The Pro and Cons between frozen and thawed Prey Live prey whole Frozen thawed whole Prey:
Mice and rats (as well as rabbits, quail, etc.) can be purchased pre-frozen, in line with different suppliers. Buy online frozen feeders is very convenient. They ship directly to your door, packaged with dry ice to keep frozen distributor, delivery at the door.
fattening animals amounted to a scheme to help them be of good nutritional quality and viability of your pet. The animals are usually shipped using a CO2 chamber. Most commercial companies online does frozen food shipment of your order AFTER your prey, which is good for those who worry about the freshness of the prey.
Advantages
-Less expensive than feeding live prey whole
-More convenient than feeding live prey whole
Less likely, the parasites are transmitted to your ferret via food
Ferret will not be bitten by animals prey while eating
-Less emotionally disturbing ferret owners that feeding live prey
Disadvantages:
-Although the prey is usually frozen the day of your order, it is undeniable that a live mouse killed 5 minutes ago will be cooler than a mouse that has been frozen for several days / weeks (if you have been keeping the mouse in your freezer for a while).
Less-mentally stimulating for a ferret live prey
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Live prey whole:
As a shipper of prey all you can eat live food prey whole. When feeding live prey whole, you have three options:
1. You can buy your ferret food in a local shop that sells pet feeders live and bring home a meal at a time.
2. You can buy more than one week feeders and keep them in your home in a special cage.
3. You can play your feeders clean.
** Please note that many articles on the Internet are against feeding live prey while. As a ferret owner, it is up to you to discuss the pros and cons and decide if you want to feed live prey or thawed.
Advantages
-More mentally stimulating for ferrets as food pre-killed
"If you increase your own mouse, you can eat whatever you want to make sure they are as nutritious as possible
Food-living can be more attractive to ferrets because of the food temperature
Disadvantages:
-More likely to transmit parasites to ferret
Prey-can bite / hurt the ferret
-Ferrets can not know how to kill the animal live prey
Power-Line is (obviously) very stressful for the animal prey
-Feeding live prey can be emotionally disturbing for some people
-When feeding live prey, unless you race your own mouse, you do not have the opportunity to buy in bulk which is more convenient / time savings / profitability
What is the size of prey should I get?
All sizes. The bulk of the diet should consist of adult mice (small-x-large). Weaned / hopper mice and Pinky and fuzzy mice equally important. But generally, they should not form the bulk of the diet.
How do you think it will be blurred eat?
Males eat 3-4 hoppers each, or 1 x mouse every large, 2 small mice each, and sometimes two large mice each. If they still seem hungry after eating his prey, I offer one-inch piece of raw meat in size later in the day.
I hope this helps because your ferret nutrition is essential to health with a long happy life ferret. In Secret # 5, I'll share "Ferret nutrition questions and answers" If you want more info on Ferrets please visit: www.Ferrerts as-Pets.com
Posted on July 18, 2010.