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Post by katt on Jan 13, 2011 2:15:13 GMT -5
Comparison of feed preferences and digestion of three different commercial diets for cats and ferrets Attachments:
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Post by Heather on Jan 13, 2011 3:23:11 GMT -5
I think what I found fascinating was that they discovered that the kibble wouldn't support jills with kits or pups as they called them. Their conclusion was the lack of carbs....not the fact that they had changed the composition of the food by cooking most of the nutrients out of it and then adding them as they thought they would feed a cat. It does go to show that most dried kibbles made for cats will not optimumly feed a ferret. It will maintain a ferret but not optimumly sustain either growing kits or jills supporting kits.
ciao
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Post by katt on Jan 13, 2011 4:35:51 GMT -5
I think what I found fascinating was that they discovered that the kibble wouldn't support jills with kits or pups as they called them. Their conclusion was the lack of carbs....not the fact that they had changed the composition of the food by cooking most of the nutrients out of it and then adding them as they thought they would feed a cat. It does go to show that most dried kibbles made for cats will not optimumly feed a ferret. It will maintain a ferret but not optimumly sustain either growing kits or jills supporting kits. ciao Yeah I hope they do more experiments (I think...  ) to find that it's NOT the carbs they needed but the protein. lol I hate to advocate animal research, but I feel like a few Well Conducted scientific studies could really help in convincing people of the truth behind a raw diet. Then again, some people just don't care either way and will be stuck in their beliefs regardless. *sigh* |
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Post by Heather on Jan 13, 2011 16:01:26 GMT -5
I got thinking about this last night. I have to wonder (now I don't have any degrees or even scientific diplomas, no chem or biology so I might be totally out there) if by cooking the meats to the degree that they do that there is so little nutritional value left that can actually be used. I know that we advocate meat only kibbles but I'm wondering if there is so little usable nutritional value to kibble that the carbs are necessary to cover nutritional needs at certain stages (kit and pregnant and nursing jills). I'm not saying all the time, and I really honestly believe that ferrets have little use for carbs from plant matter. I know that in my studies that a breeding jill should have certain nutritional needs met for about a year prior to getting pregnant and for a year after so that she can be in optimal shape to produce the best quality kits and to sustain them in a healthy manner. I wonder if the kibbles without any carbs or very few cannot sustain them because there are components that are necessary but are cooked out when the kibble is created These components are readily available in fresh meats and blood but once dried cannot be used by the body and therefore is just waste?? ciao |
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