From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-08-31 19:48:23 UTC
Subject: RE: Bob C: Ferret Caretaker Quiz
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3D70D6C6.DAE2837C@worldnet.att.net>
angela@ort.org wrote:
> - why not raw meat - I just don't understand. Why go to all the trouble of cooking meat and making duck soup when you could feed raw meat?
Here in the U.S. so much of our meats are contaminated with E coli and
salmonella that it really isn't safe to feed raw meats.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
russellprater@worldnet.att.net
To: ferretsonly@hotmail.com, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com,
rrc961@mizzou.edu
From: Sukie Crandall <sukiecrandall@telocity.com>
Message-Id: <p0511170bb996ccc88013@[192.168.1.102]>
>In my experience, ferrets will stay awake for about 1.5 hours tops
>before >sneaking off for a nap.
We also find that so have very, very, very dark sleeping places in
the room they have (which we also use for some other things) and
when we have to put them in a bathroom due to illness, recovery
period, or vacuuming, we provide someplace dark due to one of our
favored hypotheses.
> They are most active morning and evening (I call it a "mom-ternal" schedule)
They are descended from crepuscular animals (dawn and dusk activity
high points), so that fits well into their background.