Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / April 2004

hi! i just got 2 ferrets sunday and one is allready sick :(
he is really Dehydrated. he also has some infection. i am trying to get
him to eat and drink but he wont. were force feeding him gatorade to help
his dehydration but im not sure it will do much good. i just hope the

Our new ferrets Taz and Vinnie have got ticks.  Taz has got three, one above
each eye and one below, Vinnie has got one above one eye.  I was looking on
the NWFS site and it said to treat them with Frontline, but not if it's near
the ears or eyes, so how are we supposed to treat ...

View this with your own eyes!  Providing the world with evidence on
how easy it is to hack into someones computer who posts on
alt.pets.ferrets.
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I received this today. Obviously from this newsgroup as my email addy is
munged.
I know it isn't from Cap. Here are the headers. Any idea whi it is from
Cap so that I can send an abuse report to their ISP?

Avalon stayed in her cage today - it is open all day and she usually comes
out swinging at 9am. I got home this evening and coaxed her out of there at
7:54 - she is now a whorl of energy, which is good to see.
But she goes to poo more often than normal, every 5-10 minutes as ...

The first one on the page:
http://www.redmap.co.uk/ferretsabout/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Litter_trays_55.html
What are your experiences with them?  Do your fuzzies like them?
Opinions welcome. :o)

I called the mink farmer.  I told him Donovan had died.  He tried to
blame in on an insteinal blockage or a bad kidney.  since I didn't pay
to have a necropsy done, I don't know.
He said "we can work something out".  He means he'll forget what he

This is more for Lin's benefit than most others, but it applies to APF
as a whole. For several months now members on Kim's Pooflinger's forum
have felt a need to sandbag The Ferret Store forum because some of
those members had a personal problem with some of the members, and one

Maybe I'll see your thoughts before I leave :-|
Well Alex is loosing fur on her tail.  She's lost fur before, but it
usually has the black spots also; there aren't any spots now.  I put a
picture at (http://members.cox.net/theferrets/images/alextail.jpg)

Why am I banned?  What did I do?
Ruth

i just got 2 ferrets sunday. they havnt really played yet. does it take a
while for them to get used to a new place? is there anything i can do? ive
tryed doing differant things and differant toys but they dont seem to
care.

i couldnt find the food that the lady gave me when i got the ferrets so i
got a little bit of some other kind to see if they woiuld eat it. they
wont. what should i do? just try and find the kind they were eating?  i
dont really know how good it was for them.

Well, I'm going on another little trip to the desert... see you all in
50-60 days.  Maybe I'll be able to check APF via Google Groups, but last
time I was there they had GG blocked (because it's a "Message Board").
Anyway... everyone have fun now, and I hope all your furballs stay ...

Hi all, we picked 2 ferrets up last night, very excited to be ferret parents
at last. They seemed to travel really well, they weren't fussed by anything
really.  We let them into their cage when they got home and just let them be
for a while and then let them out into their room to ...

When Harry was poorly and not eating, Frosty stopped eating as well, I
thought they had the same condition so Frosty was put on antibiotics and
separated with Harry.  Harry died of cancer and frosty continued with
antibiotics and another visit to the vets who said he can't find ...