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Ferret Care

Before you shop for your ferret, do some readings on ferret’s general stuffs such as their caging, disease, behavior, diet and so on. Their life span is averagely 6-8 years but some even live up to 10 years.

 

Besides, neutering or spaying a ferret changes his or her physiology. An altered ferrets makes better pets as for males, because they will not do markings anywhere and as for females, if they are not mated during heat, they could die due to tremendous loss of hormones. Furthermore, if a ferret is altered before maturity, he or she will display a different growth pattern than a ferret who is either unaltered or altered after maturity. Early altered ferrets possess somewhat less bone mass and density than late alters or unaltered ferrets. An altered female weighs between 300g to 1.1kg. While neutered males weighs 900g to 1.6kg but an unaltered male could weigh up to 2.7kg or more.

 

As the matter of fact, most ferrets are caged for their own safety and for their owner’s convenience but they should NEVER left alone in cage at all time. They will end up depressed and unhandled ferrets sometimes bite too. So, the owners should play with their ferrets every day for at least 4 hours a day. In the case that if you are always busy, get another buddy for your lonely ferret, as ferrets are too hyper-active. While they are outside of the cage, they will be busy checking the surrounding and playing around, for example, some of them like to perform war-dance, and they even will invite you to play with them. Moreover, they love burrows and also lots of comfortable towels to sleep on.

 

Most of domestic ferrets are fed a kibble diet. Some cat kibbles such as Innova, Iams, Origen, Science Plan simply to meet most ferret’s dietary needs, but it is very unlikely to exceed them by much. Thus, some factors such as growth, illness, stress, an active lifestyle, etc. can raise a ferret’s dietary needs beyond the capabilities of the average kibble diet. As far as health is concerned, Ferretvite (can be replaced with Nutrigel) and Ferretone (can be replaced with Omega 3 & 6) should be offered to your ferrets frequently for an extra supplement. They love it very much, it can also be treats for training them. Ferrets diet is very important as they can get disease very easily. Undoubtfully, ferrets love sugar and chocolate but it’s a NO NO. and please avoid any fruits and vegetables as well.

 

It’s important for  your ferrets to have the development of a healthy attitude, as well as healthy body and coat. A ferret that receives sufficient exercise will have a firm layer of muscle cover through which its bones may be palpated, but through which bones do not protrude. On the other hand, obesity is not a common occurrence in ferrets, though it can happen when an owner feeds too much fat and/or protein to a ferret who should be on a lower calorie diet. However, a light layer of fat is normal in a healthy active ferret. Thus, a healthy ferret will have a thick, glossy coat, unlike the hairs that is coarse, dry, or break off if bent. As for the ferret’s whiskers, it should be long and unbroken, not brittle. Also, a ferret with dull eyes and dry nose is not a healthy ferret.

 

You should NEVER keep your ferret in an aquarium as it has not enough ventilation. Therefore, preferred cages for ferrets should be at least 2ft X 3 ft, but of course bigger means better. When time comes for grooming your ferrets, it includes cleaning their ears, clipping their nails and bathing them. As hygiene is concerned, their toilets should be cleaned 2-3day once as ferrets do not like to live near their own poops.

 

What I can say is, every ferret has it’s own beauty. The best thing is ferrets can go along very well with children as well as other pets such as dogs and cats. However, it should not be introduced to ‘Predator VS prey’ pets such as snakes, hamsters, fish and etc.

 

We send our fuzzies to a Dr. Jenny Law for medical needs. She is a very dedicated vet that can handle many exotics namely ferrets.

 

Dr. Jenny can be contacted at 03-7804 6539 or visit Hand “N” Paws at C-17G, Jalan PJU 1/45, Aman Suria Damansara 47301 Petaling Jaya.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kota Damansara,

Petaling Jaya

Selangor

Basic ferret care

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Ferret belongs to the family Mustelidae. They are carnivorous.  “Ferret” is from a Latin word, which means Thief. Ferret has musky smell. When angry, excited, scared, fight or over stimulated, they can produce “bomb” an odor that can really chase you away.

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