>>I was thinking of allowing my ferrets to hunt mice and eat them, of
>>course the mice will be petstore bought and given to the ferrets so
>>they many kill and eat them....
 
>If you wish to feed a more natural food why not start by feeding raw
>mince.  My butcher will mince whole chickens for me so the ferrets get
>both flesh and bone, I also get green tripe from the slaughter house as
>well as the lungs, spleen, liver and heart of sheep all of this I mince
>at home and feed to my cats, dogs and ferret.  Now what can be more
>natural than that and doing it this way plus no defenceless tame mice
>are made to suffer.
 
Also, this way you wouldn't risk your ferret being injured by the mouse,
a la http://www.anapsid.org/prekill.html .
 
- Cheryl
 
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[Posted in FML issue 4243]