I created this website to collect all the correct information about this pet to the Web (and in many books) there are a lot of wrong information. When I decided to take my first ferret (2 years ago), I started looking around the web much information as possible to understand if it was the right pet for me, After days of searching thought to be quite informed, but I was wrong, speaking to people who breed ferrets for years I realized that the 90% of what I read was completely wrong. First, having a ferret is not quite like having a hamster or a rabbit, rather, the ferret is the natural predator of these species (in fact, was originally trained to hunt rabbits) therefore you should not make him live with them, many call the ferret “rodent”, definition absolutely wrong, the ferret is part of the family mustelidi, the same which includes the skunks, stoats, minks, etc.… therefore temperamentally has nothing to do with a rodent. Here many of the questions that a person who heard for the first time the ferret would like to adopt one or, often arises.
The ferret lives in a cage? No! The ferret is definitely not an animal cage, despite many hours spent sleeping (during which can be locked in a cage), as well as dog and cat needs lots of space to play, run and explore and also needs to interact with the master. Is’ qindi should make a room or the whole house safe to do so run around at least 4 hours a day and always kept under control. Where can I find a ferret “wild”? The ferret does not exist in nature! Often many people tell me that he had met a ferret free in the woods, happen to meet a European polecat or a mink, but it is very unlikely to meet a real ferret because it is the result of centuries of breeding and selection (between polecats and other mustelids) and there are even ferrets “randagi” as, Unlike a dog or cat, he would not survive long, if it escapes from the host is very very rare for it to come home and if not found in time could starve to death not knowing their food alone, unless it is invested on her poor vision. So be very careful. The ferret bites? How even a dog or cat, the ferret should be educated since a puppy not to bite, you have to handle it often, no abuse, a puppy after the first month, first of all learn not to bite the landlord, with regard to strangers all depends on his character, how is accustomed to meeting strangers and especially by the sympathy that expresses that person. But there are those ferrets that have a particular character (as my Viky) or maltreatment of children by adults and therefore are somewhat unmanageable, in those cases it takes a lot of patience. What eats the ferret? The ferret is a carnivore forced, This means that your digestive system can digest only meat, everything else is to be avoided as it is not digested or may be toxic. Most ferret foods on the market are not good. However, there are some brands of quality cat that can go well if mixed together, as some have excessive amounts of fats or carbohydrates, doing so it tries to compensate for the lack of a brand and the excesses of another. In section supply you can find some of these brands. Or the little ferret be fed whole prey (those used for reptiles) or white meat purchased from the butcher (Poultry and rabbit), but with the precautions. Where are the needs? Ferrets can learn to use the litter box like cats. As I often say to anyone who asks, teach how to use the litter box to a ferret is more difficult to teach a cat but more likely to teach a dog to do out of the needs. The ferret tends to the needs in the same corner, he feels his smell, so my advice is to put his feces in the litter box and then place it in a corner, most likely will make them. If it is soiled in a position where no council should thoroughly clean the part and put a blanket or something that can be recognized as a nap. If this still does not work you must resign yourself to put something so that it can not reach. In the cage often are very accurate, but if you have a room available you will need to place more than one litter box because they do not like to go in the only way to do moltra litter present. What character has the ferret?I often wonder if the ferret resembles more like a puppy or a kitten. Even as an adult has a character similar to these two, loves to play, is hyperactive and holds a strong relationship with his owner. He loves to play the game, like cats, stealing and hiding objects, hiding and ambushes to make the master, but it is also very sweet and loves to snuggle. Each ferret then, has its own character. Can I join my ferret? When I or the experts are often asked this question our answer is not welcome or is misunderstood as an act of selfishness. The ferret carries with it a myriad of genetic disorders and has a very delicate balance. Pups died at birth, born deformed, something goes wrong in childbirth, death of mother and pups, absence of milk, mastitis and much more is what I've heard happen in these 2 years, maximum, ten experienced breeders, bearing in mind that ferrets are reproducing once a year and that every breeder reproduces on average 3 females, just do 2 accounts. I have had experience with dogs, cats, hamsters, rats, rabbits, birds and yet the idea still scares me to breed ferrets. Last year I did my male mate with a female of a boy next to the degree in veterinary medicine, nevertheless before the puppies a month compiessero mdre died of lymphoma and the pups do not have it done. So I do not discourage other as to pair your ferrets, but be sure to have players without major genetic defects, and if you have not yet ferrets prospective parents choose carefully from a serious breeding, find out as much as possible in this respect, get ready for the possibility of having to give birth and to help furetta probilmente that you need the intervention of a veterinarian willing to join you, looking for a vet in your area that already has experience and most families find adequate to your Puppies. What is the ferret Marshall? Ferrets Marshall, as well as the majority of ferrets sold in stores come from factory farms, the ferrets are kept in tiny cages forced to breed continuously. The puppies are taken away prematurely from mdre deghiandolati to be sterilized at a young age and then sold around the world and often die during transport. Retailers tend to praise these ferrets are saying “of race”, best on the market and the most docile and sell them at exorbitant prices. It is true that they tender to see them in the windows, but if you're looking for love than to convince the dealer to give it, otherwise forget it, Avoid finance that company (Also by buying products from the same brand). Personally, all ferrets that we've seen are more docile, but in an abnormal way, as if they were drugged, also did not surprise me since it is also a neurological manipulations company for lab tests on animals.