Hello Fert Fans,
 
The above subject is a new type of ferret food being advertised.
Supposed to contain an "abundance of nucleotides".  What do ferret
dietitians and vets say about this new food?  I have listed the
ingredients below:
 
Natural Gold Ferret Diet Ingredient List
 
FERRET FORMULA:
 
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (min) 50 %, Crude Fat/Oil (min) 19 %, Crude Fiber (max) 3 %,
Moisture (max) 10 %, Ash (max) 12%, Vitamin A (min) 26,000 IU/kg, Vitamin
D3 (min) 3,200 IU/kg, Vitamin E (min) 300 IU/kg, Copper (min) 10 mg/kg.
 
Ingredients :
Chicken Meal, Soybean Oil, Potato Starch, Poultry Fat, Alfalfa meal, Oat
Fiber, Cellulose Gum, Chicory Extract, Natural and Artificial Flavoring,
Coconut Oil, Yeast, Yeast Extract, Calcium Carbonate, Dried aspergillus
niger fermentation extract, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation extract,
DL Methionine, Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall fractions, Choline
Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Betaine Anhydrous, Ferrous Sulfate,
Magnesium Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Lactobacillus
Acidophilus Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Lactobacillus Casei
Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Bifido Bacterium Thermophilum
Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation
Product Dehydrated, Cornstarch, Niacinamide, Mixed Tocopherols, D-Biotin,
Manganous Oxide, Citric Acid, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin A
Acetate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Copper Sulfate, Riboflavin,
Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium
Iodate, pediococcus acidilactici, Starch, dried aspergillus oryzae
fermentiation product, Calcium Propionate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite
Complex (Source of Vitamin K), D-Activated Animal Sterol (Source of
Vitamin D3), Taurine, Cobalt Sulfate, Rosemary Extract.
 
Thanks in advance for any info on this.
 
~~Anna
[Posted in FML issue 4361]