Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / October 2003

Just wondering from all you old-timer ferret keepers out there.... at
roughly what age do you notice them slowing down??
I posted 2 nights back about Lily putting herself to bed... it happened
again the night after... and just now again tonight (she's 4 and a half now,

Hi I don't know if I should be asking this in here but as you might know i
am after a baby ferret i have seen on webpages ferrets only breed in the
spring but if there kept inside they breed more often so if anyone has got
any baby ferrets in the UK Telford please e-mail me or reply ...

Need some reassurance.
We have 2 ferrets, which we've had since July but they have to be kept
outside in a hutch I built.
Are they going to be warm enough in these cold winter nights we are suddenly

Hi people,
Just thought you'd like to know that last Tuesday Osmar (our youngest
ferret) went in for emergency surgery for a stomach blockage. It turned
out he had eaten a piece of leather or plastic (it was so darkened I

You need to get that fuzz into a vet soonest. Blood in her poo could
be a bleeding ulcer.
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From: "( )" <badgirlangel@webtv.net>

I'm finding all kinds of good stuff about our friend Gary. This is a
peach. Almost as good as our pious Gary Schooley telling me to "die".
Fat chance of that Gary, but having studied Islam for a number of
years, and knowing many Kuwaitis, and some Iraqis as I do, I just

Lily-roo put herself to bed for the first time today. I have just overturned
the ferret room and created a complete mess looking for her, before I
spotted the "bulge" in the hammock. Sigh.... my fault. I gave her an extra
long solo playtime earlier today, when I brought her ...

My son is in Virginia and I'm thinking of flying back there for Christmas
this year.  The problem is that I think Kylie will have to go with me
because of her refusal to interract with anyone else....all I would do is
worry about her, so might as well take her with me, then I will ...

After receiving several emails recently telling me to take a look and see
what is happening in apf, I am laughing my socks off. I see shitforbrains
Gary is showing himself in his true colours at last.
It appears he is nothing but poor white trash, hell bent on destroying this

Kenny's new cage and Kenny wrapped in a feather boa in the drawer under my
spare bed. I lost him and discovered he had ripped a hole in the end of the
bed and could get into the drawers in amongst my material. He woke up with
the flash but looked so sweet inside the feather boa. ...

Just reading last nights 42 threads and gotta say i think the time has come to
quietly bow out.
I came here for ferrets and found many new friends. We have differed on ferret
husbandry over the years as I still think the UK ferret is a lot healthier than

I've lucked out, Dan does all the cage cleaning on Sunday afternoon.  checks
food and water too.  I just do food and water the rest of the week, nails
every 2 wks, vet runs, distempers shots once a year.
My handsome, hob (whole male), Finn McCool, is wanderigng the house and

Saw this cute calender
http://www.browntrout.com/calendars/product.asp?MGID=1140&IID=3871
Had to share.
Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi

This story is as true as I`m standing here:
Molly`s old neighbour Bert came a callin last summer whilst she was clearing
the zoo out.
He said " I have heard off the internet that you lend it out a bit".