some beautiful last photos with him enjoying the nice weather with me and having some cuddles after lots of yummy soupies.

i already miss you more than anything tonight, i wish i could fall asleep with you in my arms just one last time :(

you were so strong and brave, you gave me something to cherish, ill hold onto that feeling until im in my deathbed.

A collection of funny pictures of my baby’s

Hi! I’m considering getting a ferret and I want as much information about care as possible - I’m stumbling on a ton of food guides and such but I haven’t really gotten a sure answer on if it’s okay to feed a ferret primarily or only dry food? I was thinking ferret epigen 90 or Ziwi peak venison or one of the other air dried kibbles. I’m not sure I have the space or means to keep a bunch of raw meat and I wanna get 2 ferrets so they keep each other company. I’m just scared to fully commit before I know for sure I can take care of one 100% properly. Thanks!

Hello ! Does anyone use a glucose reader for their ferret with insulinoma? If so what kind? My girl Bread is seven and got diagnosed yesterday I am a scared momma and welcome any advice. Thank you .

They grow up so fast

I couldn’t get the best picture but Mouse’s eyes look like rubies. It’s so funny cause the red eyes make them look 50% more brain dead than before which I didn’t know was possible 😂

its been a good 2 years with you emmet. with a rapid health decline and very quick sudden aging, i know ive done everything i could. i know its time to finally rest those beautiful eyes of yours and join your older brother across the rainbow bridge. ferrets have touched my heart in a way nobody can comprehend. as my last, ill be officially retiring as a ferret mom until perhaps the future, when i have all the money in the world to spend for them.. in just 12 hours heaven will great you with welcoming arms my most special and extraordinary emmet.

i love you beyond natures course.

Hi ferreteers,

We're new to having ferrets (and new to Reddit, hi!) and picked up our babies about 2 months ago (2 jills, now 4,5 months old), after extensive research. I've successfully weened them off of the unstuitable kibble they got at the ferretry and now they're on (I think) a well rounded BARF diet. Sometimes they get a couple of mostly-meat cat kibbles as a snack, but they're not really interested.

So my research told me they shouldn't smell on raw, but they DO. Like really bad.

Before we got them, we went to visit a ferret owner. Our ferrets will go there in 2 weeks to stay over while we're on vacation. She has 5 ferrets in a small apartment and it does NOT smell ferrety in there!

But... she washes her ferrets with a vet shampoo and rubs them with baby oil every week.

Now, I'm very much against washing them that often (if at all) and no way I'm getting synthetic baby oil all over them. But my wife wants to try the other owner's method, since her ferrets don't smell at all.

What can I do to (convince my wife we can) reduce the smell naturally?

This is what we currently do:

- change bedding every week or even twice a week if it's really bad
- feed them 99% raw diet
- walk them outside on a leash almost every day
- I've washed them once with a probiotic pet cleaner, didn't really help so didn't repeat
- Air purifier HVAC/carbon... doesn't really help although supposedly it's a great one
- they'll be getting a hormone implant in a month or so.
- they're not quite housebroken; I use a pet safe enzyme cleaner on our tile floor to clean up after them (tips welcome btw, we've tried everything from wood chips to puppy pads but they prefer the floor and pick a new spot every day)

Both the excrement smell as their pretty heavy body odour are problematic.

Two other things to know:
- I suspect they're not 100% kind to each other. One is way more calm and quiet, the other is terrorizing her 'sister' and us by playing too rough and is way more nervous, bitey etc. I'm trying to give her safety but maybe they smell worse because of rivalry?
- the calm one probably has early onset heat (says the vet), so we can't give her the hormone implant rightaway.

Please help! Should I rub them with a natural oil to get rid of the smell? Or do anything else? Please be kind, I'm really trying to do what's best for the ferrets... but also for my wife ;-) Thank you,

Ferret Moms of
Willow & Raven

​Hi everyone. I am from Japan and using a translation tool, so I apologize if my English is a bit unnatural.

