Hi, I’m Robin from Ferrets First Rescue, we’re here to teach you how to care for your ferret, so
let’s get started with the food. First of all, ferrets are obligate carnivores, that means, they should
only have meat and meat products. No carbohydrates, no vegetables, no fruits, you try and avoid
any food that have greens in it. So what you’re looking for in a food is a food that’s high in
protein, anywhere from 36 to 40 plus percent. High in fat, 22 percent and very low in
carbohydrates, try to avoid the greens, try to avoid the sugars. Several of them have no grain in
them, and that’s just the best thing for them, because they can't process it, whatever
carbohydrates they take in, they just eliminate it without using it. So the better the food you feed
your ferret the less they’re gonna eat and the less they’re gonna screte, and the more they’re
gonna utilize. A lot of us are now feeding our ferrets cat food, because cats are also obligate
carnivores, and they’ve come out with some very, very high nutritious, high protein, high fat
foods for cats and they’re very good for ferrets. When it comes to giving ferrets treats, there’s an
awful lots of treat out there on the market. A lot of which are not good for the ferrets. The ones
that are good for the ferrets are the treats that are made out of chicken cartilage and then formed
to little sticks, there are also treats that are made out of sweet protein, and it is a protein that they
can digest, they don’t get a whole lot of nutritional value from it, but chewing on this choice
sticks help clean their teeth and they are digestible for them. And last but not least, it’s not the
best treat in the world but it’s one of the better treats and those are Bandits, and they come in a
variety of flavors, they do have a little bit of sugar in them, but not really that much. One
important thing is to always make sure that your ferrets has food available for it and it should
always have water available 24 hours a day. Now that we’ve talked about ferret diet, next, we’re
gonna talk about ferret hygiene.
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