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Got a rescue ferret the other day, good job the people contacted the rescue place as she was kept in quite a small cage in the house with no toys and a diet of cat biscuits. In fairness to the girl I got her from, she did admitt that she didn't know how to care for her and was pleased she was going somewhere she'd be looked after. She is 10 months old and is in season - she's just had the jill jab and when the swelling goes down she's going to be spayed :yes: . Ive tried her on raw meat but she seems to ignore it as if she isnt interested :icon_eek: so Ive had to put cat complete in her bowl which she seems to enjoy. I did put a mouse in this morning (Thanks to the cat for catching it :laugh: ) and she ate that almost immediately :yes: and I gave her some cooked beef that was left over from the dinner and she ate that too :hmm: I really want to feed her what she should be getting so that she gets the proper dietry requirements. Has anybody got any ideas? Oh, Im getting her another ferret very soon so she wont be on her own and Im hoping it brings her on a bit where eating is concerned. I also get her out of the hutch for at least two half hour periods a day and she just wants to be back in the safety of her hutch :hmm: Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Guest Lurchers2006

Just leave the food with her she will soon get hungry and eat it, I feed mine dry food in the summer because of flies then back to rabbit in the winter, just keep handling her and she will come round, at least shes not trying to take your fingers off :D:laugh:

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You're going the right way with mice, once she's eating those consistantly perhaps try her on a young rabbit and tempt her into eating larger game from there.

I have a couple of ex-pet ferrets and they had much the same problem, very wary of real food and not too keen to even try it. They certainly didn't want anything to do with fully grown rabbits, it must have been a bit daunting. But mice they could deal with, then small rabbits, then half grown rabbits, then fully grown rabbits and now they will eat whatever I put in there. :laugh:

She'll get used to being allowed out of her cage with time. Plenty of handling and she will be fine, keep at it.

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Thanks for all the helpful replies :D my cat is class , once again she has provided a mouse for the fert to eat :victory: Ive got some dried ferret food and Ive measured out 80g she seems to be eating a quarter of what is required for her age/ size. Maybe its just her getting used to her new environment? :hmm: She is very tame mind you. I guess its just going to take time and effort, both of which Im more than prepared to provide :yes: In the meantime, I'd like to try her on day old chicks but where on earth would i get them from? Again, thanks for the replies :thumbs-up:

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Stop the dried food altogether, i know it sounds cruel but she def wont eat whilst she is being fed it. I dont know what they put in the stuff but mine will leave fresh raw meat in favour of it.

As lurchers said, put raw meat only in, she will eat it when she is hungry ;)

MOLL.

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Stop the dried food altogether, i know it sounds cruel but she def wont eat whilst she is being fed it. I dont know what they put in the stuff but mine will leave fresh raw meat in favour of it.

As lurchers said, put raw meat only in, she will eat it when she is hungry ;)

MOLL.

Thanks MOLL, Ive found a place in Heaton that does day old chicks and mice.

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Im going to try her on those and throw out the dried food which she hasn't touched today, when i finish my night shift I might get home to another mouse on the doorstep (Nice present off the cat :laugh: )

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