Question regarding raw feeding.

[Kitsunee]

Maybe there is the most obvious answer to the question but so far I haven't been able to solve this mystery, in the past I was beginning a switch to raw with a mentor from Holistic Ferret but after my girls passed away I never saw the need to continue and therefore didn't graduate.

My question is when people talk about feeding 80% base meat 10% bone and say 10% organ what exactly are they referring to? Is it
your ferrets body weight divided by 10% or how does the measuring work, In the past I used to just wing it but we were only just starting out so they were allowed to eat as much as they pleased. 

[mutewolf]

They're talking about the contents of the meal. Kind of like how you should have X% of veggies a day, or whatever. I always imagine it like dividing a plate up into 10 slices and one slice is organ, one slice is bone, and the other 8 are muscle meat. lol.

I'd definitely recomend getting back with a mentor if you're going to raw feed though. I'm a kibble feeder and have research raw feeding but there are so many nuances with it.

[Kitsunee]

I'm a kibble feeder and have research raw feeding but there are so many nuances with it.

Hey mute, would brand of kibble do you use? or do you use multiple?

[mutewolf]

I feed a 50/50 ratio of Orijen cat & kitten and Wellness Core Kitten.
I like to feed multiple just in case of a manufactuer issue, which happened with me and Innova (big salmonella outbreak).

[Critter Crazy]

I feed raw. Kibble is way too expensive with 40 ferrets lol

Weekly balance is easier than daily. I suggest going back to Holistic Ferrets & reading back up on raw feeding. The percentages relate to their weekly dietary needs. I'll use my diet to example (keeping in mind, my ferrets require a higher bone content of 15%)

Monday: ground red meat, beef hearts, liver & kidney
Tuesday: chicken carcasses
Wednesday: Chicken carcasses
Thursday: ground red meat, beef hearts, liver & kidney
Friday: Chicken carcasses
Saturday: Chicken carcasses.
Sunday: whole prey (birds, rabbits, etc)

Always good to work out a staple food that you can get easily & cheaply (mine is chicken carcasses), then add on top your necessary components (hearts, liver & other organs; eg kidney), then add in more variety.