http://forum.ferret.com/(c) Ferret.com Forum30I think what most people do is cut the pinkies into little bits and add them into the soup or kibbles. Eventually you can leave larger chucks, and then just feed the whole pinkie with a small slit in it to let the ferret know the mouse is food.http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155287Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:18:08 GMTI am thinking about introducing thawed out mice into my fuzzies diets and I was wondering how I should go about doing this? Is there something special I need to do with them? Or do I just thaw them out and put them in a bowl?http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155277Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:30:18 GMTWhat is chp? And as for geting them to eat it, try resapys like, gravy, mushed kibble, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. and jusht lickuafiy the raw meat, then if they eat it, next time take away 1 ingreadeant untell its jusht raw meat slush, then go to hambhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154964Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:26:17 GMTUgh we're kind of struggling with the raw switch. Only Suki likes raw chicken.... the rest are willing to eat the CHP food as long as it is the only option. Today they were all eating their CHP, doing fine. Then suddenly we find Klepto projectile vomitinhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154961Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:12:06 GMTInsy that is kind of my problem.... Husband says ABSOLUTELY no putting ferret foods in blender. I don't know why since I'm the only one who uses it (to make smoothies). He is kind of a crazy guy with all these weird rules. However I have managed to a)gethttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154659Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:55:45 GMTWell its good that they like something at least. Id say just keep at it. Eventually they wont think you are poisoning them. I could have read it wrong but, instead of doing whole chunks, puree it in a food processor or blender. Add in a bit of water to mhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154618Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:47:08 GMTUgh the only kid who will willing eat the raw chicken is Suki. She absolutely loves it which is great, but I want them to all like it. The rest just spit it out or hold it in their mouths until they can spit it out. Although they all seem tohttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154602Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:31:12 GMTI feed twice a day at 9AM and 11PM. They eat what they want when they want it. I never leave frankenprey in the cage more than 14 hours. Freeze dried is good for about 24 hours when water has been added and up to a week? I believe when dry, ground for abhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154358Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:36:24 GMTI leave kibbles out 24/7. Soupies are twice a day when they come out morning and night. Cut up raw chicken is fresh every 12 hours in cage. Prey ...well...they like to eat part and stash part, so I allow them to have it 48 hours then I gather the lehttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154357Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:29:07 GMTWhat do you raw feeders do for your kids overnight? With the kibble I just left it overnight. But I'm not sure that's safe since it is raw meat and all.... What do you all do overnight?http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154352Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:10:51 GMTI'm finding that even the chicken breasts have been cheap. Right now they aren't eating a ton of it so it isn't going away very fast...unlike kibble. Yeah....gotta love in-laws. When my kids are more used to raw, I'm not really sure what I'llhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154351Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:09:00 GMTThat's too bad she thinks raw is more gross than the stuff they make kibble out of...it's even worse that her closed-mindedness is affecting the health of your kids when she's babysitting. I can see how buying whole breasts would get spendy...I don't evehttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154315Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:31:46 GMTI went into the whole thing on how bad kibble can be etc. and my mother-in-law's response was "and raw meat is gross." She said it was disgusting I even considered it. Also that kibbles are made so that we don't have to handle nasty raw meat. There was ahttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154313Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:17:19 GMTYup, that was the approach I took with my parents. But they werent hard to convert :). I told them my feeding plan and how it only costs 50 per ferret per day for me to feed, sometimes cheaper. Then went into how bad kibble it for them, grains etc.http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154311Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:55:00 GMTMaybe you should tell her how awful, uneccessary, and strange it is to feed hers the baked offal, tumors, by-products, and chunks of animals too sick for human consumption coming out of the rendering plants? Seems a lot more disgusting to me than fhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154283Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:07:22 GMTThanks! Yeah I always tell her that I'm making changes for my kids because I know it is better for them. When she cleans up my kids poop and notices it doesn't smell as awful as hers I tell her that's because there is no fish in my kids' food. She had ahttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154273Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:51:51 GMTMaybe you should show your mother in law this forum! My mom is pretty ignorant about ferrets, but if she had them, I would show her the facts... I got her to switch her cats to grain-free food, and she definitely sees a difference. Anyway, Ihttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154268Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:22:27 GMTSome people set up feeding dens (it can be as simple as a cardboaard box) to allow tier ferrets somewhere quiet to hide and eat. Others will clip two shower curtain hooks together and push one through the piece of meat and clip the other to the cage barshttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154247Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:11:34 GMTRaw chicken is still going well! The only dilemma is them trying to hide it. Silly ferrets. Ferrah thinks her pieces need to hide in the litter dish.... I tried some of the CHP ziwipeak stuff. Everyone loves it except for Klepto (imagine that). Even if Ihttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154198Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:21:15 GMTEdit: misread the post.http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154171Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:10:01 GMT