Post by mustelidmusk on Jun 29, 2008 15:37:51 GMT -5
Pedialyte -
I usually have pedialyte around the house either in ice cube form or in bottle. I give this to them periodically in soup to make sure they won't reject their soup. The pedialyte expires, even in the bottle, so rather than throwing it out, I use it up just so they can practice on their pedialyte soup!
(my last set of brats liked pedialyte plain! But this set of brats doesn't even like it in their soup unless they get it periodically)
If your kid's don't have watery diarrhea, pinch(scruff) the skin on the back of the neck to see if they seem dehydrated. If not, you don't NEED to start getting them to try pedialyte right away. But if you want to start prepping them for "rehab soup", starting them during food transition isn't a bad thing since they'll be getting some loose stool here and there as they adjust to raw and different meats. The pedialyte will keep them nice and hydrated (ensures no stress on the organs from dehydration). Again, no rush here unless your kids seem dehydrated from the runs.
I live in a dry climate, so it's easier to get dehydrated.
Again, there i no real need to give them padialyte periodically unless they hate it in their soup like my kids do. Then you might want to give it to them in soup every once in a while so they'll continue to eat it!!!
Does that make sense???
Egg shells - grinding them up is easy - if I'm dong 1 or 2, I just put them in a bowl. smash them up with the bak of a spoon, then crumble them a bit more between my fingers. If I save them up an/or make breakfast (about 6+ eggs), I put them in my small food procesor, which holds about 2 cups of ingredients onl. as spice grinder (manual or electric would work as well). No real magic here. You'll know if the pieces arof shell need to be smaller since your kids see your kids doing wierd extra chewing to try to move a piece of shell stuck to the inside of his cheek or tongue! Since the shells are flat, they get stuck in annoying places because the saliva seems to "glue" them down flat to the skin - just like a popcorn hull!!!
carrying sacks -
ONE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER....FERRETS OVERHEAT VERY EASILY. 80 degree weather can kill a ferret. being in a sack in hot weather is not a good thing, So, if you do this in warmer weather - do it for very short periods of time, check on your ferret often, and if your ferret seems tired or inactive, take him outimmediately and check on him to make sure he's OK. If it's warmer out, I put my ferrets in the sack one at a time, and I only do this when they're really perky/active. This way, if they seem to start to get tired/quiet, I stop doing this just to make sure they don't overheat. My husband accidentally overheated our old boy one time in the sack. He didn't overheat badly, but it really scared us!
it's good to be able to zip the ferret up completely...but it's also good to be able to put a harness on your ferret and connect the harness to the inside of the sack so your fuzzy can poke his head out but not fall out and get hurt. Some sacks have a short leash attached on the inside of the sack for this.
This is the one that I got....my current brats unzip everything so it's not secure unless you're paying attention. (My Shaman requires a regular hard-sided carrier since he rips out o fEVERYTHING.
www.ferret.com/item/marshall-front-pack-w--front-mesh-vent/
They have these at PetCo and I think sometimes pesamart so you can check them out before buying. I had to modify the straps on mine If you criss-cross the strap across your back, the sack is more secure.
Ther are probably different sacks out there - yu may want to check the web and/or ebay.
-jennifer
I usually have pedialyte around the house either in ice cube form or in bottle. I give this to them periodically in soup to make sure they won't reject their soup. The pedialyte expires, even in the bottle, so rather than throwing it out, I use it up just so they can practice on their pedialyte soup!
(my last set of brats liked pedialyte plain! But this set of brats doesn't even like it in their soup unless they get it periodically)
If your kid's don't have watery diarrhea, pinch(scruff) the skin on the back of the neck to see if they seem dehydrated. If not, you don't NEED to start getting them to try pedialyte right away. But if you want to start prepping them for "rehab soup", starting them during food transition isn't a bad thing since they'll be getting some loose stool here and there as they adjust to raw and different meats. The pedialyte will keep them nice and hydrated (ensures no stress on the organs from dehydration). Again, no rush here unless your kids seem dehydrated from the runs.
I live in a dry climate, so it's easier to get dehydrated.
Again, there i no real need to give them padialyte periodically unless they hate it in their soup like my kids do. Then you might want to give it to them in soup every once in a while so they'll continue to eat it!!!
Does that make sense???
Egg shells - grinding them up is easy - if I'm dong 1 or 2, I just put them in a bowl. smash them up with the bak of a spoon, then crumble them a bit more between my fingers. If I save them up an/or make breakfast (about 6+ eggs), I put them in my small food procesor, which holds about 2 cups of ingredients onl. as spice grinder (manual or electric would work as well). No real magic here. You'll know if the pieces arof shell need to be smaller since your kids see your kids doing wierd extra chewing to try to move a piece of shell stuck to the inside of his cheek or tongue! Since the shells are flat, they get stuck in annoying places because the saliva seems to "glue" them down flat to the skin - just like a popcorn hull!!!
carrying sacks -
ONE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER....FERRETS OVERHEAT VERY EASILY. 80 degree weather can kill a ferret. being in a sack in hot weather is not a good thing, So, if you do this in warmer weather - do it for very short periods of time, check on your ferret often, and if your ferret seems tired or inactive, take him outimmediately and check on him to make sure he's OK. If it's warmer out, I put my ferrets in the sack one at a time, and I only do this when they're really perky/active. This way, if they seem to start to get tired/quiet, I stop doing this just to make sure they don't overheat. My husband accidentally overheated our old boy one time in the sack. He didn't overheat badly, but it really scared us!
it's good to be able to zip the ferret up completely...but it's also good to be able to put a harness on your ferret and connect the harness to the inside of the sack so your fuzzy can poke his head out but not fall out and get hurt. Some sacks have a short leash attached on the inside of the sack for this.
This is the one that I got....my current brats unzip everything so it's not secure unless you're paying attention. (My Shaman requires a regular hard-sided carrier since he rips out o fEVERYTHING.
www.ferret.com/item/marshall-front-pack-w--front-mesh-vent/
They have these at PetCo and I think sometimes pesamart so you can check them out before buying. I had to modify the straps on mine If you criss-cross the strap across your back, the sack is more secure.
Ther are probably different sacks out there - yu may want to check the web and/or ebay.
-jennifer
...most of what we are doing now is to get them used to diff smells, tastes, etc.
I cut the wing in three pieces. He stripped it to the bone. I could hear him munching on the bone and is carrying it around in the cage but hasn't actually eaten it.
