NORTH COAST DUCK SOUP RECIPE

1 cup Dry Food (Totally Ferret, Iams Kitten or other high quality food)
1 piece of chicken fully cooked and de boned
2 cups chicken broth
2 hard boiled eggs
10 papaya tablets
1 tsp Ferretone or Linatone
1 6 oz can Iams Cat or Kitten food
1/2 tsp honey or corn syrup
1 inch ribbon of Ferretvite, Nutrical or Nutri-Stat (optional)
Water


Cook chicken until well done. The eggs can be boiled along with the chicken.
Do not add salt. Save broth. Add de boned chicken to blender with broth, Add
papaya tablets and blend on high until mixture is pulverized. Add dry food
and continue blending until smooth. Add water or remaining broth as needed.
Add the remainder of ingredients one at a time with the canned cat food
being the last item. Add the canned cat food and blend for approx. 3
minutes. Reduce speed to low and add water to top off the blender. The
mixture should be thin. Strain mixture if desired. Freeze in ice cube trays.
Place the frozen cubes in sealed plastic bags for long term storage. Each
cube equals 1 serving. For ill ferrets, feed a minimum of 1 cube every 4 - 6
hours. The more the better but feed at least 4 times a day.

Substitutions:
1 jar of chicken baby food or turkey rice baby food may be substituted for
the piece of chicken and a can of low sodium chicken broth can be used in
place of the homemade broth if desired.

Modifications:

For ferrets on Lasix therapy or severely dehydrated ferrets - Add 90 mg
Potassium (1 tablet).

For adrenal ferrets - Add 200 IU of dry vitamin E (1 tablet).

Of course if you are like us and don't know what the duck soup is going to
be used for from day to day just add one tablet of each of the above to the
recipe and you are covered for most illnesses and situations.