Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / May 2005

Bacchus, our 11-month old male, is turning into a first class thief.  He is
constantly on the lookout for any small to medium sized object with a soft
surface he can dig his teeth in to.  If the item is too large, he just chews
on it, but if its small enough to carry or drag, he ...

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We now have 7 ferrets. Our friends are considering an intervention.
One of the little ones we just got (Roger)is a very strange looking
little guy, He has a brown/gray coat, with a white blaze on his head.
His snout is grey and white. The toes on his two front paws are white,

Hello all again. I am still lurking around- <Grin> .. Was just reading
some newer posts and a viable topic seems to be "EXPERIENCED VETS"- Why
dont we ALL start building a Vet Referral list for our L'il Carpet
Sharks. I'll even make the 1st move... In the Intermountain West, where

a couple of days ago we got a baby ferret named missy.  She is about 7 weeks
old.  She is adorable!  I am glad to have found a group for ferret owners, I
will probably have lots of questions.
Here is a pic of her in her tent, I made it for her before she came home.

Mitch - poss age 6 or 7.
Symptoms - lethargic, wobbly on his legs, tremors/small fits ?,  especially
after exercise.
He is not really doing any real exercising just walking across the room

One of our girls just had her right adrenal gland and vena cava removed
because of a tumor. (3rd of our 4 to undergo this surgery, first who needed
the entire vena cava removed).
She's home now, after 2 days at the vet. They said she ate a little of her

We have two ferrets ages 4 and 5. We have the Midwest ferret cage with their
litter pan in the bottom. They use the litter pan for the most part but not
always. So every couple of weeks or so we have to take the bottom tray off
the cage, go outside and scrape it clean, then scrub it ...

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How fast do ferrets grow?  My Missy is a 7 week old Sprite, and it seems
like overnight she has gotten much bigger, practically double in size, we
have only had her for five days.  I am very amazed at this!
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