Vitalin British Chicken Complete Ferret Diet vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe

Vitalin has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 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. Vitalin contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Vitalin British Chicken Complete Ferret Diet

Vitalin has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken meat meal rice chicken oil sugar beet fish meal brewer’s yeast fish oil chicken liver digest fructo-oligosaccharides mannan-oligosaccharides

Smalls Water Bird Recipe

Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Vitalin contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

First 10 ingredients:

finely ground duck with bone duck heart duck liver duck gizzard duck egg duck blood goat's milk water eggshell membrane herring oil