Good Cheap Food For Ferrets

[Ferret kent 12g 17]

Hi all, I'v got two Jill's and I go shooting every weekend so they get the odd pigeon and rabbit but what dry foods are good but cheap ?

Thanks

[Magwitch 687]

Local farm shop does unbranded dry ferret food for £18 a sack which normally lasts me most of the summer, feed them raw food late evenings and take out whats left in the morning and not too much....................

[The one 8,396]

For the price of dry grub i would buy chicken carcasses and feed as late at night as possible

[joe14 98]

alpha ferret food is cheap

http://www.pet-supermarket.co.uk/Products/HB0090/alpha-ferret-feast-food

 

I also use this and i think its a good price for 8kg and its a good food.

http://www.pet-supermarket.co.uk/Products/HB1336/burgess-supa-ferret-buffet

 

 

 

I use tesco value mince, chicken livers (40p a tub frozen section) chicken wings cut up into 3 and then put em into bags and in the freezer.

[GreyRake 108]

Maybe not as cheap as Joes suggestions but pets at homes nuggets has reasonably good ratings and isn't too costly, about 7 pound for 2kg, gets cheaper the more you buy. My two wont eat more than 2kg in a month. Personally i buy loads of brands and just give them a mix to keep it interesting.

[Ferret kent 12g 17]

I'v got them a brand called Selective, it's £9 for a 2kg bag but I have a pets at home store cross the road from me so only a walk away.

 

Is pets at home ferret food good then ?

[GreyRake 108]

Yeah selectives quite expensive. Only herd good things about P@H nuggets, I'd put it on par with JWB, just cheaper, and doesn't stain teeth like JWB is said to.

 

Top end quality is things like selective and vitalin, but you do pay for it.

 

Middle would be JWB and P@H

 

Chudleys is cheap but has poor ratings.

[ferrety f 23]

I use this as my main and get other brands to mix in http://www.feedem.co.uk/small-animal-c129/ferret-food-c147/dr-john-m187

 

personally i would not use p@h has poor quality ingredients unless its changed in the last year

[GreyRake 108]

I think the ingredients in P@H has changed, 2011. Your not wrong though, it wasn't the best feed at the time and the packaging also compared ferrets to rodents in that the teeth need to be kept short. This was also rectified in 2011.

[Magwitch 687]

the local farm shop sells unbranded for £18 and is 15 kgs..............

[Ferret kent 12g 17]

Ok but what about cat food any good or just stay with ferret food ?

 

Thanks for all your comments

[patterdalejoel 669]

crows

[Giro 2,648]

I good time of year for them.. with flapppers - Brachers..

 

Dirty tho full of lice, I would freeze them first.. Had a bag full once whole bag was moving

Edited May 13, 2013 by Giro

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

sliced pigs heart,chicken livers,kidneys-70-80p from super market-the odd rabbit,woody-feed 9/10 o cock evening

[joe14 98]

Ok but what about cat food any good or just stay with ferret food ?

 

Thanks for all your comments

No, dont feed cat food to ferrets especially if you mean wet cat meat its full of jelly shite and they cant digest it.

If you're already feeding them dry, give them raw chicken wings on a night the bones are great at cleaning their teeth.