Any other Farrents?

[RedneckCowgirl]

I just got a ferret, the first since my two old ladies passed on this last summer. He is a DEW and a total kibble addict (spent 20 minutes trying to dig through a rubbermaid tub to get into the dog food), but he is a sweetheart :) Working on getting him to eat his raw soupies today :)

Here is the little chunker :)

[DaneMama]

I wish we could...but they'd surely become a dog snack in our household (not intentionally of course)! They are so darn cute!

[catahoulamom]

Eeeek! He is adorable! I have three, all three of them were eating kibble before I got them. Norman dug right into his raw and never looked back - Ramona and Ralph gave me a hard time the first month (with eating their raw). Now they've been eating PMR supplemented with some cat Stella & Chewys (freeze dried raw) for the past 6 weeks or so. I found that if I smeared chicken or turkey babyfood on something they would at least mouth it and taste it.

My ferrets seem to really love rabbit, duck, cornish hen and turkey heart the most. David (Tobi is his screenname on here) actually informed me that turkey hearts are higher in taurine than beef hearts, so I've been buying those more. We still give them beef heart though, they love it!

I'm sure you'll enjoy your new little one. How did you get him? have you thought of a name yet?

[RedneckCowgirl]

DaneMama- They are wonderful, you can never be sad with a ferret loose :)

Catahoulamom- His name is Goose :) I was interested in a ferret at a shelter, but someone else had applied first and was approved. Well later that day I happened to be looking on craigslist (habit, lol) and he was free without a cage or anything, so I email them and picked him up within the hour :) Right now his soupies is made of chicken, deer heart and beef liver, with a little oil oil and bone meal.

[GoingPostal]

What a little fatty! I've had ferrets since 2005, we've had eight over the years but down to only two now, last couple years have been rough ones. I have a 8-9 year old male with adrenal and a 5 year old girl left. I switched mine to raw last year, wished I'd done it earlier.

[RedneckCowgirl]

What a little fatty! I've had ferrets since 2005, we've had eight over the years but down to only two now, last couple years have been rough ones. I have a 8-9 year old male with adrenal and a 5 year old girl left.

I know how that goes :( My ex and I raw a rescue of sorts (it seems like once people know you own them they think you want to take theirs once they are bored with them) and had around 17 I believe at one point. I have tons of awful stories, I can't believe the way some people treat their animals! This last spring my two girls that started it all (both petstore Marshalls girls) passed away at 12 years old, and I had had them from just widdle kits. A couple months later the two remaining, both older (8 and 9) passed on. I wasn't sure that I could open up my heart to a fuzz again, but this guy weaseled (no pun intended) his way in. I've owned ferrets for more of my life then I haven't, so it just felt weird not having one :)

[GoingPostal]

(it seems like once people know you own them they think you want to take theirs once they are bored with them)

I always warn ferret people about this because it's so true! The last 5 we got were all off other people and I've been offered more than I can count after that. My sister is really bad about talking me up and finding people who want me to take their ferret/cat/iguana/pit bull/etc, because since I already have them I must want everyone's. She hinted about another two that need a home yesterday and there's a 1 year old on the local swap and shop, the owner said "the novelty is long gone". People suck. My girl is a holy terror about new additions and with my male elderly and ill I don't feel comfortable adding more, especially a young one. My girl is the last one we bought from a pet store and the only kit, she's my monster baby.

My two

[RedneckCowgirl]

They are adorable! :) And I LOVE that bedding set :) I've decided once I need to get a cage I'm getting a 142, we used to have a couple and they are so much better then any other cage on the market!

[GoingPostal]

They are really nice cages, it was a little hard convincing the b/f we needed one since they have their own room and aren't ever caged but we use it to hold water dishes and litter pans and they seem to prefer sleeping in there most of the time. They were on a good sale when they switched to the new tool-less FNs and I didn't want to miss my chance to get one. I have a basement full of crappy cages we've accumulated over the years.

[Unosmom]

I would love to get a ferret someday, but from what I've read they are very prone to various diseases especially cancer and hormonal issues. How would you go about getting one if you want a healthy ferret? My guess is that pet stores arent the best choice. I always imagine them to be like perpetual children on sugar high, constantly running around and getting into trouble. I'd probably have to have a separate room just for them to run around and play in and a large cage.