What foods are good or bad for domestic ferrets?

Answer 1

Anything that is not meat. This includes fruits, vegetables, grains, milk, sugar, and caffiene.

They are obligate carnivores and their body is not designed to digest these items. Feeding them can cause obstructions and disease.

Answer 2

Ferrets are obligate carnivores - this means that they should eat only meat, and their health will suffer if they do not get sufficient levels of protein and fat in their diet. However, provided they have enough, very small amounts of certain plant-based foods can be fed, such as a sultana (which many ferrets love) as a very occasional treat or reward. Certain plant-based foods, such as carrot which can cause fatal intestinal blockage, should never be fed to ferrets.

Answer 3

Ferrets are carnivores, that means they eat meat. The wild ancestor, the polecat, will eat mice, chicks and the occasional frog or egg.

The ferrets you keep at home can eat ferret kibble, but make sure it's high quality! Cheaper foods will contain lots of plantprotein and fibers and ferrets can't digest that. You can enrich their diet by giving them fresh meat, which is available for animals in some supermarkets, or by feeding them prey animals such as mice or chicks.

You also can't feed ferrets things that contain sugar, as they are very likely to get insulinomas. They will try to steal it from you, so beware!

Answer 4

Ferrets are carnivores and should only eat meat.

Fruit and vegetables should be avoided. The ferrets body cannot digest (break down) fruit and vegetables and eating these can upset the ferrets stomach or in more severe cases cause intestinal blockages. Foods that are high in sugar should also be avoided as ferrets can develop Diabetes. Another thing to be avoided are dairy products as they can upset the ferrets stomach and cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Answer 5

Ferrets are strict carnivores and can only digest meat or meat based products. They cannot digest vegetables, grains or any plant matter.