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Ferrets Caught in the Act!
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Ferret Colors and Patterns
| Roan A roan ferret has 50% to 60% colored guard hairs and 40% to 50% white guard hairs. The type of mask and color of the nose will depend on what color they are. Variations of roans include Black Roan (Silver), Black Sable Roan, Champagne Roan, Chocolate Roan, Cinnamon Roan, and Sable Roan. |
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| Point or Siamese Ferrets with a point or Siamese pattern have tails and legs (known as the “points”) that are darker than their bodies. This is known as having a difference in “color concentration” between the body and the points. The mask is generally a thin “V,” though Champagne Points may or may not have a mask. Variations of points include Black Point, Champagne Point, Chocolate Point, Cinnamon Point, and Sable Point. |
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| Solid A ferret with a solid pattern appears to be one color concentration from her head to her tail. While she still has a lighter colored undercoat, it does not show through the colored guard hairs. Solids should have a full or T mask, and the nose color depends on what color the ferret is. Variations of solids include Black Solid, Black Sable Solid, Champagne Solid, Chocolate Solid, Cinnamon Solid, and Sable Solid. |
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| Mitts A ferret that has “mitts” has four white feet. Any color ferrets can have mitts, and the mitts range from white tipped paws to completely white feet. Because mitts can be present on any color ferret, the masks and color concentrations vary greatly. Other white markings that can be present include a white bib, knee patches, and tail tip. |
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| Blaze A ferret with a blaze pattern has distinctive white markings that include a long white blaze of fur down the middle of the head from the forehead to the shoulders. They may also have white mitts or tips on all four paws, white knee patches, and a white tipped tail. They do not generally have full masks. Instead, they have rings of color around their eyes or small masks. Their eyes vary in color from ruby red to brown, and the nose is usually pink or pink with a white outline. This pattern is prone to deafness. Blazes can be any color other than white. |
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| Panda Panda can be any color and their distinctive marking is a white head that extends down to their shoulders and includes the neck and throat (a bib). They may have colored smudges of guard hairs around their eyes, and colored guard hairs form a saddle shape on their backs. Their eyes are generally a shade of burgundy, and their noses are pink or pink with a white outline. In addition to their heads, other white markings include mitts on all four feet, knee patches, and a white tail tip. |
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| CHOOSING A FERRET FOR COAT COLOR Many potential ferret owners express interest in owning one of the colors that have been created through selective breeding. While silvers, chocolates, cinnamons, and other color variations of the standard Sable or Albino are very pretty, however there is no guarantee that they will stay that color. Most ferrets will change colors throughout their life, and the patterns will change. For example, just because you purchase a silver doesn’t mean that you will end up with a silver. You may very well end up with a Dark-eyed White.Normal coat changes occur as a ferret ages, during periods where they are in rut or estrus, and during the changing of the seasons. Some ferrets will be one color during the summer and a completely different color during the winter. We strongly recommend that when choosing a ferret, you make your decision based on personality and compatibility rather than appearance. |
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by A Few Tips on Getting a New Ferret
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A Few Tips on Getting a New Ferret
You can either get a ferret from a shelter or the pet store or from a breeder if there is nearby. When selecting a ferret, pay attention to the eyes, their coating and their behavior. The more active the animal is the better. If you are worried that the ferret may have babies in the future it should be neutered, which they usually are when getting from a shelter or pet store.
Ferrets are charming animals. They have many color patterns to pick from.
If it is legal to own one where you live, another thing you have to know prior to going buying a ferret is finding out. You can easily find this out by checking on Google or with your local fish and game department to avoid problems later on.
Ferrets can be bought at any age. You need to keep there area clean at all times and keep them in a safe cage and ferret proof the areas they will be wandering around while out of the cage. As they grow older, you can let them explore a bit more in larger areas. Best to keep them in smaller areas when they are very young.
Ferrets should be toilet trained as soon as possible. They will already have some training, as they get this from the mother. You can put a little of their poo in a litter pan so they will know where to go. You can also put some poo on a piece of newspaper or dog pads in the corners of the rooms where they will be when they are out of the cage to avoid damage to your house.
The rate of a ferret depends on their size and age. Typically, they cost around $75 to $125. Aside from that, you will likewise have to purchase a few other items like a cage, litter box, toys and vaccinations.
