I haven't read anything recently regarding the _hygienic_ differences between glass and plastic. I remember reading an article a while back regarding baby...
HI poor baby ,Brutus had something similar with his skin and I started him on melatonin milk thistle fish oil and a calcium pill and THANK GOD he came around...
It doesn't matter where you put it, the ferrets will climb it anyway and carry of any decorations that they take a fancy to (been there, done that). Tony. My...
how do I safely satisfy my ferret's need to dig? he loves to get into my container of aquarium gravel but then he gets mad that I won't let him. letting...
... aquarium gravel but then he gets mad that I won't let him. letting him go outside is not an option. please help. thanks! ... Ironically, I had to...
... them i know it would take a while to do just a idea? ... I don't know what would be sufficient for all possibilities, but there are sterilization...
I have a large plastic container with uncooked long grain rice in it, about 20 pounds for mine to dig in. I should add more rice to the box. Clever people put...
Amy, I got a large (2'W X 3L' X 2'H) storage containor at Large Lots for about $ 5. I first tried filling it with shredded paper but found out that wasn't good...
Hi, I have 7 fuzzbutts and what I diod so they could dig & stay away from my house plants , I still had to put them up so they couldnt get to them .. is I...
It looks like everyone wrote at about the same time with the same current tips, so there is no reason to send more of the same. Long ago there was a different...
How is the ferret now? Compromised ferrets are more likely to have problems with certain mites that can infect their feet, but there can be other causes, of...
Here's an update ........... Finally took Rufus in to see Dr. here in Grand Rapids this morning and Rufie is going back tomorrow to have the tooth filed down. ...
I'm getting so confused about ECE. Baby Bear brought it home to us as a youngster. My other 2 ferrets had some symptoms and got over them. But we have had Baby...
It sounds like her bout with ECE was bad enough to cause damage to her small intestine. Grainy/ Bird-seed stools are from poor absorption of fats at that...
Thanks everyone for the replies. The swelling in her feet seems to have gone down over the weekend and she is looking a lot brighter. She has been out and...
Also we sprayed her with flea and mite spray. That orange scabs look much worse at her neck, not sure if it is because of the other ferret dragging her or is...
In the past I have had a few ferrets that had canine teeth filed down. But sooner or later the root got infected and needed to be taken out. A root abscess...
... Sugar received her implant today. Suprelorin 4.7mg. In the six days since she was diagnosed her fur generally has coarsened and thinned all over. She has...
Just a heads up to all - keep an eye on your ferrets while they're using their dig box. We had a (non-instant) rice dig box for a good while (maybe a year or...
... from my finger, she only flinched as the implant was ejected from the end of the (huge) needle.< Are they the same size as a microchip, that needle looked...
Is it physically possible for a ferret to cough up lung tissue? One of my little girls was coughing last night and as I watched over her she coughed out a...
Upon closer investigation, the 'lung tissue' appears to be foam rubber. I cut off a piece, rinsed it out and pulled it appart under the sunlight and saw the...
Got the pathology report to go with this now: "...sample is consistent with a perianal gland carcinoma (hepatoid gland carcinoma). Clusters and nests of...
... me. Chris I don't know how big a microchip needle is, but I think it was about 3 - 3.5mm outside diameter. I certainly wouldn't want it in me. Tony. My...
I know that cedar is BAD for ALL animals smaller than a cat, but I use Aspen with my pocket pets (not ferrets). All my ferrets have cloth beding for sleeping...
Vet Clin Pathol. 2008 Sep;37(3):286-8. Coagulation values in normal ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) using selected methods and reagents. Benson KG, Paul-Murphy...
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Hi, My name is Lori, I work for a vet, yesterday we got a call stating that there was a ferret in a window well at the hospital. So I grab a towel, a pet taxi...
I printed out your post when I went to pick Rufus up and showed it to Dr. He was very confident Rufus wouldn't have any issues as you had described. ...