So what's on the menu for a natural fed ferret?

Raw: Chicken necks, wings, hearts, livers, gizzards, backs, thighs,
breast, legs, feet; Cornish Game hen, Turkey necks, wing tips; Rabbit;
Salmon, skin too; Sardines (in oil or water only). Occasional pieces of
lamb, veal or pork, ox tails. All of these items can also be dried or
freeze dried and fed too- great during storms or when on vacation and
other people are feeding for you (but MUST be fed consistently to keep
the ferret eating them regularly). Remember no "broth or solution
enhancements". Many of these can be found in your local supermarket or
local butcher shop. You can shop for yourself, your family and your
ferrets all at once! You can buy in bulk, re portion and freeze and
thaw as needed.

Whole prey: Super worms, crickets, wax worms, night crawlers; Mice -
pinkies, fuzzies, hoppers, juveniles, adults; Rats- pinkies, fuzzies,
hoppers, juveniles, small, medium, larger sizes as befits the
individual hunter; Guinea pig - babies, juvenile, young adults, small
adults; Rabbits- kits, bunnies, juveniles, adults; Chicks - day old,
week old, pullets (expect a 52 million feather pick up); Quail, Pigeon,
Pheasant if you have access.

The End Result of a Natural Diet:
 
Feeding naturally WILL introduce you to a rainbow of poops. Depending
upon what has been devoured, will determine the color and consistency
of the deposit. Liver= black & gooey puddles. Gizzards = brown to dark
brown puddings. Meaty bones light tan to dark brown formed scats with
visible boney pieces. Invertebrates white to tan formed scats. Mice =
white to tan ropey formed scats with practically no smell. Fish = oily
tan to dark brown soft puddings to formed scats depending on the amount
of bone eaten.

Feeding naturally offers your ferret's system nutrient rich food so it
isn't necessary to leave food out all day and they don't have to eat
as frequently. One to two meals a day is all that is needed to keep
them fit as a fiddle! Because they aren't eating huge quantities of
indigestible gunk - they aren't leaving behind huge piles of smelly
gunk!

Feeding naturally costs less in the long run than feeding
crap-in-a-bag; your ferrets get healthier, stronger, trim down and
muscle up, their teeth become whiter their breath sweeter, their
deposits smaller and less smelly,(especially the deposits after 
mouse meal - hardly ANY odor at all)! You get to see the true nature
of ferrets!

please visit :
for ferret help and info:
http://holisticferret.proboards80.com/index.cgi
http://ferretopia.proboards51.com/index.cgi
yahoo groups Natural Ferrets

for fun: 
www.vanityferret.com (password required: "FerretsRfun")

[Posted in FML 6224]