I am babysitting my friends ferret Redd this week. She used to have two but Floyd recently past away. Redd just seems so sad! I try to take him out to play but...
have you tried giving him some snacks? usually food makes my ferrets happy especially raisins!! good luck i think your friend needs to get another ferret....
While a snack may help, NEVER give any pet raisins or grapes. As few as 4 raisins has been known to cause kidney failure in a 10lb. dog. Here's a good...
Sugary treats like raisins are unhealthy for ferrets. Ferrets naturally have a sweet tooth and they'd gladly take the treat. But it spike blood sugar and can...
When I lost Zeus my Angel was really depressed. then I got Bandit and now she's happy now. Robin ________________________________ From: "alicemagoon@..."...
i thought you weren't supposed to give fruit? i never do because it's supposed to be bad? anyway uhm. yeah was the passing recent? if so, he might benefit from...
Fruits and vegies are almost undigestable in a ferret, but very small amounts, not very often(only about once a month), chopped really small or cooked, as a...
Thanks for all the advice. My friend is going to get another ferret down the road. Redd and my two ferret Sadie and Felix have play dates all the time, so I...
Of course everyone is always free to do as they please but glad you're going to be x-ing the raisins. Laurinda Morris, DVM of Danville Veterinary Clinic, Ohio...
I havent been a member for long but it diffently came in handy. My sister in law was feeding raisons to her ferrets cause in this book called Ferrets for...
You're very welcome. Anytime I can help a pet it makes me feel better even if I do come across as "pushy". Cindy ... sister in law was feeding raisons to her...
We were given 2 male ferrets about 4 years ago. One, we were told, was about a year old, and the other quite a bit older. The older one has died, it was a...
I wish I could help you! Poor thing, to lose his buddy & his humans... Crap, that sounds like I'm blaming you - I'm really not I swear. You need to get him...
Warren was getting better and Heather found his 'first love' in the trunk of her car. It is a bunny slipper. He spent nearly an hour trying to drag it into one...
I agree! Get that poor furbaby back! You can cut cost of food by cutting cost of litter. I buy 40lb. bags of non-phenol pelleted equine bedding for $6.50....
Hi Sharon! I get mine at Tractor Supply. You can get it at any small farm supply, too. Tack shops. Try any place that sells supplies for small and large...
This is why I joined the group, in hopes of finding him a good home. One of the problems with him is he never really bonded with humans, he kind of tolerates...
Warren is spending the night in the hospital. He has dumped to much weight and the tarry stools are not good. He is getting a bunch of tests tomorrow. The vet...
I am bringing my 2 female ferrets to the vet for their yearly checkup next
week. They are 1 and 2 years old. Both have always been healthy. My
question is...
In my opinion, they really only need shots if they are going to be around other animals (cats, dogs, etc) or if you take them out in public. If they bite...
Our beloved little Blizzard got a bad reaction to a rabies shot. It took 2 doctors ˝ hour to bring him back. We feel that was the “beginning of the end”...
Vaccines are always a difficult choice, you have to weigh the risks. Rabies vaccines are only needed if you live in an area/state that will only give a...
I sure have appreciated the input about shots. My girls never leave the
house unless I take the dogs out for a walk and put them in their carrying
pouch that...
The only two vaccines to choose from for ferrets is PureVax by Merial (tested and approved for ferrets but still have reactions) and Galaxy- D (never tested...