Ferrets chosing biscuits instead of meat.

[Rory4 267]

got 2 jills last week. 11 months old were fed just on dry. gave them baby pigeon gutted otherday they didnt touch it. yesterday gave them a just caught gutted young rabbit dog caught. they moved it but look this morning they didint eat any. thought would go for the meat naturally. or will it take time to get used to it? and should i skin it?

 

cheers

[stubby 175]

of course they will take time, take away any dry, put a whole gutted rabbit in with them, they will start eating when hungary

[Rory4 267]

cheers bud.

[Rory4 267]

ya left them the good bits in.

[The one 8,597]

aye when they get hungry they will eat it dont worry about that

[stealthy1 3,964]

If your worried about your ferrets going hungry untill they start on blood food, put in a little of each, a couple of bits of dry and a lump of rabbit, once they start on the rabbit, stop the dry.

[dytkos 18,005]

If your worried about your ferrets going hungry untill they start on blood food, put in a little of each, a couple of bits of dry and a lump of rabbit, once they start on the rabbit, stop the dry.

I usually freeze my rabs for at least 10 days before defrosting them (fully) before I feed them to the ferts. The freezing process kills any germs, bugs etc they might have which could be passed on to the ferts. However, when they hunt in the wild, they will catch fresh, guts in, and all quarry so it's a bit of a toss up. Do your best! HTH. Cheers, D.