Comments on: Ferret Food https://www.petfoodjudge.com/ferret-food/ Dog food reviews / Cat food reviews Sat, 19 Apr 2025 06:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John https://www.petfoodjudge.com/ferret-food/#comment-47835 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 06:36:53 +0000 https://www.petfoodjudge.com/?p=42194#comment-47835 Thought I’d give an update for Vetafarm Ferret Origins. The top 3 ingredients used to be lamb, beef liver, chicken bioflavour. They’ve now changed the formula so the top 3 are beef meal, pea flour, and soy protein. I suspect the increase of pea and soy content is making my ferret’s poop yellow, indicating digestive problems.

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By: John https://www.petfoodjudge.com/ferret-food/#comment-38125 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 06:12:54 +0000 https://www.petfoodjudge.com/?p=42194#comment-38125 In reply to Pet Food Judge (America).

I don’t think she was fed any cooked meat/organs when she was young, so she’s looked confused when I’ve tried to feed it to her. I’m guessing she doesn’t recognise it as food. I might see if she’ll go for some of the fresh/frozen cat foods available at my local PetStock, such as Big Dog or Proudi like you mentioned in the article above. I see they also stock fresh/frozen food by Glow and Ivory Coat. Do you have any thoughts on these brands?

https://www.petstock.com.au/collections/fresh-frozen-cat-food?sort.title=asc&page=1&resultsPerPage=16&view=products

I noticed recently that taurine isn’t listed as an ingredient on the bag for Premium Ferret Diet, just “high spec vitamins and minerals.” I sent Pet Pacific an email about it this morning, asking if they could provide further info.

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By: Pet Food Judge (America) https://www.petfoodjudge.com/ferret-food/#comment-37833 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:46:21 +0000 https://www.petfoodjudge.com/?p=42194#comment-37833 In reply to John.

Hi John, have you tried feeding the organs slightly cooked instead of raw, or vice versa? I know some ferrets can be picky with raw but eat it once cooked, or some the other way. If you’re keen to feed raw you can also get them used to cooked, then gradually cook it less and less as they get used to it.

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By: John https://www.petfoodjudge.com/ferret-food/#comment-37806 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:21:58 +0000 https://www.petfoodjudge.com/?p=42194#comment-37806 I’ve fed my ferret Vetafarm Ferret Origins, Pet Pacific’s Premium Ferret Diet, and some of the better quality grain free cat foods recommended on this site. She seems to tolerate them all OK. My main concern with Vetafarm is its fat content, which is quite low at 9%, when it’s recommended that dry ferret food should contain at least twice that amount.

I also give her a raw egg once a week. It can be hard to get her to eat fresh meat though. I’ve given her ground meat along with chicken livers and hearts in the past, but often times she’ll stash them in her enclosure where they’ll rot if I don’t fish them out. She’s a bit of a kibble addict

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