Congratulations on your new additions Veronica. Hissing means annoyance, although some ferrets hiss regularly as part of play. Ferrets do jump on one another...
Separate them while fighting. Hold the male still while he's on the floor. Let the female go. If the female runs away, they were fighting. If she runs up...
Thanks alot, there isnt any screaming more like chittering and they do sleep together, I do think he may possibly be deaf, he plays kinda rough with the other...
My ferret Jack has been really ill lately. I took him to the vets, but they just said they didnt know what it was and that it could be ANYTHING. So last resort...
Jack may have ingested something, which is causing an obstruction in his gastrointestinal tract. This is one possibility. Is he passing any stool? If he were...
hello emma, you need to have his sugar tested, that sound's like insulinoma but wow !!you said he's only 5 month's? he must have his blood work done and trust...
My girl Fizzle is 7 1/2 yrs old, is adrenal, gets melatonin implant for it, is insulinomic, gets pred for it, and we believe has IBD, BUT she's still hanging...
Dog food tends to have incorrect amounts of multiple nutrients for ferret needs. Most markedly, it tends to have no added taurine or too little added taurine....
There have been some good points made. Luckily, if memory serves me right Canine Distemper is not a risk in your area. Am I correct on that count? I'd like...
Does anyone have a URL for a list of ferret vets in the UK for this poster? http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Vets.html does not appear to work any...
I'm wondering if anyone has experienced a hair loss pattern like this. Our older girl Trinny, somewhere around 6 years old, with IBD and early insulinoma, has...
Some thoughts on alternatives to canned dog food ... some grocery stores sell frozen rabbit and duck. It is not cheap, but when you figure the coast per ounce...
The canned Evo dog food 95% meat, rabbit variety, does have taurine in it, although it's one of the last ingredients listed. We use this food a lot, mixing it...
... Jeff wrote December 01, 2008 11:56 AM: I'm wondering if anyone has experienced a hair loss pattern like this. Our older girl Trinny, somewhere around 6...
While Natura Pet foods is one of the few pet food manufacturers that adds Taurine to their canned Innova EVO dog food line, most of their canned foods,...
... Just a thought, if it is 95% rabbit does it need added taurine, ferrets survive happily on nothing but rabbit, admittedly fresh not canned. The only...
I am having the same problem. I have just 1 can left of it from the 2 cases I got in early August. I called Natura last week and was able to get transferred to...
Hi I am taking Brutus to vets today and was wondering what questions to ask her and what other things I could tell her if she doesn't know some of the things...
Diarrhea can prevent an individual from processing food well enough and if severe may even prevent the individual from having high enough blood glucose at...
HI Jeff, Trinny's hair loss on shoulder blades and back is symptomatic hyper adrenal hairloss. If your vet will administer the melatonin implant you should...
http://www.ferretsinneed.org.uk/index.php?pr=Ferret_Friendly_Vets This site is divided into regions within the UK, not sure how current it is - but its a...
Diarrhea can prevent an individual from processing food well enough and if severe may even prevent the individual from having high enough blood glucose at...
Water toxicity just doesn't see to fit to me. It is RARE and very hard to do. Water toxicity happens when the electrolyte levels get too low and the water...
In England you can buy some waltham convalescense support food. A powder you make a liquid food from that is very often used here with ferrets that don t eat...
Pages 19-21 starting at http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1114&page=19 go into wet belly in mink The photos show the wetness in both areas you describe...
... Try this link. http://www.britishferretclub.co.uk/vetlisting.htm If you live in the Nottingham area contact me directly. Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki. ...
Thanks everyone for your input on the EVO and Instinct canned dog food. Fizz seems to eat more of the EVO (even though it's really stinky), but her poops are...
... or old girl is deaf, blind in one eye and has a nakedish butt, but ... I assume that you are treating the possible adrenal disease, perhaps with Lupron and...
