Kibble

[FerretJamie 0]

Hi All,

 

Just wondering what you all feed you ferrets (dry food)?

 

At the moment, I feed Chudleys Kibble.

 

Cheers,

Jamie

[Malt 379]

Meat, meat, meat & more meat. That's what I feed mine. The only time I have put dry in, is when my jill was nursing kits, and then it was only the ferret nuggets they sold at pets at home, stunk like fish food!

[Scuzy 1]

Dry food is total shit in my opinion, Whole animals only or even better get them out to go face to face with some rabbits!

 

Luke.

[ferreterni 29]

I use redmill racer, for all my dogs, lurchers and terriers. Would rather feed barf, but not able too. After trying different brands redmill is best for me. £11 a bag, and does juat under a fortnight for 4 dogs. 1 lurcher, 1 terrierxspaniel, 1 collie, and 1 jrt.

 

I also use a lot of veg when I can, and when roasting meat will throw a few cloves of garlic and onions in roasting tin with veg, then add stock cook down and let food soak in that before feeding, do that couple times a week. Garlic good for em.

[JoseiesMom 0]

I also use a lot of veg when I can, and when roasting meat will throw a few cloves of garlic and onions in roasting tin with veg, then add stock cook down and let food soak in that before feeding, do that couple times a week. Garlic good for em.

 

OH dear! I surely wouldn't want to be in the same vehicle with your dogs! can't even imagine the smell they must make! :sick:

 

Dogs might be able to handle garlic and onions- but vegetables aren't good selections for ferrets and garlic can cause anemia.

 

I have to agree that a natural diet of whole prey is best for the ferrets and if you can't do that raw meaty bones - don't have to be minced- the ferret's teeth do a fine job!

 

Cheers,

Kim

[droid 11]

garlic can cause anemia.

 

That's a new one on me.

 

How exactly does Garlic do that then?

I know onions are meant to be bad for them.

[stubby 175]

I use redmill racer, for all my dogs, lurchers and terriers. Would rather feed barf, but not able too. After trying different brands redmill is best for me. £11 a bag, and does juat under a fortnight for 4 dogs. 1 lurcher, 1 terrierxspaniel, 1 collie, and 1 jrt.

 

I also use a lot of veg when I can, and when roasting meat will throw a few cloves of garlic and onions in roasting tin with veg, then add stock cook down and let food soak in that before feeding, do that couple times a week. Garlic good for em.

 

are we getting mixed up here people, the top of page post relates to FERRETS, yet above quote is feeding dogs, which then josiesmom is thinking the poster is feeding veg and garlic to ferrets

I also use a lot of veg when I can, and when roasting meat will throw a few cloves of garlic and onions in roasting tin with veg, then add stock cook down and let food soak in that before feeding, do that couple times a week. Garlic good for em.

 

OH dear! I surely wouldn't want to be in the same vehicle with your dogs! can't even imagine the smell they must make! :sick:

 

Dogs might be able to handle garlic and onions- but vegetables aren't good selections for ferrets and garlic can cause anemia.

 

I have to agree that a natural diet of whole prey is best for the ferrets and if you can't do that raw meaty bones - don't have to be minced- the ferret's teeth do a fine job!

 

Cheers,

Kim

[sue 1]

my ferrets have fresh meat every day but they also have dried ,I use chudleys only because of the shape as one of my old ferrets gets the star shaped biscuits stuck in the roof of her mouth .There are several different brands out on the market so its all down to preference

[ferreterni 29]

I use redmill racer, for all my dogs, lurchers and terriers. Would rather feed barf, but not able too. After trying different brands redmill is best for me. £11 a bag, and does juat under a fortnight for 4 dogs. 1 lurcher, 1 terrierxspaniel, 1 collie, and 1 jrt.

 

I also use a lot of veg when I can, and when roasting meat will throw a few cloves of garlic and onions in roasting tin with veg, then add stock cook down and let food soak in that before feeding, do that couple times a week. Garlic good for em.

