This means food passes through them quickly and then need to eat every few hours. Ferrets are natural puzzle-solvers and will love to search for their food. Make the most of this natural behaviour to help keep them active and stop them from getting bored. However, ferrets also put on weight before winter so they have enough fat stored away to get them through the colder months. Donate Menu. Get help. Find us. Your ferret's diet Advice on giving your ferret a healthy, balanced diet.
The ideal diet for your ferret will include: Commercial ferret nuggets. Kitten food works as well again, check the ingredients list , as long as you give your ferret fatty acid supplements, which are available from a pet store.
Kitten food has a higher protein content than adult cat food and is therefore more suitable. Homemade food is another way to feed your ferret. You can feed your ferret cooked or raw chicken along with the pellets.
Chicken baby food is acceptable as a supplement to the pellet diet, too. Remember that the dry food is an important staple, as it helps to keep their teeth clean. Avoid foods that are high in complex carbohydrates, such as fruits, vegetables, dairy, or anything containing sugar.
Because ferets are strict carnivores, their digestive tracts cannot process these types of food. Like cats, ferrets can be fussy creatures, preferring only one type of food, so it's a good idea to vary it up just in case a brand either changes its ingredient makeup or goes out of business. If you do have a fussy ferret, you might try slowly mixing small amounts of the new food in with the old, until you transition over completely to the new food.
This may take about two weeks. If you choose to feed your ferret pellets, choose the shape of the pellets carefully. To combat the problem, manufacturers have designed treats to prevent hairballs from developing. Supplement these treats into your ferret's diet and weekly routine.
If your ferret does have hairballs that have become lodged, you may need to take it in to a veterinarian to have it surgically removed. The ability to prevent any hairball-related complications far outweigh the costs of this cure. Speaking of treats, ferrets love them! As polecats tend to be less social and more solitary makes them less attractive as pets when compared with a ferret. However, both are suitable to keep as pets. If you would like to have more than one, then a ferret will be the best choice as they will happily live alongside other ferrets and indeed thrive in a group environment.
If you are looking to just get a single ferret or polecat, opt for a polecat as this is their preference. The care requirements of both ferrets and polecats are exactly the same as their needs are very similar. Similar to cats, ferrets and polecats are carnivorous. In the wild they would eat small rodents, frogs and rabbits.
They will eat raw and cooked meat such as chicken off the bone and they do love a raw egg on occasions! Most pet stores will also offer a range of dry and wet ferret food, which is important to ensure they are getting all of the essential nutrients that they would usually get from eating the whole carcass of an animal. As very active animals, it is best to feed you ferret or polecat small meals a day.
This will help to maintain their high energy requirements! They are generally quite fuzzy eaters so vary their food until you find something they will eat and stick with that. In the wild, both polecats and ferrets live in underground burrows and above ground exploring for food.
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