I haven't had ferrets long and my little boo has been teething so when I
heard about Marshall's Superchew's I went looking for them.  well for the
past two hours little boo has been chewing and chewing and chewing..
untill he wore himself out!!!  Spookey didn;t seem to care for it she
sniffed it and then ignored it but she is that way with just about
anything, toys, food, the onlything my little Spookey girl will constantly
go after are a pair of my dads good shoes :) and sneakers..  but other then
that she is simpley not interested in toys or any type of food other then
her ferret food and ferretone and ferretvite other then those things the
only thing she is remotely interested in eating is..  cheerios which she
goes insane for!
 
now here is my question about the ferretvite.  I just got a tube of it last
week and and read the label and it says for active ferret give 1/4 teaspoon
per pound of weight daily so thats what I started to give spookey and boo..
and WOW!!!  Diarea everywhere!!  needless to say I stopped giviong it to
them... poor spookey even stopped eating cause I think it upset her tummy.
But neighther one of them eat enough they just seem so much more interested
in going insane playing till they are ready to drop that they don;t seem to
eat they both go on these hunger strikes and then every couple of days they
pig out on food and I have trouble keeping their dish filled... is this
normal for ferrets??  thats why I got the ferretvite cause I wanted to make
sure they where getting their nutrients but I don;t want to make them have
diariha and end up getting dehidrated..  I even went out and bought a
second water bottle so that they will drink more to make sure that doesn't
happen.  I am currently feeding them a mixture of Iams kitten food and 8 in
1 ultrablend for ferrets with daily doses of ferretone.  and I only feed
them the hard food cause I heard it was better for their teeth to only feed
them hard food..  Spookey I am not really all that worried about she seems
to be in fairly good health doesn't feel boney and have a nice think
healthy coat.  but little boo who is only two monthes and a week old has
a big tummy but the rest of him feels like skin and bones!  the vet seemed
to think he was fine but I would like to see him gain some weight.  any
suggestions?
 
christy
Spookey "ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz..."
Boo chomp, chomp, chomp "yummy chew toy" chomp, chomp, chomp "yummy ear!"
Spookey SQUEALS!!!! "Thats MY ear!"
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Christy Gatto [log in to unmask]
[Posted in FML issue 3202]