Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / September 2008

Hello everyone!  We have a couple of male ferrets, about 5-1/2 years
old now.  Everything has been fine until recently.  Cancun had very
little life in him suddenly one day, and couldn't even jump up on the
shelf in his cage.  He kept backing up in the litter box, over and

fall has come to Vermont and " boys "
love it . the foliage is AWESOME !!!!!
and all is well .
                dad & spanky & li'l ski

My Ferret is limping horribly on her left leg. She only started this a
few hours ago. She hasn't shown any sign of pain,in fact she wanted to
play. I felt her leg but she didn't show any signs of being
hurt...what could be causing her limp? A sore leg?  She is marked

Just to let everyone know my last male , spickles had to be put to
sleep today .
Like his sibblings he had been suffering from adrenal disease and was
full of small tumours , over the last week he had rapidly gone down

I'd like to get an idea of what sort of success other ferret owners have
with litter training.  I've read posts by some owners whose ferrets never
really get it, and others whose pets have free run of the house.  I've had
mine for a little over a year now, and he has free run of ...