Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / August 2006

One of my new little babies (approx 13 weeks) keeps eating fabric - fleece
blankies, wool off crochet eggs/church mice, no evidence of carpet... yet.
Why is he doing this and how can I stop him?  We've got cat laxative on
standby and Ferrets for Dummies bookmarked on 'symptoms of ...

Our ferret is losing hair and has a sore on his body and tail.  We took
him to the vet about 6 weeks ago and he had a hormone shot.  It seemed
to make the condition worse.  What should I do?
Thanks in advance,

got a ferret pup thats a little less than 2 months old.  I'll have
pictures up real soon.  I got my cage built for him and i'm having a
blast with this cute little fella.  Does anyone know any household
items i can use to have as a "toy"?

Sat, Aug 25 is the Buckeye Ferret Bash held at Veteran's Memorial, at
300 E Broad, Columbus Oh.  This is Heart of Ohio Ferret Association and
Rescue's annual show and fund raiser for its shelter.
Dan and I will be at the HOFA club table selling t-shirts and handing

Yeah I was reading a couple of the other topics on how to stop ferrets
from biting.  I get the point of not flicking on the nose and not
CHOKING it with your knuckle.  (I've had the little terd for a week and
I love him and wouldn't think about putting harm on him)  SO I decided

Three pictures of a stoat over on alt.binaries.pictures.original (one repeated
on alt.binaries.pictures.animals).
Looks amazingly like a ferret with large ears.
   - Bill

I bought two ferrets from a petshop. They were about 6 weeks old. One
of the ferrets(both girls) is a little skinny. I think that she is sick
because she screams for everything. My boyfriend was giving her
yogies(peanut butter flavor) and she screamed and bit him. This is not

Am looking for 2 male baby ferrets - Does anyone knows of any for sale in
Herefor (UK) area?

My 3 yr old albino female , Fate she is losing hair on her tail and a
brownish color is starting to show through. I was hoping someone could
give me so information on what may be the cause of this and what steps
need i take to cure her of this problem.

If anyone knows anywhere near Richmond Va.  to buy a ferret, then
please let me know.

Hey there, my names Scott and I'm from Richmond Va.  Right now i'm
looking into buying a new ferret.  I really like the darker colored
ones.  If someone knows alot about ferrets, I would like some advice on
what I should be looking for in a ferret.

My silver/panda youngling, Crash, may be deaf. We thought that his
eyesight wasn't good, because he startled easily, but when I was
playing with them last night, I noticed that he doesn't respond to
sounds. I have a clicker training device for animals, and I was trying

A little blaze baby followed us home from the shelter last weekend.
http://www.ferretcafe.com/2006/08/meet-sniffles.html
I usually end up falling for the seniors, so it has been a really long
time since we have had a baby in the house.

Hello! I'm "mom" to two male ferrets: Shiro, a 2-year-old sable, and
Crash, a 5-month-old silver. We acquired Shiro when my sister-in-law
had to give him up because her daughters are really too young to take
care of him, and then I talked my husband into letting me get Crash to