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DOOK OF THE MONTH:This page will have articles about ferrets, ferret vets, recipes for ferret food and treats, etc... You can give us info about veterinarians or write an article yourself, and share tips. Keep your eyes open for "dookumentaries," and if you have a dookumentary you want to submit, please contact us! Just A Bit About Me I have been a proud ferrent since I was ten years old. Ten is very young to have full responsibility of a ferret, but I am told I was a very responsible ten year old compared to many. Actually, I wouldn't recommend even having a ferret in a household which has kids under ten, as there are many dangers, mostly for the ferret. Anyway... I have had ferrets ever since. (Quite a long time now!) Ferret math is inevitable, and I have four fuzzers at the moment. My first ferret, Lucho, sadly passed away in October 2009 (leaving me with four ferrets), and I would like to have a moment of silence in honor of him. R.I.P. My current ferrets are Princess Button (the boss of the gang!), Freddy (my big sweetie), Misha (also a big boy), and Kit Kat (my tiny 2nd girl). They are such a sweet - and naughty - gang. They are my kids; they just happen to have four legs and a lot of fur. They have helped make me the person I am now, and I love them so much. :-) I often visit my friend Cathy Strobach (called "Zoo" by her friends), who runs a ferret sanctuary. She does a really great job and keeps the 50-70 ferrets there happy and healthy in their forever home. The sanctuary has rescued tons of unwanted, homeless, or sick ferrets, who now thrive in the lap of luxury. But with so many ferrets, volunteers are always welcome. Donations are great, too. She has saved so many ferret lives, so show her how much you appreciate it! You can contact her here: I was in Denmark recently (the country, not the city!), and had a fun experience while there. I got to meet a Danish ferret owner/breeder and her five fuzzbutts! I was amazed by how big ferrets are in Europe. The reason is that all ferrets there are private-breeder ferrets, which means they get treated with a lot more respect than ferrets from Marshall, a company that mass-produces ferrets as if they where chairs or tables, not living beings. The Marshall ferrets, though just as lovable, are treated disgracefully. At 4 or 5 weeks, often before their eyes are open, they get neutered/spayed. Then they get taken from their moms when they're 6 weeks old - way too early - and get shipped across the states to pet stores, where they often live in horrible conditions and don't always get good, knowledgable owners/homes. But private breeder ferrets from knowledgeable, responsible breeders get to stay with their moms for several weeks longer, get neutered later in their life (which allows the males to get much bigger), and get treated like real beings who deserve proper care and tons of love. Private-breeder ferrets (they can be found all over in America) are healthier, happier, and bigger. Bigger and better, as the saying goes! LOL. Often in ferret shows, the really big, handsome ferrets are breeder ferrets. One of mine is a breeder ferret (though I adopted her from a rescue place), and I plan on getting another breeder ferret kit (baby) soon. Many breeders here in America like to have ferrets from Denmark, Sweden, or Germany for their breeding stock, so it was really cool to get to meet a real Danish ferret! All five of them where really sweet and I would have loved to bring one of them back. The largest weighed over five pounds! So yeah, that's just a bit about me. My ferrets are sleeping innocently in their hammocks as I write this. |
FERRET FOOD RECIPES:Here is a great recipe for sick ferrets, though healthy ferrets enjoy it just as much! Put the chicken baby food into a bowl. Then stir in the warm water until the baby food has a soup-like consistancy. Add the FerreTone. Mix well. (Sometimes I add a few crumbled treats or pieces of meat to make it more interesting.) Feed to the ferret either in a bowl (or shallow dish), or syringe-feed if the ferret is very weak. It may take a couple of days for the ferret to get used to the taste of soup. It is a good idea for healthy ferrets to get used to the taste of soup (and it's a tasty treat, too) so that when/if they get sick they are willing to eat it. This is probably the simplest of all soup recipes; there are many that are way more complicated and take hours to make, but this soup can be whipped up in a minute or two, which makes it very handy. Enjoy! |
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