Rats for food??

[fergie 0]

Has anyone thought of using rats or mice for food as these would have more nutrion than a day old chick just a though as when i cept snakes a rat or mouse is like a complete meal every thing the snake needs

 

Before anyone mentions it i'm talking of the rats/mice bred and killed for pet food not poisened or trapped

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Would that be cost effective, mate? Or do ye breed ye own rodents, en masse?

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Has anyone thought of using rats or mice for food as these would have more nutrion than a day old chick just a though as when i cept snakes a rat or mouse is like a complete meal every thing the snake needs

 

Before anyone mentions it i'm talking of the rats/mice bred and killed for pet food not poisened or trapped

Not being cheeky here at all, but if you work the ferret(s), then you should have any ammount of their natural food source RABBITS, why buy rats?

Just wap the puddin's out and hey presto! Ferret food!

[fergie 0]

to be honest i don't know i use to breed my own but no longer.

i was thinking more on the nutrition side also would they eat them?? as i know a lot don't eat crows ect

 

to be honest i usualy have enough pigeon,rabbit or phesant i mainly feed dry food in the summer months though

although i do buy chicken wings in bulk very cheap

[Lilyferret 0]

I buy mice for my ferrets. Got an older jill with some health issues at the moment, and she's eating 2 or 3 every night

 

They are expensive though, so the other ferrets only get 3 or 4 a week each

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Breed rabbits?

[fergie 0]

Breed rabbits?

??????? I use to breed mice for my snakes

 

As for working them yes I do, Ii also shoot enough to keep my ferrets in food it was out of curiosity as i was reading about members feeding day old chicks

[Lilyferret 0]

Breed rabbits?

Nowhere to keep them.

[gnipper 6,755]

Feck buying them for ferrets at the price they are in shops. I've recently got a snake again and i've set up two tanks of mice and one of rats, what I don't use myself will be either used by mates or sold to pet shops but theres no way i'd bother giving mice to a ferret. An adult frozen mouse is going to cost roughly a pound from a pet shop and if you have a hob who could eat say 5 a day thats a pretty expensive diet even compared to James Wellberobbed.

Shoot/catch woodies, squirrels or rabbits or ask at chicken farms for any culls (not day olds, the meatier older ones), theres always something dead and edible knocking around when you look. When i've been short of ferret food a quick nocturnal drive around the country lanes can produce the goods.

[Guest bigredbusa]

i used to breed rats for my indian and royal , problem i found was they kept eating each other . plus a couple escaped on the farm i lived on at the time and a few black and white wild ones started to appear. ooops

[samba 534]

MY MATE WHO RUNS A PACK OF TERRIERS FOR RATTING WITH FERRETS

ALWAYS TAKES SOME HOME TO FEED THE FERRETS

AND AS HE HUNTS AT A FARM WEEKLY HE ALWAYS AS A SUPPLY

[Guest timeout]

just been reading a plummer book,where he feeds his ferrets rats.Personally its not for me i cant stand them

[Guest bigredbusa]

you read a plummer book ???? why would you do such a silly thing

[Guest timeout]

lol@bigred I know exactly what you are thinking.I had his books when i was a teen and have just started collecting them again.Only as i find them entertaining lol

I met him once and got a letter from him harmless and could tale a tale

[Coneytrappr 30]

It's easy enough to raise mice for ferret food. Use a 'harem' system to get your numbers up quickly.

 

Buy several large storage tubs , stock each with 4-5 females [or more if you so wish] and keep one male to breed the lot of them. Replace the lid with small wire mesh for ventilation and keep food and water available...

 

Mice make for great ferret food and whilst I don't feed mine soley on mice [rabbit for the most part] they do appreciate the change up.