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what should i feed my skinny ferret?
i have a boy and girl ferret. Jupiter is the boy and Rosie is the girl. Jupiter is the right size but Rosie is pretty skinny. I feed them store bought ferret food. I want rosie to at least gain a little weight because it scares my to see how skinny she is. I tried to give them ferretvite but they wouldn't eat it. They wont eat chopped up ham or chicken. I don't want to feed them raw food because its expensive. What type of dry food should i feed them and am i feeding them bad stuff. What should i do or try.
Also my ferrets are about two years old
4 Answers
- Annie DLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I have to agree with the last poster. Good ferret food is usually the same price as a raw diet. And "good" equals something like evo/innova or the like. You can supplement with meat based (something along the order of gerber stage 2) meat based baby foods (no entrees). Ham is NOT good to feed, it's too sodium-laden. Regular pork is better, and most ferrets do like pork (it's a very light tasting meat, much like turkey). However, kibble fed ferrets are much pickier, and won't usually understand that actual meat is food.
Ferrets are stubborn, and it does take more than just offering the new food for a ferret to try it. Use the scruff and stuff method - grasp the ferret by the loose neck skin behind their heads, wait til they yawn and then pop a bit of the food into their mouths for a taste. Once or twice is generally all it takes before they're willing to try a bit on their own.
- NamelessLv 71 decade ago
What kind of kibble do you feed? An al kibble diet is not biologically appropriate for ferrets and can cause health problems. You need to be feeding at least half raw or whole prey. If raw is more expensive then I am going to assume that you feed a low quality kibble. Raw is usually the same price, if not cheaper than kibble. I spend less on my ferrets food since I switched to raw.
Weight loss is a sign of illness (like insulinoma and adrenal disease) and you need to bring her to a vet to make sure shes healthy.
How much does she eat?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Furo vite usually isn't liked until you put it on their tongue. Mine didn't touch it until I put it on her tongue a couple of times. Then she went nuts on it. My little girl was underweight too, and I was told it was because she's a girl. That's what happens to girls. Also, try Ferretone. It's another ferret oil nutrient. I know they're not supposed to have vegetables because it causes SEVERE diarrhea since they are carnivores. Even a little algae in her water bottle caused diarrhea because they never eat anything but meat. My ferret loved peanut butter. It may not be recommended, but it does have fat in it. My ferret never tried anything unless I put it directly on her tongue when she yawned. People recommend duck soup, but I've yet to have a ferret eat it. You'd have to find ferret boards about that.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
nothing lol jk just feed her double