To keep it healthy, you need to discover a vet that is qualified to handle such an animal. Ask around for somebody that can if the one near where you live is not able to do the job.
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This is my favorite all around ferret duck soup recipe. It makes enough for about 2-3 ice trays, per the recipe. I feed my ferret 1-2 cubes twice a day. This recipe will last my one ferret about 1.5 weeks. Will have to change recipe accordingly for more ferrets.
Ingredients for Ferret Duck Soup:
1 cup dry high quality ferret food.
1 quarter chicken fully cooked and deboned.
2 cups water used from boiling the chicken.
2 hard boiled eggs (leave shells on and include for extra calcium).
10 Papaya tablets (aids in digestion).
1 Calcium Tablet 500mg.
1 tsp Ferretone or Linatone.
1 6 oz can Iams (or other HIGH quality food) Cat or Kitten food.
Add deboned chicken to blender with broth water, papaya tablets, calcium tablets, and blend on high until mixture is pulverized. Add dry food and continue blending until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients one at a time with the canned cat food being the last item. Each cube equals 1 serving. For ill ferrets, feed a minimum of 1 cube every 4-6 hours.
For ferrets on Lasix therapy or severely dehydrated ferrets – add 90 mg Potassium (1 tablet) For Adrenal ferrets – Add 200 IU of dry vitamin E (1 tablet).
Modifications.
For pregnant or nursing jills and also for weaning kits, add 1 scoop puppy milk replacer and 1 Folic Acid tablet to each blender full of soup.
Add deboned chicken to blender with broth water, papaya tablets, calcium tablets, and blend on high until mixture is pulverized. Add dry food and continue blending until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients one at a time with the canned cat food being the last item.
Each cube equals 1 serving. For ill ferrets, feed a minimum of 1 cube every 4-6 hours. The more the better, but feed at least 4 times a day.
Interesting Ferret Facts
– A kit has 30 baby teeth, while an adult has 34.
– A ferrets body contains 14 or 15 pairs of ribs.
– Ferrets lack a cecum to digest/ process fuits and vegetables.
– Food fully travels throughout their system in 3 hours.
– A ferrets left lung has 2 lobes, while the right has 4.
North Coast Duck Soup Recipe
by Ferret Colors
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The sable ferret has mostly raccoon like colorings with a mask on the face, dark paws and tail. The hairs on top, also known as the guard hairs, are normally darker and they are what give the ferret the raccoon look.
White-footed Sable – As the name suggests this color is the same as the Sable with one difference the feet are white also this color can have a white throat patch. The nose is generally black.
White ferret – There are two types of white ferrets. Albino ferret or red-eyed white. Black eyed white.
The red-eyed white – (Also known as the “ruby-eyed white”) is one of the most common colors. They are also referred to as albino ferrets. The body is white and their noses and pads on their feet are pink and as the name suggests their eyes are red. These types of ferrets sometimes get a reddish or yellowish tinge when they reach sexual maturity.
Black Ferret – This color ferret has really black guard hairs, can have a white to golden coloured undercoat with a near or black nose and black eyes.
The black-eyed whites – (Also known as the “onyx-eyed white”) these types of ferrets have a predominantly white coat, although sometimes they may have a few black hairs on their back and tail. The same as with any ferret, once they reach sexual maturity they may develop a yellowish tinge through their coat.
The ferret might also have white paws, body markings and tipped tails. The mixture of the white and the blackish guard hairs are what make this ferret look silvery.
Silver – The undercoat of the silver types of ferrets is white to cream in color. The guard hairs are tipped with grey and the points are silvery or silver tan. Eyes are brown and the nose and pads on their feet are pink or pinkish tan.
Cinnamon – The undercoat is either white or of-white. The guard hairs are reddish brown (the color of cinnamon). The pad leather and nose are either light pink or a darker shade of pink/brick and the eyes are brown.
Chocolate – This is a lighter brown version of the sable. This color still has a mask and black or brown eyes, however it has chocolate colour guard hairs, a white to golden undercoat and a pink nose.
White ferret – There are two types of white ferrets. Albino ferret or red-eyed white. The ferret might also have white paws, body markings and tipped tails. The mixture of the white and the blackish guard hairs are what make this ferret look silvery.
