would that work?Can i feed a ferret rabbit food?
Okay, rabbit food won't work. Rabbits are vegetarian while ferrets are carnivores (i.e. look at the sharp teeth). Ferret food isn't too expensive in comparison to costs for food in other small animals. You just have to shop around to find a correctly balanced food.
You also have two other alternatives that I can think of off the top of my head (please by all means consult a vet or do some more research on these recommendations):
1. You can find a kitten or cat food that has a 40% or higher protein content and a 20% or higher fat content to simulate the ferret's natural diet. However, this is going to cost you since you'll have to buy high-quality food.
2. You can try feeding it mice that have been gut-loaded (much like your crickets) so it gets the protein and fat it needs.
No, you can't feed it mealworms or crickets. Only insectivores like reptiles or hedgehogs will be able to survive off that diet. If you really want an insectivore, try looking into hedgehogs (who will also need a cat food diet as a base with mealworms added to it).
Some final thoughts: If you cannot afford the food, then it doesn't matter if you can buy the animal or not; you won't be able to provide adequate care. Also, if you don't *want* to afford the food, you should look into another pet that would perhaps be a better fit with your lifestyle.
Please also keep in mind that you have posted a question on a public forum, thereby inviting people to give you their answers (which are usually opinions on what you should do, as my answer is). These answers are not the end-all to anything, but are suggestions for further research on your part. Please do not tell people off for giving you the opinions that you solicited by posting your question on here.
Good luck with your ferret-hunting.Can i feed a ferret rabbit food?
I have a ferret, and i wouldnt feed it anything out of the ordinary..please don't buy a ferret if you're going to just feed it rabbit food, it probably won't even eat it, than what will you do???
It'll die, and you wont forgive yourself..
Just buy it's normal food, if you cant afford it, that why cant u just get another rabbit..they dont stink as much :]
They can't have rabbit food because rabbits are vegetarians and ferrets are carnivores. It would just make them very, very sick.
They can't have meal worms or crickets, because they really don't have any meat on them.. they're just a shell, the ferret wouldn't get any nutrition from that either.
Ferret food is about 20 dollars a bag but it last FOREVER. I've had my ferret 2 months and she's hardly even eaten a 1/10 of the bag. That's like 1 dollar a month. You can feed it mice or chicks if you want, but that is going to cost you more like $1 day.
(If you think 20-30 dollars is too much to ';drop'; on a bag of ferret food, how are you going to drop 200 on a ferret, 300 on a cage, and 150 a year on the vet? My ferret just had ear mites and it cost me 125 dollars for medicine, and I had to pay it the day after I found the mites... so thats a ton of cash to spend.. not to mention litter, which is the same cost as food but certainly doesn't last as long?
no i dont think so because a ferret is not a rabbit. maybe you shouldn't buy a ferret
No you cannot as everyone said ferrets are carnivores and rabbits are vegetarians. Why not get another rabbit instead that would be a better idea.
you can not feed it rabit food,
but you could feed it cat food, just make sure it is high in protien!
Absolutely NOT.
They have totally different digestive systems.
Rabbits are herbivores - they eat vegetation.
Ferrets are carnivores - they eat rabbits.
Sorry for the language, but H E LL NO! Do your research on ferrets and your find out that ferrets need atleast 40% protein in their food and rabbit food is vegetarian. Ferrets are strickly meat eaters and if you cant afford them dont get them.
No.
They have difference nutritional needs.
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