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>In short, I have no faith in dry food to keep my carnivorous pets
>healthy. To me, it's so simple that there's really no argument -
>they were made to eat meat, so I give them meat. Even the best
>recommended dry foods have worthless grains and such, which everybody
>agrees are at least unnecessary to a good ferret diet, if not
>detrimental.
hi Fox,
Glad to hear Finley is doing so well on his natural diet :)
Although it sounds like you're feeding a proper natural diet, I thought
I'd make one clarification for others thinking of learning more about
diet or switching diets.
Carnivore should actually = carcassivore :) Carnivores eat other
animals, not just their muscle meat.
Feeding just muscle meat alone causes all sorts of problems, just as a
diet of only liver, or only bones would.
Whole prey is excellent as it is pretty close to their natural diet,
otherwise a variety of meaty bones (chicken wings, quail drumsticks,
rabbit ribs, whatever you can source) and occasional organs is a close
second.
shona
[Posted in FML issue 5195]
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