Hello all,
  This is my first post on this forum; also my first time having the fortune of a ferret in my life. I picked this 4 month old sprite (I believe this is the proper term) from the pet shop recently and couldn't be more thrilled. There will be some interesting training challenges in the near future, considering that I am pretty sure that she is deaf, but that is beside the point. I am interested in my options as far as her diet is concerned. I am a chef in a high end restaurant and have access to a wide variety of animal "trim". This includes bones, meat, fat, and organs of various organic proteins (chicken, rabbit, beef, veal, pork, lamb, etc.). I have read a number of recipes which all vary as far as how often to give it said dish and whether or not to give it as a treat or as a "meal". I'm hoping some of you can shed some light on tried and true recipes whether they be treats or diet standards. Thanks in advance from the little one and myself!

Brian

If you want to feed your ferret raw diet.  I suggest checking out  Holistic Ferret forum.

http://holisticferret60.proboards.com/

They can help you with a balance raw diet.


I feed commercial raw diet "natural variety" and their grain free cat food.  I also make raw soup for kids.

Another type of supplement you need to imprint on your little one is duck/chicken soup.  

http://miamiferret.org/duck_soup.htm



There is many recipes on line....check it out.

Younger they are, easier for them to get used to different types of food.

Thank you for the links! I don't necessarily want to keep her on a strict raw diet, but would definitely like to keep her options varied. It also seems silly to not take advantage of all the raw product which I have available to me. The duck soup will be a definite go. Other than that I suppose I will play around with some of what I have as treats or additions to her kibble.