Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / March 2007

Banzai died during the night.  We were going to take him to the vets today
to have him put to sleep, but he saved us the heartache of having to do
this.  He had lymphoma and had gone rapidly downhill in the last two weeks,
refusing food, treats, ferretvite and not taking water, ...

Since this one is fairly slow, I'd hoped that the other one was busier.  Any
ideas?

What happened to 'Old Molly'?  She used to be everywhere, but now she's
gone.  Her postings were so prolific, I was really expecting to see her
here.

If anyone has seen the Red ferret Octopus toy and thinking about it, I
had a bad experience with it.
My boy Jasper got in it then tried to come out one of the Tentacles, and
got it stuck around his waist. He panicked, but let me pick him up with

Just to let you all know inky died two days ago .
he was my first ferret and father of all but two of the rest of the
crew
We decided with the vets help to allow him to die with all his little

I used to have a ferret named Kazul who was one of the best companions
I've ever had.  I got her from a pet store while I was living in
Oregon, and had her with me while attending college in Arizona.  She
died a few years ago due to cancer, and I didn't think about getting

Today I picked up my 4th Ferret Olivia from the Oregon Ferret Shelter,
she is a pure Angora girl, 4 years old. So far her first night out in my
living room she has been defending her territory, and not associating
well with my other three others. It appears though that given time ...

Finally found Russ.
He is in the hospital...I won't go into with what, but it is serious....
If anyone here is interested, I am sure he would love to hear from his
friends..even sending him some new "You are a redneck if......" lines!

Been a long time...but this is important...
I am looking for a current email address or phone number for Cap.
Before anyone gets excited...he lives in the panhandle of Florida, and a
long time ferret aficionado has gone missing and we want to contact Cap to

Our family are new ferret owners and I'm new to this NG.
First off, why has everyone stopped posting.  Don't let the spam get
you down, just drown it out.
I bought our first little guy about 3 weeks ago.   I was walking by

Let me start out by saying that I am only offering food for thought
not reccomendations.
I recently visited meerkat rescue in moreno valley and I had a lot of
opportunity to talk to the caretaker there. I recommend going if you

Hi All...
Roberta had an ultrasound today. She looks pretty strange with a
shaved belly but otherwise she's doing fine. They did not have to
anesthetize her and she was a very good girl through the exam as long

Willow suffered from adrenal and recently from insulinoma.  She
started life as a breeder ferret and came to me as a rescue.  Her
owner was forced out of having ferrets at all due to life
circumstance.

Hi...
My 3 year old female "Roberta" has been diagnosed with insulinoma and
receives 2cc oral medication twice daily. Since she can't have regular
treats (the treats she likes all contain corn syrup) I find that a

I added a section to the wikipedia entry on ferrets. I felt that there
should be a section that collected together examples of the ideas that
they are not really ordinary pets despite how wonderful they are. I
wanted to get comments on the entry I added in terms of accuracy and