Ferrets: Providing the Best Home for Your Ferret (Complete Care Made Easy)

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Bounce along with them, and they will be happy. Ferrets may also puff up their tail and make little giggling like sounds dooking to show they are having a great time, some even wag their tails! They also like to wrestle and play-fight. They tend to play rough, but they learn to be careful with humans if their human playmates yelp when nipped. Ferrets are weasels and, as such, they are obligate carnivores. This means they need meat in their diet. They also have very high metabolisms, so they need a large amount of animal fat in their diets.

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For a detailed review of your ferrets dietary needs check out our article Ferret Food: A Recipe for Success. There are many high-grade ferret foods on the market, however, be sure to read the ingredients to make sure that the food is not fish-based. Its also good to avoid foods which are too high in vegetable and grain matter as this can help predispose your ferret to a cancer known as insulinoma. Several types of ferret food are nothing more than modified mink food. Some ferrets will starve themselves instead of eating fish-based food. Ferrets tend to be picky eaters. Meat or whole prey can be frozen but it will need to be properly thawed prior to giving it to your ferret.

Changing foods or flavours abruptly will make the ferret sick. As a result, it is a good idea to ensure your ferret experiences a mix of foods at an early age so as to accustom them to different diets in the event their preferred food is unavailable for a short period. This also helps ensure your ferret is used to a wide variety of flavors and does not imprint itself to one food only. Ferrets are naturally clean animals, and tend their own fur carefully. They need a bowl of water in order to wash their faces, and they clean the rest of their coat in the same fashion as a cat.

Baths should be kept to a minimum, regular bathing may make your ferret smell good for a night, but its strips the natural oils off their fur and they will then overcompensate for this by producing even more! They will then get A LOT smellier and their skin will dry out. If your ferret lets one go from the poofy valve while playing, or just rolls around in muck its best to just give them a wipe with a soap free baby wipe or even better, just a warm damp towel.

You can also let them swim around in some water. Try limit proper baths for once every quarter or less and use a soft easy going shampoo such as Natural Animal Solutions Shampoo or BioGroom Ferret Shampoo and Conditioner. These are very gentle shampoos and do not strip all those lovely oils from their skin. As all pets and humans, ferrets have sensitive eyes and ears, be sure to stear clear of the face when you do need to bathe them.

Ferret ears do get quite waxy, cleaning on a regular basis with a gentle pet friendly ear cleaner with some cotton wool is recommended. Regular nail clipping is also required, a small pair of human nail clippers is the perfect size. If you need assistance just phone the campus and a staff member can help you out. Ferret-proofing a house is a bit like preparing your home for a remarkably agile toddler and a litter of hyperactive kittens, while trying to keep out mice and snakes. Ferrets can wiggle through almost any hole or gap that is 3cm across.

When bringing your ferret home for the first time its a great idea to follow their every footstep for the first few days so you can discover where they may have found an escape route. Being inquisitive little things ferrets can get into A LOT of tight and dangerous positions.

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If you have a recliner chair make sure you know where all the ferrets are before adjusting the foot rest. Check your dishwasher for a naughty ferret before closing it and turning it on. Temperature is another thing to watch.

Ferrets do not do well in hot weather. Any time the temperature is likely to get to 27C, check on your ferrets frequently and bring them inside with a fan on their cage if possible.

Hammocks are great for naptime! Your ferret will need a large cage with a separate compartment to sleep in. Ferrets are easy to litter train!

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Change the litter box daily, and change the cage bedding once or twice a week. Remove soiled bedding, droppings and stale food from the cage daily.

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Clean the cage completely once a week by scrubbing the bottom of the cage and soiled accessories with warm water and a gentle soap and replacing dirty litter and bedding. Make sure to rinse and dry everything completely before returning it to the cage. Ferrets are carnivores, and food passes through their digestive systems very quickly.

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A ferret diet must be high in animal protein, high in fat and low in fiber. Because of their quick metabolism, ferrets need to eat every hours, so it is best to have dry food available constantly. You may also occasionally treat your ferret to canned food. Most ferrets will eat only enough to meet their needs and will not become obese as long as they are fed quality food and get enough exercise. Remember that most small mammals are prey in the wild. If you handle your ferret incorrectly, he can become permanently frightened and even aggressive.

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Description Even though ferrets are relatively new to the pet world, these charming weasels have been human companions for thousands of years, as author Karen Dale Dustman shares in the opening of Ferrets. Other Books in This Series. Customer Ratings We have not received enough ratings to display an average for this book.

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