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What Not to Feed a Ferret—Ferret Food Can Harm Your Ferret

what not to feed a ferretWhat Not to Feed a Ferret

For some reason, as ferret parents and pet parents in general, we often take pet food for granted. We assume that if something is sold as ferret food, it must be healthy for ferrets.

We know that not all human food is good for us, even though it is sold as “food”.  We have learned that many types of foods can, and often do, cause serious health problems. Some of these unhealthy “food” items are easy to recognize, such as potato chips, soda, candy… but some foods and ingredients are not so obvious. Canned and packaged foods, for example, are often loaded with sugar, salt, fat and chemicals.

So what about pet foods? If we know that human food manufacturers do not always have our health in mind, how can we assume that pet food manufacturers have our pets’ health in mind? We can’t, and we shouldn’t. Read on to learn what not to feed a ferret. Continue reading What Not to Feed a Ferret—Ferret Food Can Harm Your Ferret