From:
John Lewington
Date: 2007-01-14 08:39:10 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] need info on dead ferret syndrome
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hi Eleanor,
Normal ferrets can sleep 22 out of 24 hours but not
continuous. The ferret has the basic nocturnal attitude to the good
life, if it is fed adequately, to sleeping all day as seen
in nocturnal wild Mustelidae.This has been changed in the
domestic ferret by having it as a dog or cat and keeping
it active during daylight hours.
It might be better to treat the ferret as a nocturnal,
keeping it quiet and in the dark during daylight hours and playing with
it evening and morning. It will happily go back to sleep
after once conditioned to the routine.This may well keep Adrenal
Gland Disease at bay.
Further, feeding your ferret a once or twice daily a
fatty meat diet, bearing in mind they should get high protein,
high fat, low carbohydrate and low fibre diet, may keep
Insulinoma away and the ferret can play!
That's what i do with my critters.
John
Dr John H Lewington, B.Vet.Med. MRCVS Ferret Advisory
Service, 24,Maradu Crescent, Wanneroo, WA 6065
Australia.
Author of "Ferret Husbandry Medicine and
Surgery" 2nd ed. Elsevier UK. 2007 In production.
At 02:21 PM 14/01/2007, you wrote:
>Does anyone know approxiamtely the length of time a ferret can stay in
>a deep sleep for it to be called dead ferret syndrome? and can
>something else other than an insolinoma coma, cause a ferret to stay
>asleep soundly for about 20 minutes? I am asking because I am
>concerned about a friend's ferret. Thanks for any info.
>
>Eleanor
>
>
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