Originally posted by lv4dogs
Chinadoll has awesome advice! Just be careful w/ the distemper shots as a lot of ferrets have reactions to that vaccine. Some vets like to pre-treat w/ a benadryl or similar medicine before administering the vaccine. I reccomend when getting ferret shots to wait @ the vets for about 15-30 minutes after the vaccine was given to be sure there will be no reaction to it. Look around in your area to find a ferret vet as many vets do have experience other than basic care & vaccines.


CHINADOLL: You said to not feed cat food only kitten, does that mean to also feed kitten food when they get older? Or is cat food alright for adult ferrets?
Excellent advice about reactions. I start spewing out so much info that I forget what I cover and don't cover . There are 3 kinds of distemper vacs: Ferravac, Galaxy D, and Purvac. The Ferravac has the most reactions. The Purvac is the new ferret distemper vac. I haven't tried it yet, but I do know that others have and they say the reaction rate for Purvac is extremely low compared to Ferravac.

Never feed cat food. Ferrets can eat kitten food because it is high in protein which is essential to their diet. Cat food is not high enough in protein to meet that requirement. As kittens grow older they don't need as much protein as when they were young kittens; however, ferrets always need a diet high in protien.

geez..I need to start cutting down on my typing... I could have just answered that with a simple No cat food...kitten food is best for young and old ferrets..besides ferret food of course.