>From:    "T. S. Pegues" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
><snip>
>...But it made me think, I haven't come up with a treat I like for my pet
>I often wonder if some of the premium cat treats would be good
 
I guess premium cat treats might be OK - check the list of ingredients
first though.
 
>Or what about a small portion of raw meat?  I dont think it would be
>good, but maybe someone else knows better.
 
Ferrets are carnivores - carnivores eat meat.  In order of preference my
ferrets like lamb best followed by rabbit and beef.  They aren't too taken
with chicken and turkey.  All meat is fed raw - some of my ferrets eat it
others just ignore it.
 
>What do you all feed as treats that are sensible?
 
How about some garlic sausage?  My lot love it.  A friend who had a very
sick ferret discovered that the only food he would accept was garlic
sausage.
 
My gang got a whole rabbit yesterday... oh dear you said sensible :-)  To
get back to the whole rabbit though - it was a wild rabbit that had been
shot during the course of pest control.  The rabbit in the UK is an
agricultural pest and causes millions of pounds worth of damage a year.
Having said that most folk just want the rabbit controlled and not
exterminated.
 
My ferret occasionally get pigeons as well - I'm not too keen on giving
them pigeon though, the feathers make a right mess.
 
--
Sheila
Bolton Ferret Welfare & N.F.W.S. News Editor.
NFWS. Web Site: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter  last update 22 Oct
2001
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Oct 2001
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Marvin, Claude, Bumper, Kurt, Tasha Yar, Larry, Lily, Ben, Fritz, Dax,
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[Posted in FML issue 3601]