These foods ok for them to live on?

[theslave]

I am so hooked on raw/whole prey now its just mad

I am still figuring out the whole balance thing (although, I know I have it right with my diet now! =D ) but was wondering if these things were ok for the "base" of the diet?:

Mice/Rats
Quail
Juvenille chicken (all of it, )
Rabbit

Then every other day or so:

Minced meat
Tripe (not the crappy stuff, I have found a good place to get it and the ferts love it!)
Poultry necks
DOC (day-old-chick)
Phesant
Pigeon
Sparrows, starling etc

I am thinking about breeding the base diets at home to make sure they have a GOOD life before being killed and hopefully save some money

[Forum Administrator]

Yes Mice and rats make a good "base" just be sure you are feeding mostly adults with some younger mice/rats (pinky, fuzzy, hopper) and older adults (x-large mice, medium-large rats) thrown in for variety.

The older you can get the quail the better Younger quail is kind of low in calcium.

But other then that, all looks good

[theslave]

Thanks! , the quail will probably be 10-18 months if I decide to breed them myself, and then everynow and again they will get some hatchlings and babys as a treat.

[Forum Administrator]

Sounds perfect

[buzzonesbirdie]

Your ferrets have it good.

And yes that is a good diet.