Marshall Premium Ferret Diet vs. Smalls Bird Recipe
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Marshall has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Marshall contains controversial ingredients.
Marshall Premium Ferret Diet
Marshall has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken by-products chicken chicken by-product meal corn meal dried beet pulp brewers dried yeast dl-methionine l-lysine choline chloride sodium propionate
Smalls Bird Recipe
Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Marshall contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard chicken egg goat’s milk water eggshell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols
Marshall Premium Ferret DietKibble |
Smalls Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
C |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 98% |
| Protein % | 38% | 45% |
| Fat % | 18% | 15% |
| Fiber % | 3.5% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.11 to 1 | 3 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 15 | 9 |
| Meat Content |
3 total
high quality |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
2 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | No | Yes |
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