Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / July 2004

First, before anyone says anything, yes. We are crazy.
We are selling/have sold our condo and are moving to a trailer. The
time between closing and the actual aquiring of the trailer is almost
a week.

Hello everyone. I just purchased a new baby ferret last night to keep
my 5 month old ferret, Mackey, company. I am assuming the ferret is
around 7 weeks to so. He had just been delivered that day to the pet
store from Marshalls. When I put him in his new cage last night, he

This was a comment from a recent post I read on the board here.
On the comment above, I was just curious....I hear a lot of condemnation of
Marshall's.  That is where our Gwen came from and where our four current

this guy weighs 1.25 lbs.. and is 3.5 yrs. old.
the ONLY thing that he has DESTROYED
is the bottom cloth under my couch and
love seat. two of his villas are located in here !

Okay;  Everyone check your ingredients on your food for Magnesium and
preservatives.  I have stopped using Totally Ferret.  When I did a
survey on another group, everyone who fed their ferrets totally ferret,
iams, 8 n 1 ultimate, all had a bad history of

Frosty & Frodo are friends no longer.  Frosty whilst playing hide-n-seek
with Frodo, bit him on the front part of the bottom jaw (enough to make
teeth marks) lots of screaming and pouffing.  Frodo now seems terrified of
Frosty and doesn't want to be in the same place as him.  They ...

Okay, so I slept in late this morning.  By the time I got to the livingroom,
Gilbert was already at the cage door rattling it and wanting out.
Hmm......I usually like to wake up a LITTLE bit before I have to deal with
fuzzies in destruct mode (typical morning mode).   He's watching

A few weeks ago, I was in one of those religious/new age/incense shops and
bought a small vial of scented mineral oil.  Yesterday on a lark, I dabbed
a tiny bit on Frettchen, between her shoulders.  She didn't seem to mind
at all, and for the next 24 hours I had a fuzzy, mobile,

Little Frodo is a quick learner.  One evening of flicking him on his conk
and shouting NO and he is cured.  I didn't like doing it but it didn't seem
to cause pain more surprise than anything.
Today, in an unfamiliar area to kit and adult, I introduced them one at a

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express your opinion to Governor Schwarzenegger.  Other options include:
email the governor at:  Governor@ Governor.Ca.gov (reference state bill
SB-89)

I wonder if your kit is getting enough time to run and play.  Kits have a
LOT of energy and can play for hours if given the chance.  If not given the
chance to get their energy out, they may take it out in biting and other bad
behaviors. He should have lots of balls and stuffies and ...

Okay so I have my kit at home.  When I picked him up he seemed very placid
not particularly biting.  He would happily doze on my lap.
After only one week he is a ferocious biting thing.  I haven't played with
him but not very roughly and it was with a teddy.

I just heard that the Governor's office is asking the public's opinion on our
ferret amnesty bill.  I absolutely urge you all to call in your support for
this bill as soon as possible.  Follow the prompts and select the one that asks
for you opionon on legislation.  I just called ...

My little ferret has been sick for two months.  Some of you may recall that
a few weeks ago I posted a message asking if anyone could help diagnose
her problem.  This message is to follow up on what's happened; perhaps it
will be of use to others whose little fuzzies happen to get ...

I have a question about the dumb law that states that ferrets must be
automaticly put to sleep if a bite report has been issued.  What if
the ferret bite does not break the skin.  Will the animal still be put
down?  For instance if a ferret is taken to the vet for a routine exam