What to feed the ferret?

The question is, how to feed the ferret is not discussed for the first decade. The problem is that scientific research on the development of an ideal diet for ferrets has not been carried out. Therefore, the entire history of the development of ferret food is a history of mistakes that have been identified in practice for several years.

Among the owners of the choruses and veterinarians there are two large warring camps. One advocates feeding ferrets exclusively with natural meat. Adherents of the second camp prefer to feed the ferret only with ready-made fodders. Each camp has its own answers to the question of how to feed the ferret properly.

Do ferrets feed natural food?

Ferrets are predators, they feed on prey caught in the wild. Usually it is a bird and small rodents. Despite the fact that under natural conditions ferret feeds exclusively on meat, vegetable proteins enter its diet in the form of stomach contents of eaten animals.

Domestic ferrets in terms of food predilections do not differ from wild ones. In domestic ferrets, teeth and jaws are similarly arranged, like their wild relatives, the digestive system works just as quickly and also prefers animal products with vegetable. The organism of the choir requires a large number of amino acids contained in meat, while lacking the enzymes necessary for digesting plant foods and carbohydrates.

So, the basis of the diet of the ferret should be meat protein. As an incentive, you can occasionally give the egg yolk of a hard-boiled egg.

Than you can not feed the ferret, so it's apples, carrots, sweets, dairy products, bakery products. Any complex carbohydrates for the ferret organism are too heavy.

The consequences of improper nutrition can not be immediately noticed. The chor with pleasure can weave apples or ask for condensed milk. But after a couple of weeks of such nutrition his stomach and intestine will fail, the immunity will decrease, because of what, most likely, the ferret will fall ill.

Will the ferret fit food?

The better to feed the ferret, how is it not ready balanced food? In this are sure adherents of ready food for ferrets. If even 20 years ago the trochee was fed with ready-made food for cats like the kit-and-cat, now only for ferrets are created. The experience of feeding these representatives of the family of cunts with dog and cat food was sad enough. These feeds did not contain anything useful for ferrets, there were too few necessary proteins, enzymes, and many complex elements. As a result, the animal quickly became tired, began to lose hair, fell ill.

Producers of fodder would not be puzzled by the creation of food specifically for ferrets, if not for growing demand. It was he who led to the fact that ferret food began to appear on the shelves of stores. The question of how well balanced they are is still controversial. Therefore, experts advise to be guided in the choice of premium food and always monitor the well-being of the choir.

What kind of food can not be fed by the choir?

All feeds "for cats, small rodents and ferrets", "for puppies and ferrets" should be ignored. The organism of cats, dogs and ferrets is so different that it is simply impossible to create a fodder suitable for both.

The owners of the trochee note the special convenience of ready-made food in providing food for small ferrets. It is no longer necessary to ask what to feed the little ferret. In the food for puppies of trochees all the necessary trace elements are provided, that especially important for the younger generation, because if you do not give the ferret the necessary amount of calcium, the baby will develop rickets very quickly.

How often to feed the ferret?

In this issue, both camps agree. How many times to feed the ferret, the pet should decide. His bowl should always be full of food, the water should always be in the water. Because of the increased metabolism and high activity, healthy choruses do not suffer from obesity and eat exactly as much as they need for a healthy active life.