Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / October 2004

I took the ferrets out for an education day.  We gave the lots of
olive oil.  I know too much causes the runs.  Brian was awake almost
the whole time.  He got lots of olive oil.
He pooped on the table and it was little more than white fluid.  Dan

Would everyone be on the lookout for 'Hage', missing since Tuesday.
He managed to bend the wire in his run and go AWOL (absent with out leave).
been searching and ringin round but no luck :o(
Charlie is a bit lost without him.

It is autumn here, the leaves are dropping off the trees. I gathered up a
huge bin bag full and dumped them into the ferret run. I laughed until my
sides ached at the sight of them all chasing each other and digging in the
masses of leaves :0)

I don't remember if I posted that my little girl Dixi passed away in
her sleep on 10/10.  She is now at the Rainbow Bridge.  Since Dixi was
Just a year old I had a necropsy done and found that she has a hole in
her heart and her heart suddenly stopped while she was sleeping.  Well

I just became Gpa to a ferret face and I sure love that little guy.  He will
be living with us for a while, and hopefully we can gain custody because we
have a nice stable comfortable home here, as opposed to running around an
apartment all day untrained and unsnoopervised.  He's ...

ok now you all see what a goofey old man trying to learn compter skills can
or can not do.
see I made a post last night at home and it dint show up, so when I got to
work I fiddled with the bosses computer to get here again and try to make

Just curious, what is the ideal temperature range to maintain inside the
home for the little fuzzies?  With their relatively thin coats, I suspect
they don't tolerate cold temps very well.  thx - CW

Dar noticed Gizzy sitting on the mat in the bedroom tonight,
when she picked him up he seemed limp, so brought him out to me.
At this point I noticed how he had runny dark poops all over his rump.
We washed him off, was checking him out, gave him a shot of kaopectate,

We adopted our first ferret last night.
The (very nice!) lady at the shelter showed us how to clean the ears and
clip the nails. She put Ferret Tone on the ferret's belly to make it easy
to clip the nails. She said that Ferret Tone is 'just olive oil'.

I know this is a serious matter, but I believe a little comic relief is in
order.  Also some food for thought.
If I were to let my ferret play in my backyard, would he tend to catch the
rats that live under the big stump?  Being an "dumb animal", he could be

About six months ago, I was enthralled by ferrets at a local pet
store.  
I was amazed by how friendly and willing to play these animals were,
almost like a dog, yet in an appartment friendly size.  I have since

snowy has a swelling on the side of her face and gum has a green discharge
we think its an abcess  , this  has come on within 24 hours , what is the
best treatment i can give her until i can take her too the vets in the
morning ,

    ...I think my remaining boy Bear would be a good candidate for the
"curse God and die" line.  :P
http://www.cs.rose-hulman.edu/~thomass/pics/ferret-bear-062003.jpg
While I wasn't looking, Bear went and turned seven years old last

Hey crapper, are you obtaining enough IP addresses from your website
to continue your "hacking" into others computers?  Guess
alt.pets.ferrets was your main source to obtain IP address so now that
everyone knows what your up to, you had to create a website of your

I can tell from the "wicked" thread, animal rights are a hot topic in merry
old Enland.  Holy smokes, digging up cadavers???  Whats up with that?
Just to add a tidbit from the US, the mainstream animal rights group here is
called PETA, or people for the ethical treatment of animals. ...