From:
Roger Vaughn
Date: 2002-06-05 13:08:00 UTC
Subject: Re: ferret/cat foods separation
> To keep the cat & ferret foods separate I keep the cat's food &
> litter on the 2nd floor. The ferrets have the run of the 1st
Ah, yes, second floors. I remember those... We don't have too many of
those in Florida. Good suggestion, though.
The other thing is that my cats are getting up in years, and even
though they can still jump barriers, or onto counters, etc., they
aren't as spry (or as light) as they once were and don't enjoy it too
much.
> have a turn drinking out of it. Should I be concerned that the
> ferrets could get bacteria from the cat or vice versa?
I would be interested to hear if it IS a problem, but we don't seem to
have any trouble with it. The ferrets even occasionally use the cats'
litter box.
They most definitely can share parasites if one catches them, though -
ear mites, scabies, coccidia, etc.
> ferret dishes away from the wall of the cage. Then my new kit,
> Zira knocks the food dish down the ramp into the litter box - of
> course!! And the saga continues....
Heh, heh. I solved this one by following your suggestion and putting
the ferret food on the second floor....of the cage. We found that if
we put it on the entry floor, the cat will climb into the cage to eat
it! (We leave the cages open.) With a full second floor, she can't
get to the food anymore.
Roger & the Fibonacci Ferts