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I have been doing some searching on ferrets and artificial light exposure and adrenal disease. Does anyone know what ferrets require as far as lighting. Should...
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<Right now my fuzzies are in a dark room all the time and come out at night to play for a couple of hours.> I am not sure I would go in this direction. You...
... To mimic the natural annual light cycles it should move from 8 hours of darkness in the summer to 16 hours of darkness in the winter but just making sure...
My ferrets frequently sleep in a back area of a room which is completely dark. They have the option to go in there whenever they want. Do you think this is...
... when ever they feel like it. They have their own room & their cages are there. Even in the main house they have a closet with a box that is dark & warm. I...
A "wild" ferret will sleep in its den. It's pretty dark down there. Sounds like they are finding a nice dark secure spot. Sounds very normal and healthy. ...
Hi Everyone! I have a lighting set up for my ferrets that seems to keep them to a pretty natural cycle. My ferrets have free-roam of their own room, so it is...
According to Dr Jerry Murray, et. al. - Ferrets need a minimum of 14 hours per day of pitch blackness for sleeping. This does not have to be a continous 14...
... Wild ferrets can be found in New Zealand, escapees from origanal stock imported for rabbit control, nowadays regarded as a pest due the damage they cause...
Well I know you were showing your fine humor here, however, The American Black Footed Ferret The European Polecat would be 2 examples. Not to mention ermines,...
Mark -- thank you but both the BFF and the European Polecats are in fact different animals. While I sure would expect them at act similiarly, not all, let's...
OK I'm confused. You're not saying that you are taking them outside so their bodies will produce melatonin are you? Mammailian brains produce melatonin in the...
... behavior patters that changed. I read recently that someond tagged ferrets as being nocturnal, but other evidence suggests that they are crepuscular - hope...
Blizzard has the same time schedule as yours! Probably because these are the times he gets hand fed!! I usually have to wake him up to go out on a hike in...
Hello Vicki. Not many people know as much as you, and I am certainly one of those who knows even less, however, I was reading that during the hours of ...
Yes, you are very correct the BBF and EP ARE different ferrets from ours. Blizzard, through Marshall farms, is, I believe, a descendant from a EP, probably...
In a message dated 1/14/2007 3:35:45 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, ferretfrenzy@... writes: Tony emailed me and mentioned the ferrets that went feral in...
... Standard Time, ... polecats and ... feral ferrets. They ... That is correct, the original settlers took both domesticated ferrets and trapped wild polecats...
... hours per day of pitch blackness for sleeping. This does not have to be a continous 14 hours but a commulative 14 hours minimum. ... Given the sleeping...
... All over the UK, there are some islands off the Scottish coast that have large populations of solely feral ferrets feeding mainly on the wild rabbits....
... Up to 1982 when it was made illegal in the UK crossing working ferrets back to wild polecats or feral ferrets was quite common. Even around 1600 farmers...
Hi, It's only in the last few decades that ferrets are kept as pets and meet our circumstances and lifestyle the way eg. dogs do. (By the way, dogs have had ...
So what you are saying, if I understand you correctly, is that the Domesticated European Ferret is not in fact a domesticated animal, but rather a tamed wild...