they're getting enough, esp after reading ab taurine deficiency...scary. If I could give them fresh everyday I would... but its just not possible.
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