What do I feed a picky Ferrett?

Question

Our ferrett wont eat his "ferrett" food, insted he steals the kittens food from their bowl and they go hungrey...how can I get him to eat his own food???

Answer 1

Get Maximum Kitten. It's easily available (Walmart) AND it's actually better for your ferret than Marshall's Brand food or many others for that matter.
The person that said that cat food is not good for them is right, but you ARE talking about kittens, right?
How old is your ferret?
The older your ferret is the harder it will be to get him to eat other foods. Try getting the Maximum for your kittens and him and then after a while mix in some ferret food a little bit at a time.
I'll post a list for you so you can decide which one to add. On it you can actually see that there are kitten foods that are rated better than a lot of ferret foods.
Ferrets need a diet high in protein and fat, low in carbs and whatever you feed them should contain Taurine which they need for eye and heart health.
I feed my gang Maximum Kitten and 8in1 ULTIMATE crunchy(not Ultra). Here's the site:
http://www.mdferretpaws.org/care/food_treats.html

You can also e-mail different manufacturers of ferret food to get them to send you samples. I did that and a lot of companies sent me some. 8in1 doesn't anymore, but Totally Ferret, Wysong, Pathvalley and others will.
Here's a list of addresses you can write to for samples:
http://everythingfert.proboards36.com/index.cgi?board=kristen&action=display&thread=1107919055

PS: MrPeanut is way off with his answer. Ferrets cannot have fruits like that, they are carnivores. Matter of fact, ferrets lack a part of the intestine called the cecum and cannot properly digest things like fruits and vegetables. Raw veggies can actually cause bowel obstructions. Tiny amounts of non-acidic fruit and/or cooked vegetable as a treat are okay however.
I give mine 1/4 or 1/2 of a raisin when we work on our tricks, thats' what I consider a tiny amount.

Answer 2

Hmm...cat food is bad for Ferrets.... Tell you what I do with mine. Normal food is the brand Totally Ferret, if they get picky and it has happened a few times, I have made them a kind of monster stew. I boil chicken legs and when they cool, I run them through a food processor (bones & all), mix it with Ferretone and some of their kibble till I get a firm paste. Then I mix it with their kibble and they gobble it up like there is no tomorrow.

Unfortunately, not all Ferrets like the same things so you may have to expiriment a little with the ingredients.

Answer 3

Hi change the brand of ferret food if he doesn't like it...but ferrets will eat cat food...however ferret complete is better for them...maybe you should remove the cat food while the ferret is out & only give him access to the ferret food if you can do that it would be the better option...Regards Jake

Answer 4

ok try marshalls ferret food and add some furo-vite to it most ferret can't resist furo-vite, but so thathe eats he food and not just the furo-vite but it in a microwaveable bowl and heat fr about 20 seconds then mix well. mine go nuts for it, but like that guys said you may have to try different things. check out ferret.org; ferretfacts.com; essentialferretguide.com or ferretuniverse.com for more tips, haven't checkedthem out in a while so not sure what is in the new articles for the past week

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Your answer is simple my dear, stop buying the expensive ferrett food, start buying "meow mix" for all......LATER

Answer 7

chpped apple,canned fruit,rabbit food, chopped pear, chpped mango