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Ferrets eat a variety of things. For their main staple diet start with a good food designed for ferrets. Food made specifically for ferrets has the correct amount of fatty acids, vitamins and nutrients they need to maintain proper growth, development and health.
Ferrets also enjoy a variety of fruits. Bananas, grapes, rasins and melons are the most commonly consumed by ferrets.can Try different types of fruits to see what your ferret likes best.
FICTION: feeding ferrets red meats and chicken will make it wild and bite you.
FACT: COOKED meats are good for your ferrets. I wouldn't feed it chicken bones but cooked chicken is fine. If your ferret growls nips and runs away with a piece of chicken or meat chances are you're not giving it enough of it regularly. Offer these foods more often and this will stop happening. (think about what it would be like to eat the same thing day in/day out, you'd run away growling too!)
Some say dairy items are NOT good for ferrets but different people argue different points. My ferrets vet feeds hers whipped cream on occasion. And to get a ferret to take medication it's a great cover up!
Ferrets can get sick and when they do they have a tendancy to loose weight a good way to fatten up a sick ferret is a substance called Duck Soup
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