Pretty Bird Natural Gold Ferret vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Pretty Bird's ratio of 2.27 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Pretty Bird has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Pretty Bird contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Pretty Bird Natural Gold Ferret

Pretty Bird has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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First 10 ingredients:

hydrolyzed pork chicken meal poultry fat potato starch powdered chicken l-lysine tomato pomace dl methionine cellulose potassium citrate

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Pretty Bird's ratio of 2.27 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Pretty Bird contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

First 10 ingredients:

poultry meal rice poultry fat fish meal hydrolysed poultry meal brewer’s yeast beet pulp poultry gravy salt short chain fructo-oligosaccharides 0.25%