Natural Diet Comparison Chart

We hope that you find this Natural Ferret Diet Comparison Chart to be a great resource for fellow ferret friends. More and more people are making the switch to a natural diet for the betterment of their fuzzy companions. I highly recommend reading up on the benefits and practices of natural diets and then make your choice. I highly recommend reading up on this topic with a really great yahoo discussion group: Natural Ferrets Yahoo Group. The FFP Reviews of each food below is our opinion only. If you would like to see a specific food listed, please e-mail us your suggestion.

Please keep in mind that ferrets are carnivores and at least the first ingredient in their diet should be some type of animal protein (meat). The recommended protein is at minimum 35% and the fat should be no less than 15-20%.

Much of this information was taken from Rodent Pro.

Listed in alphabetical order

Natural Diet Source		Age/Type	Crude Protein	Crude Fat	FFP Review
	Chick	one day old chick	64.9%	22.4%
	Chicken	Adult	42.3%	37.8%
	Mouse	Domestic Neonatal, under 3 grams	64.2%	17.0%
	Mouse	Domestic - Juvenile 3-10 grams	44.2%	30.1%
	Mouse	Domestic - Adult over 10 grams	55.8%	23.6%
	Rabbit	Domestic Neonatal	72.1%	13.0%
	Rabbit	Domestic dressed carcass	65.2%	15.3%
	Rabbit	Domestic	63.5%	15.3%
	Rabbit	Domestic (including heart, lung & kidneys)	61.8%	22.6%
	Rat	Neonatal - under 10 grams	57.9%	23.7%
	Rat	Juvenile - 10-50 grams	56.1%	27.5%
	Rat	Adult - over 50 grams	61.8%	32.6%
	Quail	Japanese	71.5%	31.9%

This page last updated 06/02/2006