food at 9 week

[lurche 48]

what and how often would you feed a 9 week old kit

just picked her up yesturday fed her a small amount of dry ferret complete and some chicken 3 times today and seems starved each time even though she was only finishing off the last piece about an hour before i put the next lot in,is it possible to over feed or will they just eat what they want to and leave the rest.

also is soya milk any use to them or no good as an alternative to lactose free milk or just water

atb

[Tug 168]

Free feed, same as you would an adult. Kit will eat more as they are growing still...

[patterdalejoel 669]

as much rabbit and chicken as they can eat i what i fed, they loved a fresh carcass to tear into, no need to feed several times a day like a puppy i dont feel, just make sure the food isnt going rank so dont give to much

[lurche 48]

just bung a leg in and remove the next mornin then,do you use any dry or just fresh

[charlie nelly1 142]

just fresh meat mate, you'll soon start to learn how much she eats in a day, and as metioned above make that you dont put too much fodder in as it will soon go smelly!

[lurche 48]

haha i learnt that with the older jill a couple of weeks ago when i threw a leg in every day for a week and didnt think to check the bedding area she had a pile of chicken in her bed

was just lucky the weather been crap otherwise could of been a bit of a mess.wont do that again.

any comments on the soya?

[patterdalejoel 669]

never used dry food, meat more natural and cheaper (free) in my eyes, don't think its needed as if with careful planning you can freeze portion big or small enough that you can defrost everyday. never used soya don't think its needed, don't have it in the wild, mine had meat from day one and i have a jill people mistake for a hob, so it wont stop their growth by not giving it to them. good luck.

[lurche 48]

never used dry food, meat more natural and cheaper (free) in my eyes, don't think its needed as if with careful planning you can freeze portion big or small enough that you can defrost everyday. never used soya don't think its needed, don't have it in the wild, mine had meat from day one and i have a jill people mistake for a hob, so it wont stop their growth by not giving it to them. good luck.

 

dog is raw fed so dont know why i bought dry for ferret just did it as new to them, think it will be all meat from now on .used dry as i thought they eat little and often so its there as extra if they run out of meat but im in there a few times a day so its not like i wouldnt notice if they needed feeding.

[The one 8,598]

Pump it into her just now mate shes got all her growing to do .i feed them fresh meat and water as they will never catch up if you stint on them just now