Watch an exotic animal health technician explain how to choose the right food for a pet ferret in this free online video. Expert: Sarah Tingle Contact: www.extracareanimalhospital.net Bio: Sarah Tingle is a resident exotic animal health technician specializing in dog health care. Filmmaker: Hiu Yau
My 2 cents:
Although there are a variety of commercial ferret foods on the market, and the convenience of feeding your pet ferret is naturally a big plus for a busy ferret owner, there are many benefits to feeding your ferret a natural diet. Especially since ferrets are prone to illness and disease.
We have collected a number of natural diet ferret recipes and posted them back in November 2009. You can check out these Ferret Food Recipes here.
Can i trust all this commercial food to feed my ferret??????We all heard about the pet food scandal since 2007 and most cat an dog owners do not give commercial pet food to their pets anymore..So what about this commercial ferret foods?they are the same toxic or can i trust them?or shell i go for the raw food diet?Pls let me know..:(
After talking to a vet a few years ago- I refuse to feed kibbles! Raw/whole prey all the way, lol.
@sinneadfert Good mine 2
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Greetings from a vegan from Holland who almost vomits when he buys chicken organs from the market >.
And I breed my own cute little hamsters gerbil.. Damn i’m such a monster loL!
none of these ferrets foods are good..
Get yr ferret on a raw diet!
@FolornWolf If it isn’t dead yet, you should have taken it to the vet long ago. Healthy ferrets are full of energy and curiosity. Granted, they can sleep 20 hours a day, but they are usually quite active during the remaining 4 hours of wakefulness.
@ChickneSholay Or a raw/whole prey diet!
@da1nonlydoron You should love you ferret for who it is, and if your only bothered about entergetic ferrets, then you shouldn’t have got one. They need affection and individual attention, not complaining and comparing them to something else.
@FolornWolf it could be sick. There supposed to be energetic as well.
what is she talking about? Marshalls Premium has ground corn in the top five ingredients. That could KILL your ferret.
@ChickneSholay wrong. Wysong Archetype I is the best food you can give your ferret. it has all meat. Beef Beef liver Chicken Chicken liver Ground Bone
my ferret only sleeps …. it not fun
@ChickneSholay evo realy is the best , now zupreem started a line of grain free ferret diet and it’s good at 42% prot ans 18 % fat , i recived a trial bag and my ferret likes it a lot and it seams like thay smell bether and has wonderful coat . i guess it’s worth to give it a try
Marshells is one of the worst foods…..Look at the ingredients and Protien, and fat content. If you love your ferret you will feed them Innova EVO for ferrets
@bernar97 And lets not mention that 8 in 1 Ultimate has a toxic ingredient which is garlic oil. Garlic is toxic to many animals including ferrets.
@ferretsareawesome121 i dunno, i just got mine yesterday and im not too happy with em’. he’s too calm and relaxed compare to what i keep seeing here on youtube. plus, i get kinda parnoid about him peeing on my carpet so i always feel like i gotta watch him.
@bernar97 Actually Evo is too rich for ferrets and it contains many fruits.
8-in -1 Ultimate and Evo are the best!!!
chillaz, just give it a quick rinse or just put it in with your own dishes from time-to-time
cleaning once every few days wont hurt them,
cleaning every day is bieng extra careful.
just dont completely ignore their bowls and they will be fine
well ya its caring for a living creature and bacteria can build up in the bowls if you dont clean it eveery day.
mine too i think she is getting tired of it
All 8 of mine are on raw meat/bone/organ, as well as whole prey. Best diet out there for them to stay healthy!
As for food brands. Marshells is actually a bad brand of food. There are worse out there, but Marshells is not the best. People believe Marshells is good because they breed and sell ferrets, they give people a 1 year guarantee so long as the ferret is eating the Marshell brand food. They know that this diet won’t kill your ferret, its basically like a person living on fast food…you’ll get fat, its not healthy, but you’ll survive…for a while. Evo is a good brand.
She says ferret obesity can be a sign of sickness, but this is not totally true. A ferret that’s is locked up all the time can become obese because some ferrets will eat out of boredom and not get any exercise to burn it off. Also, many ferrets plump up right before winter, even if they’re kept inside, which is totally natural and can be balanced out.
my ferret eats regular ferret food but the thing is she keeps kicking the food out
the very best diet for your ferret is meat.plane and simple.they are carnivors.wild polecats would eat rodents,rabbit and birds.not dry food.