​I am looking for anyone who might have experienced something similar with their ferret.

(Please note: My ferret is already under the care of an exotic animal specialist and we are actively treating this. I am just looking for shared experiences/information.)

​Detailed Description of Current Situation:

​Location: Right front leg (around the elbow area), with a swollen lymph node nearby.

​The Lumps & Fluid: My ferret developed multiple hard lumps around the area. Today, one of them ruptured (burst open), leaking a clear, colorless, and watery fluid (not thick yellow pus, and not bloody).

​Other Lumps: There are still about 3 un-ruptured lumps remaining around the same area.

​Medical Timeline:

​January: Started limping on the right front leg.

​April: X-rays showed bone abnormalities. The vet started antibiotics and steroids.

​July 1st: Since the X-rays didn't show worsening bone changes, the vet decided to stop the antibiotics while keeping the steroids.

​Mid-July (Now): The area swelled up rapidly, multiple lumps formed, and one of them ruptured. The vet suspects it might be a deep bone infection/osteomyelitis that formed fistulas (tunnels) to the skin.

​Overall Health:

Despite the wound and pain when touched, my ferret is eating well, drinking, and pooping normally.

​What I want to know:

Has anyone dealt with a similar chronic bone/tissue infection that caused multiple lumps and clear fluid leakage like this? If so, what was the specific diagnosis or bacteria, and what treatment (surgery, specific antibiotics) worked for your ferret?

​Any shared experiences or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

Now my home has become a ferret amusement park

This happened to quick 💔 my poor ghost butters just Saturday morning you were full of energy excited to break into my closet as usual , crawling onto my bed to sleep on my legs
And just like that your no longer here with us

And it feels like I let you down… I tried everything I could do to help you survive .. one mistake I made now lives with me through guilt.

Yall I just learned the hardest lesson one had to learn . Always and Always no matter what check your surroundings for fabric or rubber your ferret might get into , I usually leave him in his cage every night and release him in the morning , but Saturday night I decided to leave him and his brother out so they can have there all night fun , what I forgot to do was pick up a fabric bag I had left on the floor in my living room, when I woke up Sunday morning I went to play with the little guys and noticed he didn’t want to play which is very unusual he’s always most excited when you wake him up .. but no I picked him up and no matter what he would just lay in one spot and not try to move I gave him a warm bath along with his brother and when my little ghost butters got out he started throwing up so much fabric from there I went to panicking and immediately rushed him to the vet but the vet told me he was so low on fluids from how much he ate the best option was to put him down she said even with surgery it was not guaranteed he would’ve made it … that was the hardest decision of my life but I refuse to go on with my day knowing my poor baby is suffering and dying slowly . One mistake I made and now I don’t know what to think of myself

I’m going to miss you GhostButters 💔💔

Hello my fellow ferret lovers!
I currently have 2 babies (1 Male & 1 Female) just about 7 months old and I’m IN LOVE!
I came across a rescue near me that just had 3 bonded ferrets returned to them (1 male and 2 female), all 3 are approximately 2 years old.
I went to meet them and they are the sweetest little noodles! The rescue initially received them very underweight from a young couple who had bought them and then split and neither could continue to take care of them. They were at the rescue for a while getting back to a healthy weight. They were then adopted out to a family who from what I was told, appeared to be extremely excited, able and willing to take on this trio. Which brings me to current day, the family brought them back to the rescue, again they were underweight and seemed very sad compared to the way they were when they left. The family told the rescue that their daughter is going away to school and they can no longer take care of them.
(Side Note: People Suck! But I guess I’m glad they were brought back instead of being neglected further). I say all of this to ask… what’s the best way to introduce this older trio to my current little ones? I already have a separate ferret nation to quarantine them for a week, I will be bringing all 5 to the vet just for a general check up, but wanted some suggestions from anyone who has had to introduce a little bit older ferrets to younger ones… what did you do? How long did it take? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you all in advance 💗

The most hanging outest wzl I've ever seen.