What should I make my ferret food mix a combo of out of these foods?

Question

How much of each? Or should I leave any out.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=17342+17351+17398&pcatid=17398

Ingredients: Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Lamb Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Beta-Carotene, Ascorbic Acid and Rosemary), Potatoes, Tomatoes, Chicken Digest, Fish Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Brewer's Dried Yeast, Apples, Garlic, Carrots, Eggs, Broccoli, Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Streptococcus faecium, Lactobacillus plantarum, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin A Acetate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement, Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Potassium Iodide, Vitamin D2 Supplement, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, and Cobalt Carbonate.

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein 38.0% min

Crude Fat 19.0% min

Crude Fiber 2.5% max

Moisture 12.0% max

Ash 7.0 % max

Magnesium approx .095%

Taurine approx. 0.3%

http://www.ferret.com/item/zupreem-premium-ferret-diet-food-8-lb/

Ingredients: Chicken Meal, Chicken Fat, Ground Wheat, Wheat Flour, Chicken, Egg Product, Beet Pulp, Natural Chicken Flavor, Brewers Yeast, Flax Seed, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Iodized Salt, Taurine, DL-Methionine, Natural Mixed Tocopherols, Rosemary Extract, Citric Acid, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Chloride, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement.

Guaranteed Analysis: Protein (min) 40%, Fat (min) 20%, Fiber (max) 2%, Moisture (max) 10%

http://www.evopet.com/products/default.asp?id=1500

(The cat and ferret kind is the same only I can get the cat kind at a local store where the ferret kind i have to order online)

Answer 1

I recommend mixing as many good quality ferret/cat foods together as you can afford to, in order to avoid your ferret getting picky and refusing to eat if the brand you have been feeding them is unavailable for some reason.  

Answer 2

Those are all great foods. All three would be best, so that your mix won't be so drastically different if for some reason you cannot find one of the kibbles.

The cat version of Evo is fine, it is almost exactly the same as the ferret version. I may get thumbed down for saying that, but there ARE some high quality cat and kitten foods which are fine for ferrets.

Answer 3

I feed EVO ferret, and that is the best out there, and I would pick ZuPreem before Dr. Foster and Smith. :) Good job, those fuzzies will be getting great food. :)  

Answer 4

Fat and protein are higher in Zupreem then in the ferret stores food.  This is probably why Ali H would pick one over the other but I cannot vouch for her.  Carbs are not created equal.  There are 'better' carbs...ones that digest easier.  I would probably pick brown rice over wheat as well.  A bit easier on your ferrets system.  Its picking one evil over another and neither are so critical that it matters.

If you want to go no-grain or low grain how bought trying evo or wellness core?  I personally use 8in1 ultimate and wellness.  I occasionally add in some evo when I have the money.

How much doesn't matter.  Take a bag of one food and mix it with a bag of another one that is similar in size.

I've seen you on here before asking about food when I had another screen name.  You seem to be really beating a dead horse.  ;)  j/k  Don't go to crazy with this.  Most foods recommended by the folks on here are good.  Pick two or three that you and your ferrets like.