Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / January 2005

My Wilson was hurt this afternoon.  His left eye is swollen, he threw up, he
had either extremely runny diarrhea or extremely dark urine and was
stumbling around falling onto his left side.  I called the vet and took him
right in.  They checked him over and gave him 3 cc's of ...

Four paragraphs into my introduction, questions, etc, and Cobble runs
across the keyboard, deleting everything ;)
Ok, again:  Hi, my name is Kyla, I'm a first-time ferret owner.  I've
had a bit of experience with ferrets before, but I am from California,

I thought I'd ask now before the summer. Our doggies and cat bring in the
odd flea so we use a product called 'Program'.......(when we first moved in
the previous people had cats and it took us months to get rid of them....it
was awful! so I'm probably a bit neurotic!!!) Our vet ...

We took Puddy and Zoe to the vet.  Puddy was just for a rabies vac. and nail
trimming.  No big deal.  We felt like Zoe had gotten a little bit bigger of
a belly before we left to see Mom for Christmas, but she didn't seem to be
in any pain and everything else was normal.  So we ...

I am wondering if anyone in the UK has experience of adrenal disease with
their ferrets?
I am just back from a vets appointment, and this vet is thinking along the
same lines as myself, that my Lex looks to be showing early signs of

My son has a 9 mo old male named Bacchus.  The little fuzzy has grown up
nicely, healthy, strong, very beautiful and generally well behaved.  B has a
utility room set up as his "cage", very nicely furnished.  He's frequently
allowed to come out, roam the apartment and play with the ...

What is "cat flu"?  I heard that it is not distemper, but my source was not
sure what it actually was.

Those of you who know me from other boards have known about Slinky for
a while, but for those who only post here, ferret math has struck us
again.
After losing Sunshine so abruptly, I wasn't thinking about bringing any

I am talking about vaccinations...
I have a friend who has had a fert for 7 years that is unvaccinated. It is
unvaccinated because she had one that got vaccinated and it died as a
result. I have read and heard that adverse reactions are usually pretty bad

I've always been very interested in Ferrets and I am considering getting
one, or even two. I have done a lot of research about them on the net, but
there are a few questions I have that I cannot find the information on. So
I thought I'd contact you guys and get it from the horse's ...

 http://www.justsayyes.fotki.com/ferrets_we_have_known/

What is with all the spam, all of a sudden?
I have seen more in the past 3 days than I have in the past 3 years!

I' m an Italian guy so I excuse me for my bad english.
I bought a ferret that is 1,5 years old.
I can' t teach to it how give up to bite.
When it bite I try to take it at the back of head ( I don' t know the right

It appears at a few of it's stores in the USA, Petsmart
wants to run a test of selling ferrets at these stores,
basically for the Christmas season.
I don't know about you, but I think this is appalling!!!

Is anyone currently using lupron to treat their ferret?  my ferret is a bad
candidate for surgery, and i've been reading to the miami ferret board for more
information.  Just curious what the successes have been with people on this
board, and which shot u are using (1 month...4 ...