From:
Casey & Heather Zahorka
Date: 2001-12-23 18:25:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] New member
Thank you. We will not get a free vet visit because the vet
we need to go to is 70 miles away in another town and they
just don't work that way :o(
The house is pretty much "ferret proof", he will have to show
us what we have missed though so we can go from there LOL. I
will supervise him with my cats and watch closely him with my
children as well or should I say my children with him. No need
to worry about heat stroke, at least not right now with the
snow outside but I will take extra precautions in the summer
months just like I do for my dogs and rabbits :o)
TTFN,
Heather
-----Original Message-----
From: Cecilia McNamara [mailto:mcnamaras.band@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 12:10 PM
To: Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com
Seasons Greetings!
I think all you need to do is make sure he is up to date on
distemper and rabies. The store should have that info for
you. And by the way most pet
store give you a free vet visit to ensure the health of the
animal. (Up here in Ontario Canada anyways) so use that to
your advantage. Should be ok
with cats, mine are, as are most, but every animal has a
personality and you should be watchful at first. Remember
how small a hole they can get
through. Keep him away from your children alone until he is
comfortable and you know how he reacts to being picked up a
dragged around. Don't let
him get to hot (over 85 degrees F) or he might get heat
stroke.
I'm sure there's lots more I should say but at the moment
its not coming to me.
Love to hear how everything goes....
Merry Christmas to all
Cecilia and the Ten Terrors
Casey & Heather Zahorka wrote:
> Hi all!
> My name is Heather, I live in SW Colorado. I raise a breed
of dog known as
> Belgian Malinois (mal-in-whas) for police work, I also
raise pedigree'd
> dumbo rats for pets. We have a few other pets as well. I
have 2 children
> ages 9 and 6 and a baby (my last!) due in March. I am
married to a great guy
> named Casey. Before we moved back "home" to Colorado, we
lived in Las Vegas
> and owned 4 ferrets, Scoli, Whitey, Trixie and Reese. When
we moved we
> couldn't keep the little ones with us so we turned them
over to the rescue
> group in Vegas called 24 karat ferret. A couple of days
ago we went to our
> favorite pet store in town and fell in love with a little
male ferret, they
> had just sold his sister and he was all alone :o(. We
resisted the
> temptation to buy him at that time even though we took him
out and played
> with him (he was showing us how to open the cage door). My
husband and I
> come home and thought it over long and hard before going
back today and
> playing with him one more time and making our decision.
Needless to say, he
> is all paid for and they are keeping him until next
Thursday for us! I
> didn't want to bring him home in the middle of the holiday
season and not be
> abe to spend time with him. I am a little rusty on ferret
care so any advice
> would be nice. He is on Marshall's food but I will be
switching him to
> Mazuri asap. He uses a litter box very well, he is already
descented and
> neutered. I know to not bathe them but once every couple
of weeks and to
> keep their ears clean and their toenails trimmed. I am
also aware of the
> adrenal gland problems and have a good vet 70 miles away.
Do they require
> vaccinations at all amd which ones? Is it okay to let him
out with cats in
> the house?
>
> TTFN,
> Heather
> Columbine Working Dogs
> Rocky Mountain Gems Rattery
> And a ferret lover too!
>
>
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