From:
Mike Janke
Date: 2001-11-07 19:03:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Ferrets Temperature
"Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents - Clinical Medicine and Surgery" says
the normal temperature is "reported to be 100-104 degrees, with the
average being 101.9. However, in clinical practice, the normal
temperature is usually not above 103 unless the ferret is excited or
the ambient temperature is high."
My vet uses one on those digital thermometers, rectally, and inserted
just slightly beyond the tip. It's really hard to get a ferret to
hold it under its tongue for any length of time, so rectal is the way
to go. They don't like that much either. :-)
mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., wolfysluv@a... wrote:
> This may have been covered at some point, but I don't remember
it. I
> remember that a ferrets normal temp is around 102? Is this
rectally or is it
> in fact 103 rectally (with 102 being the real temp)?