feeding kits 'dry' food

[masmiffy 82]

My 9 kits are now 4 weeks and having a good go at any meat given to them by the jill.

With the weather being so warm theres lots of flies about.

I usually feed them late evening and remove unwanted carcase in the mornings.

The question is does anyone feed dry food damped down to a paste to their kits?

Guess it should be OK?

[skycat 6,174]

I prefer not to: whole carcase rabbits and pigeons etc is the best and most natural way to feed: observe the ferrets' shit when they are fed dry food, whether dampened or not and its a lot sloppier and smellier. Yes, its is a good standby if you run out of 'real' food but I wouldn't feed it all the time through choice.

 

Make sure your hutch/court is well shaded during the day: hang white towels or sheets a few inches away from the mesh to deter flies and cut the heat of the sun and feed meat little and often over a 24 hour period so that left overs don't attract the flies.

[howler 0]

yeah that should work ,i give mine cat biscuits with a little warm water in them to soften them ,,they love it ,,,jas

[Malt 379]

I'd persevere with the meat TBH. I feed last thing at night, then take out any left overs in the morning.

[Kay 3,709]

I would stick to the meat , i dont think they thrive on dry stuff

[masmiffy 82]

'Make sure your hutch/court is well shaded during the day: hang white towels or sheets a few inches away from the mesh to deter flies and cut the heat of the sun'

 

Have moved the hutch to the shade since we got the warm weather and hang up a damp towel and my old fishing brolly to keep what sun does get to em off!

 

 

'feed meat little and often over a 24 hour period so that left overs don't attract the flies.'

 

Great advice skycat if you dont work 9 - 5!!

Wish I didnt have to!

What about us working peeps!

[The one 8,612]

I reckon ferret kitt's get a better start if there feed on meat but if you water down the dry stuff watch it doesn't get stuck in the top of there mouths

[Cold Ethyl 63]

Could you maybe try a fly trap like a jar with something sweet in it to get them in there instead and then dispose of the jar with the flies in.

[skycat 6,174]

Could you maybe try a fly trap like a jar with something sweet in it to get them in there instead and then dispose of the jar with the flies in.

 

A friend in pest control gave me some fly traps last year: They're like a plastic funnel shaped bag with some preparation in the bottom which smells a bit tasty: you fill the bag with water and put on the lid that somes with it which is a disc with little holes round the sides (difficult to describe) but the flies/blue bottles/wasps etc crawl in through the holes and eventually drown in the liquid as they can't find their way back out.

 

It worked brilliantly and within a couple of weeks I had caught over a kilo in weight of buzzy things: then you throw the whole lot in the bin and start again!

Edited June 2, 2009 by skycat

[howler 0]

good thinkin cold ethyl

[The one 8,612]

name='skycat' date='Jun 2 2009, 09:51 AM' post='1082098']

name='Cold Ethyl' post='1081977' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:15 AM']Could you maybe try a fly trap like a jar with something sweet in it to get them in there instead and then dispose of the jar with the flies in

 

A friend in pest control gave me some fly traps last year: They're like a plastic funnel shaped bag with some preparation in the bottom which smells a bit tasty: you fill the bag with water and put on the lid that somes with it which is a disc with little holes round the sides (difficult to describe) but the flies/blue bottles/wasps etc crawl in through the holes and eventually drown in the liquid as they can't find their way back out.

 

It worked brilliantly and within a couple of weeks I had caught over a kilo in weight of buzzy things: then you throw the whole lot in the bin and start again!

 

 

Sound like Sterling fly bags from Killgerm thats what i use

[stealthy1 3,964]

All I do is feed half a full grown rabbit in the morning, half at night, more if they need it, but I have found that if you chop the rabbit up with an axe into chunks, normally with in a couple of hours they've eaten it, by the time the flys catch on there's only the toe nails left.

[Cold Ethyl 63]

I might need to use that one myself lol.My hutch is out front where neighbours can see it so need to make sure its not becoming a problem or the council will winge again.Need to give them a clean today fecking hob moved the litter tray and crapped behined it not like him.

[howler 0]

dont you know that males cant aim properly ,,maybe that goes with all species ,,jas

[Cold Ethyl 63]

PMSL never thought of it like that lol maybe i should start shouting at him over it like i do my son :wacko: fed up telling the boy if u miss wipe it up