 

are we getting mixed up here people, the top of page post relates to FERRETS, yet above quote is feeding dogs, which then josiesmom is thinking the poster is feeding veg and garlic to ferrets

I also use a lot of veg when I can, and when roasting meat will throw a few cloves of garlic and onions in roasting tin with veg, then add stock cook down and let food soak in that before feeding, do that couple times a week. Garlic good for em.

 

OH dear! I surely wouldn't want to be in the same vehicle with your dogs! can't even imagine the smell they must make! :sick:

 

Dogs might be able to handle garlic and onions- but vegetables aren't good selections for ferrets and garlic can cause anemia.

 

I have to agree that a natural diet of whole prey is best for the ferrets and if you can't do that raw meaty bones - don't have to be minced- the ferret's teeth do a fine job!

 

Cheers,

Kim

 

 

oooops. Sorry, did get mixed up there, must have thought I was in dog section.

 

Proprietry kitten food is good for ferrets as protein levels are high.

 

Obviously don't use veg for ferrets.

 

Made a prat of myself there.

[The one 8,573]

Only time i will feed that dry crap is if im going away for a few days and somebody else has too feed the ferrets otherwise it's a dose of daily rabbit for them .

[Simpson123 0]

If i dont have fresh meat i normally feed them dry food, james wellbeloved, sounds ponsy but the ferrets love it.

[JoseiesMom 0]

garlic can cause anemia.

 

That's a new one on me.

 

How exactly does Garlic do that then?

I know onions are meant to be bad for them.

 

 

Droid, check out these links:

 

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...;articleid=2414

 

(note that the toxic dose is "unknown". )

 

http://www.vetcontact.com/en/art.php?a=711&t=

 

http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/garlic.php

 

 

 

Personally I like garlic and use it a lot in my cooking, but it isn't a wise selection for dogs or cats and definitely not ferrets. with the very small amount of blood in a ferret to begin with- I'd hate to see one suffer from something that could be easily avoided.

 

Stubby: are we getting mixed up here people, the top of page post relates to FERRETS, yet above quote is feeding dogs, which then josiesmom is thinking the poster is feeding veg and garlic to ferrets

 

Stubby, I did NOT infer that Ferretini was feeding veggetabls to his ferrets! Just made a blanket statement that veggies are NOT a wise selection to feed to ferrets. I really wish you would stop putting words in my mouth - er, um posts!

 

Cheers,

Kim

[COMPO 54]

my ferrets are all eating rabbit heads at the moment, they get off cuts and other bits of meat, plus most of what i shoot....however i always have in Chudleys dry food (it is the cheapest per kilo in the shop when you buya big bag) and when i am at work or run out of meat thats what they get ( i work 12 hour shifts 4 or 5 at a time-so whenworking dont have a lot of time to get fresh meat, that said i then have 4 or 5 days off so they get fed better then )

[droid 11]

Droid, check out these links:

 

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...;articleid=2414

 

(note that the toxic dose is "unknown". )

 

http://www.vetcontact.com/en/art.php?a=711&t=

 

http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/garlic.php

 

 

 

Personally I like garlic and use it a lot in my cooking, but it isn't a wise selection for dogs or cats and definitely not ferrets. with the very small amount of blood in a ferret to begin with- I'd hate to see one suffer from something that could be easily avoided.

 

Interesting links, and if the information is applicable to ferrets then it's a timely warning.

 

If.

 

I don't feed my ferrets vegetable matter because I can't see the point. They don't possess the digestive enzymes to break them down, so don't get any benefit.

Edited August 27, 2008 by droid

[ferreterni 29]

Rabbits a bit low on ground round here, so dry food is very handy, but Kitten food works out cheaper than dry ferret food in the pet shop which is around £5 for 1.5 kilos. The local butcher is handy as I can get scraps, and chicken carcasses for free, if in the town at the right time. Carrier bags full of it.