Q: Can ferrets eat watermelon as a form of every now and again treat? My ferret cecil happens to be panting, shaking, and looks hot (we don’t have any AC, and also it’s 100 degrees this summer time) so I Actually was thinking of giving my human kids and my fuzzbutt some freezing watermelon to cool off. Is watermelon safe for ferrets…it’s the seedless kind?
A: I don’t know where you got the idea, but a Ferret is an Obligate carnivore, and shouldn’t consume watermelon, much the same as a cat. They should have a diet as elevated as possible in protein and also fats and as low as is practical in carbs and also sugars.
In the event that you must give your ferret watermelon on special occasions, it certainly can’t kill him, then again only give him a really little bit and supervise on each occasion. It is mostly liquid, so watermelon isn’t a terrible treat and won’t trigger bowel blockages, still he won’t get any kind of dietary benefits from seedless watermelon.
What Fruits Can I Feed Ferrets?
Ferrets are obligate carnivores. Ferrets will also consume fruits for instance watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, raisins and bananas, still please tend not to go overboard as they’re able to occasionally upset the intestinal tract. Ferrets have absolutely no cecum to separate over the nutrients in produce.
In no way feed rinds, skins, or perhaps seeds to your own ferret. Likewise, giving fruits and high sugar/carbohydrate foods to ferrets happens to be thought to add towards the all so familiar illness, ‘Insulinoma’ in ferrets. Read up on insulinoma and It is my opinion you will definitely find you really don’t would like to give fruits in direction of the ‘obligate carnivore’.
You ferret cannot appropriately digest fruits, vegetables, carbohydrates, sugars, etc., without running the risk of being ill.
What Treats Should My Ferret Eat?
Individuals have defied the odds and also risked natures design by giving them ‘extra curricular’ foods anyways. Individuals feed their ferrets all kinds of crap…crackers, pretzels, cereal, raisins, fruits, fruit and vegetables, the list goes on.
In the event you are going to feed these things you need to feed them in completely, completely, minor quantities. Nothing should exceed the size of the pinkie nail. And in some cases subsequently only as a treat ferrets have been recognized to actually have weird poops and also stomach aches from that.
Get him to gnaw on pieces of cooked chicken and meats. In the event you should give them a cool snack to eat, put a quantity of pureed simple chicken soup into ice cubes.