Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / March 2006

Quasimodo and I will be taking a 90+ mile one-way trip tomorrow to the Weare
Animal Hospital in NH to see if he's a candidate to have his spleen removed.
He's got two large masses growing on it, and their pressure seems to have
inhibited much of his use of his back legs.  Our local ...

Yesterday I was at a Petco where I got Daisy and Cinnamon. They had 2
little Dark Sables plus an older Silver Mitt.
Went back today and the 2 little Black Sables were gone, But the Silver
Mitt was still there, so I played with him again.  He is about 9 months

I don't know how much more my baby can take.
This past Fri early afternoon, when we got the fuzzies out for playtime/cage
cleaning, Ariel, who is usually the first one bouncing up & down at the door
to be let out, wasn't there. I checked the cage, & found her in one of the

I remember that I used to use a linoleum-type flooring for my ferret
cages, but darned if I can remember how I did it.  Do I use linoleum
tiles?  Any help would be much appreciated!
Helen

Last night, after being on only one dose of prednisone a day, Riley was
stumbling.  I also noticed he was standing on his little nuckles.  So I
tooke him to the vet this morning, and they kept him for the day, to monitor
his sugar levels.  His levels stayed above 75 all day, will ...

    I have quote a conundrum with my ferrets.  One of my ferrets snorkels
in his water dish, yet when I put him in the bathtub with maybe an inch
of water he seems to hate it.  Any ideas why he's snorkeling in his
water dish?  If he likes water so much, why doesn't he like to swim

I have a photo of Rose that shows a bit what they do wgen they groom:
http://www.fuzzmom.nl/Foto/Foto's%201-5-2005%20045.jpg
Nanny

I was wondering if any of y'all have used the Totally Ferret baby food,
their treats or the Ferret Store treats and if so, did your babies like
them?
Just trying to find some other things that I can give the guys.

Hello Everyone. I am Lyndsay aka Lynds. I just got 2 ferrets a few
weeks ago. The 15th of Feb. to be exact. Steve and Abby. Steve is 2
years old (a sable i believe) and Abby is 1year old (also a sable i
believe). They are my first ferts and omg I love them. They get along

Daisy and Cinnamon now have a 2 story condo so that they can have
boyfriends over.
My original cage was a 38" wide Marchioro (Italy) cage. I thought it
would be nice to add a 2nd story, so....

Ok... now I'm worried.
Riley went to the vet for a mouth swab.  Turns out the swab was for a PCR
test.  PCR testing in ferrets is used to help dectect Aleution Disease
(ADV)... also known as chronic wasting disease...a ferret AIDS.

I just feel so lucky!  Bean is the perfect ferret kit.  He uses his
litter boxes about 90% of the time, even pausing during play to run
back to his cage when he has to go.  He and Abbie adore each other,
Abbie doing a great immitation of a big hairy ferret.  Lots of

Hi all, things are going well Azrella and i are getting along well now
and she has calmed down and i finally did it people i got her to go in
the litter box {iam so proud of her and myself} now if i can only get
the nipping under control and get her harness trained i will be i

    I'm having trouble with my new ferrets.  These are my first ferrets,
one I got a week ago, and one thursday for her as a playmate.  She
seems to be kind of lethargic and has grainy poo.  I thought it was me
being stupid, because I failed to read that they needed moistened food.

How's Riley doing??
Holly