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>What has been your experience with returning your ferrets who have been
>on soft food (only hand-fed) to a normal eating schedule (hard food)?
Usually takes several weeks. Don't rush the process.
>How do you wean them off special treatment?
I usually start with baby food, then duck soup mixed 50/50 with baby food,
slowly decreasing the baby food until it is straight duck soup. At all
times after this, kibble is available. Then I start increasing the
percentage of powdered kibble in the duck soup, and decrease the number
of feedings, though still feeding as much as the ferret wants per feeding.
I usually find that they start picking at the kibble in between feedings.
Once that happens, I start backing off on the amount, unless it is an
insulinoma case. Those fellows I keep on twice daily supplements of duck
soup or baby food for the rest of their days.
>Will she ever return to hard food or will I have to hand-feed her
>forever?
It takes awhile, but you can get her switched back.
-Dr. Karen
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[Posted in FML issue 3539]
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