Ferret Brothers - Cute Video of My Ferrets

LegalizeFerrets.org

I got an email from someone asking if I could promote this and there is nothing that would give me bigger pleasure than legalizing ferret ownership in California.

There are a number of ways you can help, and you can find out everything by going to their site, to see what’s required.

Imagine how great you’d feel if you knew that by helping, the Californian ferret owners manage to convince their government the errors of their ways and ferrets finally can finally come out from the shadows and happily be included in their families’ lives without fear of reprisals.

http://www.legalizeferrets.org/

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Ferrets going to Tasmania

If you’re an Aussie ferret owner, be warned that you won’t be able to bring your ferret into Tasmania unless you have a permit.

I believe you can get one by contacting the equivalent of the Parks & Wildlife Service in your State. I’ve heard it doesn’t cost anything to get the permit and once you’ve filled out the paper work, the permit is issued pretty quickly.

I wonder why they’ve started to get tough on bringing ferrets into Tasmania. I know that you have to show any ferret brought into Western Australia to AQIS so that they can confirm it’s not a weasel.

A weasel? We don’t have weasels anywhere in Oz! Still, once the AQIS officer is happy you have a ferret, then you are free to take your baby home.

So much red tape and it probably won’t get easier as the years go on!

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Progress with ferret health

Thank goodness someone is devoting time and research into helping ferrets and the various diseases which so often take them away from us way too early.

Researchers at MSU College of Veterinary Medicine are concentrating on conoviruses, rotaviruses, mycoplasmosis, coccidiosis and adrenal cortical neoplasms in ferrets.

They’ve discovered coronaviruses in ferrets seems to come in two forms — enteric and systemic.
The enteric form is known as Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis (ECE or Green Slime disease) while the systemic form has similar symptoms but ferrets with this virus could develop masses in the abdomen as well.

Dr Matti Kiupel is leading the research into these viruses and said that they need a lot of sample submissions from vets treating ferrets which are suffering from either of these coronaviruses. They need as many submission as possible so that they can study the genetic changes both types of this viruse cause before they can produce a vaccine.

If your ferret is suffering from ECE then please tell your vet about the research and ask him to contact the vets at Michigan State University about where he should send any samples to them.
Mycoplasmosis is a more recent ferret illness which they discovered. It’s not fatal but is caused by a bacterium which makes ferrets develop a hacking cough.

Coccidiosis and rotaviruses cause diarrhea in ferrets and, of course, we ferret owners know only too well what adrenal disease does to our ferrets.

Hopefully people will open their purses and help to fund the research so that we’ll be able to protect our babies from these wretched diseases down the track.

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Albino Ferret Video

Coco - My pet Ferret

Coco is my other ferret and he is Casper's brother. Coco is the classic tan/brown and has a very handsome face. Coco is bigger than his brother. Funny thing is, Coco is the picky eater. He will only eat the dry ferret food and will not eat fruit or meats I have offered to him. I was able to get him to lick on an apple yesterday, but he wouldn't eat it. Maybe this is a start. Coco is the 'bully' of the two brothers and tries to beat up on the smaller ferret Casper. Also, Coco will try to "push" Casper out of the way from the food and water and always have to discipline him. Coco will often jump around and try to wrestle with his brother ferret. Sometimes Casper will wrestle back with him. However, usually Coco will get too rough and Casper will run off or I will have to break them up and scold Coco.

Coco seems to enjoy playing though and if very energetic. He is definitely the trouble maker of the two ferret brothers. He loves to chase balls or anything really. One of his favorites toys is a piece of shiny mylar (from a balloon) tied to a piece of string. Coco will chase that thing for hours and jump and chatter and run. Its so funny to watch him play. I think this is one of the reasons we put up with Coco's trouble making is because he is such a clown and loves to play.

I love both my ferrets, Coco an Casper very much. Maybe I can post a video of them soon.

Casper - My Albino Ferret

Today I'm going to talk about one of my ferrets named Casper. We always thought he was an Albino Ferret until recently. He is all white, but has a little black around head and on tail. However this is very light coloring and hardly noticeably. Also, he doesn't have red eyes. I wasn't aware that all albino ferrets had red eyes. I'm still not certain. However, all the information online says otherwise.

Casper is very sweet, and is more lovable than his brother Coco (more on Coco tomorrow). Casper is also smaller than Coco and stays kinda skinny. However, Casper has the bigger appetite and loves fresh fruit, namely grapes and strawberries. He also loves Cracker Barrel biscuits oddly enough. Casper is the only ferret I've seen beg for biscuits.  Even though Ferrets are suppose to be meat-eaters, Casper has no interest in meat.

Casper's favorite toy is the ferret maze my girlfriend, Carolyn, built for them. He also loves to sleep in the chair, and I literally mean "in the chair". He climbs into the chair and sleeps for hours. He also likes to hide his favorite toys and other things (like pens) in the chair as well.

I love my pet ferret Casper and I think you would like him too. I will try to post a picture of him soon.