Ferrets

[tikeyas_mom]

i'd get her to write it down adn then sign it in blood haha.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I had a ferret, she passed away at 6 years old. Yes they are very fun pets. They love to nibble at your feet while playing. It is a law (at least in florida) that a female ferret has to be spayed before she can be sold in a pet store (they are tattooed). I rescued mine, I'm not sure where the prevous owners had gotten her, but she was spayed. I'm not sure about the males having to be neutered.

Ferrets are closely related to skunks, so they have an oder. I cleaned her cage daily and cleaned up poo several times a day. I just used newspaper, it was easy and cheep.

I feed her Marshals ferret diet. I also gave her Marshals Ferret vitamins daily. She loved her vitamins and always waited for them in the mornings.

She died from adrenal Gland disease, which is common in ferrets. She lost a lot of hair and had an enlarged vulva. She ate great and kept up a healthy weight. The day before she passed she slowed down, not wanting to play or even eat much, we knew she was on her last few days. i was getting ready to take her to the vet, I was going to have her put down, so she would die peacefully, and not suffer. Before I left, my husband and I were saying goodbye to her, kissing her, and telling her that we love her. She died right there in our arms. It was very peaceful. We miss her, but arn't looking to get another ferret anytime soon.

[lv4dogs]

Originally posted by KBlaix
I had a ferret, she passed away at 6 years old. Yes they are very fun pets. They love to nibble at your feet while playing. It is a law (at least in florida) that a female ferret has to be spayed before she can be sold in a pet store (they are tattooed). I rescued mine, I'm not sure where the prevous owners had gotten her, but she was spayed. I'm not sure about the males having to be neutered.

Ferrets are closely related to skunks, so they have an oder. I cleaned her cage daily and cleaned up poo several times a day. I just used newspaper, it was easy and cheep.

I feed her Marshals ferret diet. I also gave her Marshals Ferret vitamins daily. She loved her vitamins and always waited for them in the mornings.

She died from adrenal Gland disease, which is common in ferrets. She lost a lot of hair and had an enlarged vulva. She ate great and kept up a healthy weight. The day before she passed she slowed down, not wanting to play or even eat much, we knew she was on her last few days. i was getting ready to take her to the vet, I was going to have her put down, so she would die peacefully, and not suffer. Before I left, my husband and I were saying goodbye to her, kissing her, and telling her that we love her. She died right there in our arms. It was very peaceful. We miss her, but arn't looking to get another ferret anytime soon.

sorry to hear about loosing your cutie, ferts sure do bring lots of joy!
just had too add a couple things about your post
Ferrets closely related to skunks? Not true. Both ferrets and skunks used to be classified as belonging to the family Mustelidae, but recent evidence has suggested that skunks began to evolve far earlier than had at first been believed. As a result, skunks are now considered sufficiently different to justify having their own family. Skunks are now classified as Mephitidae and so are no longer members of the mustelid family.

Marshalls ferret food is an ok diet to feed but it contains a lot of fish ingredients which make their feces smell worse, most ferret knowledgable people feed other premium diets to help with the odor & some diets are way better for your ferts.

Adrenal disease (mentioned in one of my other replys) is treatable with surgery, even w/ out surgery the vet can give vaccies of either melatonin or lupron which helps the adrenal gland kind of "last longer" to postpone surgery for pets that are too ill to undergo anesthesia or possibly other problems/incedents that may not make them probable canidates for surgery.

But 6 years is not too common of an age for ferrets to pass on. Although If cared & medicated for properly a ferret ussually lives to 8 years of age.