Ferrets are obligate carnivores or meat eaters like cat and they cannot survive without meat in their diet. However, fresh raw meat can contain harmful parasites and micro organisms that can be fatal to your pet. Take this guide for choosing the best food to feed your ferret:
Ferrets eat high-quality premium cat food or specially formulated best ferret food that should be high in protein and energy and low in fibre. You should only give your ferret cat food that is sold in pet stores and veterinary clinics because they are specially formulated for pet ferrets. Grocery bought or generic cat foods are not good for ferrets because most of them are too low in fat. You can give your ferret some of the following food:
Pellets
Moist food like cat food usually sours after few hours especially in warm weather so the best way to feed ferret is to leave dry, pellet food with them because of this factor and the crunchy food has an effect to the ferret’s teeth. Ferrets on moist diets develop much more plaque on their teeth sooner than ferrets on the same food fed dry. (more…)