Ferret Eating Chicken

Loki ( 9 weeks) eating a thawed day old baby chick. He's a little food aggressive and we're trying to break him of it by feeding him by hand. He's actually gotten a lot better.

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Pets & Animals

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• ferret
• eating
• chicken

[SuperPolecats]

Weve got 2 ferrets. The 5 year old male dosent anything but ferret kibble and eggs. We got her from a guy who raised them on cat-food :(, so we're slowly getting her used to ferret kibble and raw meat. She loves raw chicken, eggs and minced beef to a lesser degree. Im thinking about getting her some dead mice...hope shell eat that too.

[Logan882]

@SuperPolecats Our fuzzbutts really like mice too but mice tend to be a little more expensive so they usually only get them ass a treat. We found out that our cat likes the mice as a treat too.

[mjohnnidis]

i dont understand why is ur ferret like that? Would he be better if you gave him cooked chicken or cooked eggs or nice cooked roast beef? i just hate the whole raw diet thing, and theres always the possibility of them getting a parasite.

[Logan882]

@mjohnnidis A raw food diet is the most healthy diet you can give a ferret. Giving them cooked food like chicken and beef isnt healthy at all. Cooking the food takes many of the nutrients they need out of the food. We get our food from a credited natural food company so the chances of them getting a parasite is very low. We also take them to the vet regularly and handle them daily. So if they got sick we would know it immediately. Loki doesnt act like this anymore, he is a perfect gentlemen now.

[mjohnnidis]

@Logan882 its not bad to give them cooked food, maybe better the whole raw diet. and idk does it make me a bad ferret lover because it grosses me out the whole raw food thing? lol, it decreases their cuteness in my eyes idk why! lol im aware lots of people give their ferrets raw food. i was jw why he got a little food aggressive. really cute ferret too i want a champagne point so bad!

[Logan882]

@mjohnnidis He was the largest kit in his litter. Our breeder also gives raw meat and I think he became aggressive trying to get food from his brothers and sisters. His mother's name is Heathen (the breeder said cause she is defensive about her mice). He may have picked this trait up from is mother. Like we said in the video he only does this with the raw meat nothing else.

[spiraloutward]

Such a beautiful, chunky little hob! Love the big chubby babies!!

[scatteredreams]

I really love how gentle and patient you are with your ferrets :) and also how well you deal with those who are a little more on the sensitive side about raw feeding. I really do believe feeding animals what they were meant to eat is the best. You wouldnt feed a cow a roasted chicken right? lol its just not what they were meant for. the world needs plant eaters to keep plants from overpopulating, and carnivores to keep the plant eaters from overpopulating. Thank you for ur videos! :)

[Logan882]

@mrjustintoombs We get our chick from a company named RodentPro. They vary on price depending on how many you buy at once, but, they are pretty inexpensive... i think our last batch we paid somewhere around 0.15 cents per chick. We have 2 feedings a day, each with 4 chicks. We don't feed pellets or give them anything other then raw food.

[mrjustintoombs]

where do you get the chicks and about how much are they each and sorry so many questions but how many a day do you feed along with the pellets?