{"id":292,"date":"2012-07-11T01:17:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T01:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animalmedical.net\/blog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2012-07-11T01:17:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T01:17:08","slug":"nutrition-for-ferrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalmedical.net\/blog\/nutrition-for-ferrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition for Ferrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Feeding your ferret a proper diet is extremely important<\/strong>. \u00a0Ferrets, like cats, are strict carnivores that are designed to eat whole, small prey animals.\u00a0 In nature, ferrets would only encounter carbohydrates in the partially digested stomach contents of their prey.\u00a0 The most common diet fed to pet ferrets in the United States is dry kibble, however these diets still contain high levels of grain.\u00a0 <strong>The most important thing to look at when choosing a food for you ferret is the label.\u00a0 The optimal diet contains 30-35% crude protein<\/strong> (high-quality meat sources) and 15-20% fat content.\u00a0 The first three ingredients of a ferret diet should be meat products.\u00a0 Dry diets can also be supplemented with:\u00a0 fresh raw organ or muscle meat and raw egg.\u00a0 Fruits should be avoided and fresh water should always be available either in a sipper bottle or a heavy crock-type bowl.\u00a0 If a bowl is used it should not be easy to overturn.\u00a0 Supplements should never be added to the ferrets\u2019 water because they will degrade quickly.\u00a0 <strong>Make sure to speak to your veterinarian if you have any questions about your ferret\u2019s diet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeding your ferret a proper diet is extremely important. \u00a0Ferrets, like cats, are strict carnivores that are designed to eat whole, small prey animals.\u00a0 In nature, ferrets would only encounter carbohydrates in the partially digested stomach contents of their prey.\u00a0 The most common diet fed to pet ferrets in the United States is dry kibble, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[179,279,427,570],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-health-wellness","tag-diet","tag-ferrets","tag-nutrition","tag-pets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nutrition for Ferrets - Animal Medical Hospital &amp; 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