Is there a pre-made (frozen) raw diet I can feed my ferrets?
I am wondering if changing my ferrets diet to a raw Diet will help with my one ferret with his IBD. Can NOT have veggies/fruits in the raw pattys.
How do I get them to change over to the new food?
Unsure if anyone makes it for ferrets, but I can tell you of some that are made for dogs and cats. Bravo has a line of raw meats made with 100% meat from one animal and no other ingredient. This is their basics and their blend line. I know of chicken, turkey, lamb and beef. However, they are not balanced, which should make it ideal for use with ferrets. There are no added vitamins or minerals, so you would have to add in the vitamins they need, unless someone else makes a blend of vitamins for ferrets.
Nature’s Variety also has a line of frozen raw food and it is all balanced. You would have to check the guaranteed analysis to see if the protein content is suitable for ferrets. However, I’m not sure which line of their products don’t have added organic fruits and vegetables.
There are many other manufactures of frozen raw food-Stella and Chewy’s, Primal, and Northwest Natural’s, but I don’t know enough about their products to relate it to ferrets.
March 19th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Join this forum:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CarnivoreFeed-Supplier/
They can tell you where you can suppliers and pre made food
This group of people can tell you about issues and any questions you may have:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/
Most people on there have dogs but there are a few with other animals. When we got our dog if I hadn’t found this group I wouldn’t have been able to feed raw. At first it was all so complicated. Now with the help of these folks it is much easier.
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Have a dog on raw
March 19th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Unsure if anyone makes it for ferrets, but I can tell you of some that are made for dogs and cats. Bravo has a line of raw meats made with 100% meat from one animal and no other ingredient. This is their basics and their blend line. I know of chicken, turkey, lamb and beef. However, they are not balanced, which should make it ideal for use with ferrets. There are no added vitamins or minerals, so you would have to add in the vitamins they need, unless someone else makes a blend of vitamins for ferrets.
Nature’s Variety also has a line of frozen raw food and it is all balanced. You would have to check the guaranteed analysis to see if the protein content is suitable for ferrets. However, I’m not sure which line of their products don’t have added organic fruits and vegetables.
There are many other manufactures of frozen raw food-Stella and Chewy’s, Primal, and Northwest Natural’s, but I don’t know enough about their products to relate it to ferrets.
References :
March 19th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
There are pure meat ones avaliable. Try ones marketed for cats. Some dogs ones don’t have veggies and fruits.
They are expensive though. Try you supermarket or local butcher as it can be cheaper. Many store put almost expired meat on sale. If you freeze it right away, it is safe. I would portion it a bit before you freeze it so you only thaw a few days worth at a time.
The patties can be good for more exotic meats. Lamb, bison and elk are popular but not always avaliable at a supermarket.
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