Silver – The undercoat of the silver types of ferrets is white to cream in color.
by The Importance of Ferret Toys and Playtime
The Pop-N-Play Ball Pit was made with ferrets in mind. They love jumping in and out of holes and tunneling through colorful balls. Excellent for multiple ferrets and other small pets such as guinea pigs, rats, and chinchillas. Comes with a handy Velcro tab that attaches to furniture, cages or playpens to prevent tipping. Made of durable fabric that wipes clean.
The Importance of Ferret Toys and Playtime:
A ferret is not difficult to raise. Every tiny escape rout has to be plugged. Loop or link both ends together. She’d let go a bit so I really could pull her off.
Most importantly, a ferret owner desires an awareness of humor. This way it won’t perceive the toy for a threat. There is lots of play room here. Well, there isn’t anything wrong with giving an utilitarian present for the holiday season.
We all know they have a tendency to chew on a variety of things. Leading high quality cages will aid to keep this from happening. Also from before, make use of a treat once you put the ferret back in the cage for a reward for not biting. Ferrets will see a number of things within your household to play with that you didn’t expect, because ferrets can have a great deal of fun with only about anything. Allowing your animals to make use of dirty beds is really a sure approach to spread sickness. Preventing the spread of the disease is important for everybody’s protection.
Ferrets are from time to time sensitive to Fervac, so it’s wise to watch ferrets closely following the booster vaccinations are given just to be sure they don’t experience adverse reactions. I have discovered that aggression occurs more frequently in ferrets which were not handled when they were small. Most men and women find the scent of ferrets objectionable so it’s probably good that they’re usually sold de scented. Cast, then reel within the ferrets! And it’s difficult to discover cheap insurance for ferrets.
I suggest a perch near a window, and therefore they can look out. If you rattle the bag, it’ll encourage the ferret to see the bag. Almost all of these tunnels are made from comfortable and padded fabric however you can also see them in plastic or metal and for that reason provide your ferret with several experiences to relish.
Ferrets need a specific mixture of nutrients as well as their foods can be exorbitant. Some are just dressed up versions of the normal rodent food regime, while others have seeds, dried fruit, or alternative goodies inside them. Ferrets have really short digestive cycles, so vegetable proteins and superior fiber diets aren’t good for them. Ferrets have extremely short digestive tracts and quite a substantial metabolism, so they should eat often. Ferret kits may also have problems with diarrhea from bacteria. These vary dramatically inside their ingredients.
Please avoid toys that are very small that the ferret can swallow.
by The Argument About Ferret Health
The Argument About Ferret Health
Ferrets are peculiar in regards to eating. When you check at the ferret, you can observe how they’re closely related to these creatures rather than the rodents they are frequently compared to. Actually, gastrointestinal blockages are among the key reasons for premature ferret death.
There are almost no details on what you need to know about ferret’s health complications, what you need to know about, and especially what things to do in a crisis! In the very long run, it’s m to provide your ferret with different yet healthy forms of food. If you like to go the simple route it is possible to discover certain pet superstores with real ferret food.”
Understanding Ferret Health
Ferret Health Insurance can be convenient in managing such unforeseen casualties. Sadly, there are much too many individuals who don’t take this into consideration and ferret abandonment has eventually become a legitimate concern. It then goes without saying that herbal cures for ferrets could be required based on the diet.
Ferrets could be entertaining too, and an excellent pet. Ideally, ferrets should be provided a bath once per month. Finally, ferret weight loss can happen once your pets aren’t treated or fed properly. Again, ferrets aren’t human. Unfortunately, ferrets really have strong scent glands and at times the odor might be unpleasant. Water is likewise an essential element in ferrets nutrition.
by Ferret Food Chart
Ferret Epigen 90 moves conventional dry extruded ferret foods much closer to the high protein meat-based, starchless foods carnivores are genetically designed for and is the first dry diet/kibble ferret food that is Starch Free.
The Food Chart Score
All Foods are given a ranking in points, and point ranges are divided into tiers.
Green Tier: Excellent Foods that a ferret can thrive on.* These all have a minimum of 40% protein. Most of them are grain-free and provide a promise of at least 75% animal ingredients.
*note that Epigen cat/dog is an exception that has excellent protein levels, but does not contain enough fat for a ferret to thrive on (it is 11-12% fat) and is thus recommended as a treat or ‘mixer’ only.
