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>From: Kerri Sher <[log in to unmask]>
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>I have some friends who are currently doing their vet. internships.
>They recently attended a seminar on exotic animals where the person
>instructed them that ferrets should never be fed cat or kitten food.
>They were told that ferrets can develop crystals in their urinary tract
>from it just as cats can... I wondered what the rest of the ferret
>community thinks of this...
Hi. I've had 9 ferrets all live on Iams kitten (we started out in a
Michigan when ferrets were illegal, and it's all I could get). My oldest
passed away 2 weeks shy of her ninth birtday. The others are between 6
and 8. None of them have had any urinary tract infections or crystals.
My vet suggested I switch them to Totally Ferret, or any other ferret
specific food. But, of course, none of my Business will touch it. I
swear they would all rather starve than eat anything other than Iams.
I wouldn't worry about mixing Iams in with a high quality ferret food.
Feed them whatever they want to eat.
Jeffery
[Posted in FML issue 3880]
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