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 Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:22 pm
As most of you know theres good and bad foods to feed ferrets and a ferrets diet will impact on its life span, health, skin, fur, etc.
i have been talking with other ferret owners about different foods to feed ferrets and have been making a list of the different foods.
please don't be offended if the food you use isn't at the top or if theres one that you think should be lower down this is just a list of what most ferret owners think of for the different foods, please feel free to post your thoughts about the foods.
and if theres any missing
heres part of the list i have so far, its rating is from the best to the worse and some of what it has in it. the foods on the list right now are made for ferrets and no other animal.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:24 pm
Foods are Listed best to worse with the top 6 Ingredients and if it contains corn also the list is of the easiest to find foods
1 Innova EVO Ingredients: Chicken, Turkey, Chicken Meal, Herring Meal, Potato, Chicken Fat. Corn: NO
2 Zupreem Ingredients: Chicken Meal, Chicken fat, Ground wheat, wheat flour, Chicken, Egg product. Corn: NO
3 Totally Ferret Active Ingredients: Chicken By-Product, Meal Rice, Flour, Egg Product, Chicken Fat, Poultry Fat, Wheat Flour. Corn: YES
Totally Ferret Baby Ingredients: Chicken By-Products, Wheat Flour, Dried Egg Product, Chicken Fat, Chicken Liver Meal, Dried Beet Pulp. Corn: NO
Totally Ferret Older Ingredients: Chicken By-Product Meal, Rice Flour, Egg Product, Chicken Fat, Wheat Flour, Poultry Fat. Corn: YES
4 8-in-1 Ultimate Ingredients: Chicken, Chicken Meal, Ground Rice, Chicken Fat, Chicken Digest, Raisin Juice. Corn: NO
5 Natural Gold Ferret Ingredients razz rotein Concentrate (Pork), Tapioca Starch, Soybean Oil, Fish Oil, Oat Fiber, Poultry Fat. Corn: NO
6 Eagle Pack Super Premium Ferret Ingredients: Chicken Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Chicken Fat, Ground Yellow Corn, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken. Corn: YES
7 Sheppard & Greene Super Premium Adult
Ingredients: Chicken, Chicken Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Rice, Chicken Fat, Corn. Corn: YES
Sheppard & Greene Super Premium Senior
Ingredients: Chicken, Chicken Meal, Rice, Corn, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken Fat. Corn: YES
8 Kaytee Exact Rainbow
Ingredients: Poultry By-Product Meal, Poultry Meal, Ground Corn, Brewer's Rice, Poultry Fat, Egg Product. Corn: YES
Kaytee Forti-Diet Ingredients: Poultry Meal, Fish Meal, Animal Fat, Soy Flour, Kibbled Corn, Dried Beet Pulp. Corn: YES
9 Living World Premium Ferret Food Ingredients: Poultry Meal, Poultry Fat, Ground Corn, Dried Beet Pulp, Poultry Digest, Yeast Culture. Corn: YES
10 8-in-1 Ultra Ingredients: Chicken Meal, Ground Yellow Corn, Brewer's Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat, Corn Oil. Corn YES
More to Follow later on
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:37 pm
ooooh super helpful! thanks.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:48 pm
8 in 1 Ultimate's top six ingrediants: Chicken, Chicken Meal, Ground Rice, Chicken Fat, Chicken Digest, Raisin Juice.
Wysong Nuture with Free-Range Pheasant: Chicken, Chicken Giblets, Pheasant, Poultry Fat, Ground Brown Rice, Ground Oat Groats, Whole Egg
Magestic Sprinkles: (Not really a straight food but something you can sprinkle over their kibble or raw diet) Beef by-products (select vital organ meats), Beef Muscle Meat, Chicken, Finely ground meaty beef bones... and that's it XD
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:28 pm
I'd have to ask my mom exactly which foods she puts in our mix. I do know however that sheppard and greene is a BIG no-no. A lot of the ingredients are grains, which are indigestible. Our vet told us that a ferret eating only sheppard and greene wouldn't get enough nutrition to be healthy. My advice, which comes first hand from a ferret that would ONLY eat sheppard and greene food, is to feed it a healthier diet, but put a few kibble pieces on the top of the bowl. Our little girl didn't know the difference.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:00 pm
Invisible Rainbows I'd have to ask my mom exactly which foods she puts in our mix. I do know however that sheppard and greene is a BIG no-no. A lot of the ingredients are grains, which are indigestible. Our vet told us that a ferret eating only sheppard and greene wouldn't get enough nutrition to be healthy. My advice, which comes first hand from a ferret that would ONLY eat sheppard and greene food, is to feed it a healthier diet, but put a few kibble pieces on the top of the bowl. Our little girl didn't know the difference. yeah and the other reason it being bad for them is cause theres corn in it, Innova evo, Zupreem, and probley 8-in-1 Ultimate (8-in-1 Ultimate i havnt used so idk how good it is) are the best to use. i have the Totally ferret by the top cause its one of the only ferret foods that canada vet clinics order in that i know of
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:11 pm
Since mine is in the top 10, does that mean that I can still give it to my ferret? o.o
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