Blue Tier: Solidly good foods. Most of them meet a ferret’s basic requirements for protein and do so without using meat by-products.
Orange Tier: A ferret could certainly live on these foods, but I would not personally expect them to thrive. I would recommend switching or mixing with a higher quality food.
Red Tier: Foods that I would personally NOT consider to be suitable for a ferret.
Important Tips
- If you’re entirely new to ferret nutrition and would like a crash course to help understand this logic, visit our Ferret Nutrition for Newbies- Where to Start page.
- While we believe that high quality kitten foods are ferret-suitable (especially compared to some of the low-end ferret foods out there), there are also people who don’t. If you’re not comfortable feeding cat food, don’t do it. You can scroll down to the bottom of the page to disclude cat foods or change the chart’s scoring system if you disagree with our scoring setup.
- I’m not a vet, so please consider my word to be professional medical advice. Read our full disclaimer here.
- DON’T feed only one food. Pick 2 or 3 foods and mix them or rotate (read why here).
- Whole prey or raw meat is generally regarded as the very best diet, I recommend checking it out before making any decisions.
Each food is updated individually for formula changes. The oldest entry shown here was last updated on January 13, 2012.
Foods Database
by Treating Adrenal Disease in Ferrets
There are many alternatives for treating adrenal disease in ferrets. Most will agree that operation is the greatest choice; yet, the operation isn’t possible in all instances. The ferret could possibly be a high surgical or anesthetic risk, or the owner just might not possess the funds. Luckily, there are many non-surgical alternatives and this post will discuss one of these choices – the usage of melatonin for both the treatment of adrenal disorder as well as the likelihood of utilizing it as a preventative measure.
Lupron Depot is another choice, and while it works fantastically (in this writer’s experience) it might be cost prohibitive in case your veterinarian will not use Lupron often and can distribute the cost over many customers. Using Lupron Depot is discussed in detail in a number of areas on this particular web site. Conversely, light inhibits the release of melatonin. Based on Dr. Jerry Murray, “Melatonin, directly and indirectly, activates the mating season (spring/summer) during the ‘long day’ intervals, and it terminates the mating season (autumn/winter) during the ‘short day’ intervals. In the autumn/winter there’s released in the spring/summer, and more melatonin discharged during the dark time. Along with the mating season, the increased melatonin causes the winter pelt to enter as well as the winter weight gain. Similarly, the low amounts cause the summer pelt to enter as well as the summer weight loss.” It is not unlikely that the unusual lighting to could be at least partly accountable for the high prevalence of the adrenal disorder.
Their in-house surroundings is light during daytime hours and we add many hours of artificial light in addition to that during the evening hours. Just how can melatonin fight the effects of adrenal disorder? Vulva swelling in females, hair loss, prostate swelling in men and aggressive or sexual behavior; more or any one of these symptoms might show up. The consequences can oftentimes be spectacular if this continuous stimulus may be discontinued. Hair grows, prostate swelling resolution or the vulva, and except in some instances of carcinoma, the adrenal glands may get bigger and in a few cases may reduce in size.
TREATMENT PROTOCOL A recommended dosage is 1 milligram of melatonin given around 7-9 hours after dawn. In instances where there isn’t any result to this degree of melatonin, up to 3 milligrams could be given. The single side effects have been sleepiness for the first 3-5 days when starting this treatment and weight gain.
by Ferret Colors
The Ferret Book
There are four basic colors for Ferrets: Sable, Albino, Dark Eyed White (also called DEW), and Magic. Common Color Combinations: DEW, Magic, Silver Mitt, Sable Panda, Black Sable, Chocolate Sable, Albino, Sable, and Hooded Sable.
Additionally, there are marks and certain designs that the ferret can have with color. For instance, a Sable can be quite a Sable Mitt if the ferret has a bib and the legs are bright, which might be considered a sample. Here are a few common ferret patterns: panda, mitt, badger, fire, hooded, roan, siamese or pointed patterened, and shetland. A marking will be a Sable Bib, which might signify the ferret has only a bib with no white feet, which explains why the ferret couldn’t be a Sable Mitt. Some common markings in ferrets include white tips in bibs, the butt, white legs, and bands around the eyes.
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