Feeding Ferret

[sam007 34]

Hi guys

I have decided to feed dry food through out the summer

I normally feed minced chicken with chicks for a change

but I always have dry cat food as a supplement

Normally they dig out a large percentage of the dry food

onto the floor which they then decide to eat but there is

always some left in the shavings which gets wasted

That is OK with cheap cat biscuit but expensive ferret food

is different.

My question is has anybody else got the problem and if so

how did they solve it ? what dish, container etc.

Cheers

Sam

[joe14 98]

Yea I find this happens with young ferrets. They seem to grow out of it.

Mine just have big ceramic dog bowl.s..sometimes they like to stand in the bowl and crunch away theyve got one for water aaswell. All other bowls they would tip up.

[norseman 424]

mine done the same, when their was food on the floor I would skip filling the bowl or hold off, they soon cleared it up

[The one 8,393]

Mine where the same seemed to show no interest in the dry grub but took great delight in tipping the bowls over seen them spend ten minutes trying to dig under a heavy bowl and the dry would lie in the shavings on the floor for two days and they still wouldn't touch it , easy to feed meat to them now all year with a wee bit of extra work in the summer

[krawnden 1,036]

I have a 2 tiered cage. Bottom tier has shavings for where they shite and a separate sleeping area. Top floor I don't put shavings down, and that's where the food bowl is and the water bottles. So if they tip stuff out it can't get lost in amongst the shavings.

[bobcullen79 1,495]

I have this problem, even my older jills do it from time to time. Im still thinking an idea through, Some 3 inch waste pipe with a 180` bend on the end, so its gravity fed. Idea being with a smaller bowl, and added weight from stored food higher than the edge of the bowl will make harder to dig in, aswell as keeping the moisture out a little. See a bigger homemade one for chicken food.

 

Google homemade pvc pipe chicken feeders, some awsome ones, just downsize..

[nessarose 13]

I use a metal chicken coop bowl, that fixes on the wire,they come in various sizes,don't stop our big ferret digging the food out

but stops him chucking it down the bottom tier

[johnny boy68 11,725]

Hi guys

I have decided to feed dry food through out the summer

I normally feed minced chicken with chicks for a change

but I always have dry cat food as a supplement

Normally they dig out a large percentage of the dry food

onto the floor which they then decide to eat but there is

always some left in the shavings which gets wasted

That is OK with cheap cat biscuit but expensive ferret food

is different.

My question is has anybody else got the problem and if so

how did they solve it ? what dish, container etc.

Cheers

Sam

YOu could try one of these.

[sam007 34]

 

Hi guys

I have decided to feed dry food through out the summer

I normally feed minced chicken with chicks for a change

but I always have dry cat food as a supplement

Normally they dig out a large percentage of the dry food

onto the floor which they then decide to eat but there is

always some left in the shavings which gets wasted

That is OK with cheap cat biscuit but expensive ferret food

is different.

My question is has anybody else got the problem and if so

how did they solve it ? what dish, container etc.

Cheers

Sam

YOu could try one of these.

 

Thanks for the replies

I spent this morning making a feeder out of a down pipe into which I drilled

3cm holes closed off the ends It looked the dogs b###### I fitted it in the court with in 5 secs the

jills were using it as tunnel in and out of ther holes great fun, all the food was on the floor, scratch another idea

Johnny where did you find that dispencer

Sam

[johnny boy68 11,725]

 

 

Hi guys

I have decided to feed dry food through out the summer

I normally feed minced chicken with chicks for a change

but I always have dry cat food as a supplement

Normally they dig out a large percentage of the dry food

onto the floor which they then decide to eat but there is

always some left in the shavings which gets wasted

That is OK with cheap cat biscuit but expensive ferret food

is different.

My question is has anybody else got the problem and if so

how did they solve it ? what dish, container etc.

Cheers

Sam

YOu could try one of these.

 

Thanks for the replies

I spent this morning making a feeder out of a down pipe into which I drilled

3cm holes closed off the ends It looked the dogs b###### I fitted it in the court with in 5 secs the

jills were using it as tunnel in and out of ther holes great fun, all the food was on the floor, scratch another idea

Johnny where did you find that dispencer

Sam

 

Theres loads of different ones on the web, do a search for gravity bin feeder.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/7691104499050526258?q=super+pet+gravity+bin+feeder&client=firefox-a&hs=s3r&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.64125504,d.ZG4,pv.xjs.s.en_US.1ipquFBLRi8.O&biw=1266&bih=865&tch=1&ech=1&psi=h71CU9GhKpOBhAfk1IGoBg.1396882813729.3&ei=7r1CU7aFH4iRhQfz44DIBA&ved=0CD8QpiswAA

[sam007 34]

 

 

 

Hi guys

I have decided to feed dry food through out the summer

I normally feed minced chicken with chicks for a change

but I always have dry cat food as a supplement

Normally they dig out a large percentage of the dry food

onto the floor which they then decide to eat but there is

always some left in the shavings which gets wasted

That is OK with cheap cat biscuit but expensive ferret food

is different.

My question is has anybody else got the problem and if so

how did they solve it ? what dish, container etc.

Cheers

Sam

 

YOu could try one of these.

Thanks for the replies

I spent this morning making a feeder out of a down pipe into which I drilled

3cm holes closed off the ends It looked the dogs b###### I fitted it in the court with in 5 secs the

jills were using it as tunnel in and out of ther holes great fun, all the food was on the floor, scratch another idea

Johnny where did you find that dispencer

Sam

Theres loads of different ones on the web, do a search for gravity bin feeder.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/7691104499050526258?q=super+pet+gravity+bin+feeder&client=firefox-a&hs=s3r&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.64125504,d.ZG4,pv.xjs.s.en_US.1ipquFBLRi8.O&biw=1266&bih=865&tch=1&ech=1&psi=h71CU9GhKpOBhAfk1IGoBg.1396882813729.3&ei=7r1CU7aFH4iRhQfz44DIBA&ved=0CD8QpiswAA

Found the dispencers in America ordered 3 so will wait

Until they arrive and try them out

Sam

[onthehunt 40]

 

Hi guys

I have decided to feed dry food through out the summer

I normally feed minced chicken with chicks for a change

but I always have dry cat food as a supplement

Normally they dig out a large percentage of the dry food

onto the floor which they then decide to eat but there is

always some left in the shavings which gets wasted

That is OK with cheap cat biscuit but expensive ferret food

is different.

My question is has anybody else got the problem and if so

how did they solve it ? what dish, container etc.

Cheers

Sam

YOu could try one of these.

 

Woah that thing is fooking ugly!! it would completely cramp the style of my hutches

[The Bunny Basher 6]

buy a ceramic cone shaped spaniel water bowl the design is based on the length of a spaniels ears and stops them from hanging in the water while they drink, i dont use them as only feed raw but a mate does and he has vertually no food waste worth a try and you can get them from most petshops.