{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_ferret","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_ferret\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Ferret nutrition — obligate carnivores needing 35–40% dietary protein; commercial or raw-meat diets\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Ferret nutrition — obligate carnivores needing 35–40% dietary protein; commercial or raw-meat diets\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_mgmt_2026.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 92\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Ferret nutrition — obligate carnivores needing 35–40% dietary protein; commercial or raw-meat diets\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/ferrets/management-of-ferrets\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Ferret nutrition\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Ferrets are carnivorous and require high levels of protein (35%–40%) in the diet.\n> High-quality commercial ferret food is available, although high-quality kitten food may be given as well.\n> Feeding a more natural diet of whole rodents, rabbits, or pigeons or bone and raw flesh diets (BARF) has become popular in some countries.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_mgmt_2026.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Ferrets are carnivorous and require high levels of protein (35%–40%) in the diet.`\n- `High-quality commercial ferret food is available, although high-quality kitten food may be given as well.`\n- `Feeding a more natural diet of whole rodents, rabbits, or pigeons or bone and raw flesh diets (BARF) has become popular in some countries.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Ferret nutrition — obligate carnivores needing 35–40% dietary protein; commercial or raw-meat diets (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Ferret nutrition — obligate carnivores needing 35–40% dietary protein; commercial or raw-meat diets","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/ferrets/management-of-ferrets","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_mgmt_2026.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_mgmt_2026.txt","tokens_estimated":92,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}