S.Hewett wrote:
>>Close to Natural" is small whole prey and/or raw meaty bones with
>>occasional offal...
 
Matt wrote:
>I had a friend who had a snake that required live mice for food.  A
>couple time the mice got loose in the house and the ferrets found them.
>I don't think there's any question about what the ferrets did to the
>mice!  So I'm wondering if maybe feeding them live mice would be good
>for them ?  They certainly seemed to enjoy hunting and catching them....
 
I've seen my ferrets kill a mouse and a rat that were loose in the house
and there's no doubt it was quickly done.  I still think it's a bit cruel
to submit the mice to so much terror before they're killed.
 
I get my mice from a facility where they're raised in a very clean
environment and killed by CO2 gas before being frozen.  Much safer for
the ferrets and much more humane.
 
Cheers,
Shirley
[Posted in FML issue 5151]