Stuffed Animals

     Ferrets are mammals belonging to the family Mustelidae. Now whether it is the diet of the Silver-Mitt ferret, White-footed ferret or the black footed ferret diet, the diet needs to be taken care of. Use the following pointers in planning a good ferret diet for your pet. One which will provide it with all the essential nutrients and take care of its basic dietary needs. Read more on ferret colors.

     Protein Intake
     Ferrets are carnivores and prefer to ingest meats. These days however, with a whole range of ready-made pet foods, readily available in the market, it has led to a cut in the ferrets diet that it would have naturally. People have started buying more and more of these foods which are proving to be dangerous for the ferrets. This is because they are highly processed and do not provide for a ferrets regular intake of protein (30-40 %).

     A ferret in it’s natural surroundings will eat its prey whole or feast on its body parts. Thus, it requires meat based protein that is easily digestible. Do not compare it to humans or other pet species as it will not make do with vegetable proteins. It requires a meat based diet that has no fiber (it has a very delicate digestive system and cannot digest heavy foods). Read more on ferrets facts.

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     Ferrets have gained great popularity as pets, especially for people who don’t have room for larger or more vocal animals but want something that’s both cuddly and vivacious as well as endlessly entertaining. Ferrets take their tomfoolery quite seriously, every bit as seriously as they take their down time, when you will find your lap is likely to be a choice spot for your ferret – or ferrets to snuggle down and recharge.

     There are special responsibilities and unique care taking demands for ferrets, but that is true of any companion animal and part of the reason we love our animals; the need to care for something other than ourselves is one of the finer traits of humankind, almost as well developed as it is in other species, like dogs.

     One of the most important peculiarities about ferrets is that the females, if they are not to be bred, need to be spayed. Sexed females that are not bred almost invariably develop a painful and fatal condition called aplastic anemia, so one of the first rules of order for your ferret – at least your female – should be a spay. Most people have them de-scented at the same time, but this practice is coming into question. The musk glands that give the ferret their distinctive smell aren’t part of the scent glands that are surgically removed, and since ferrets don’t spray from those scent glands like their cousins, the polecats, but merely let them discharge in a puddle that’s easily wiped up with no lingering odor, the standard operating procedure of automatically removing those organs is being looked at as an unnecessarily invasive procedure.

     For your ferret to inhabit a Ferretopia, you should make sure it has (or they have – ferrets are notoriously social creatures) a safe place to live and play when you aren’t there to supervise. Since they are possessed of insatiable curiosity and have precious little sense when it comes to their own safety, leaving a ferret (or worse, ferrets) to roam your living space at large, unsupervised, is just not a good idea. Think in terms of a two year old with the physical capability to go anywhere it wishes and get into anything it sees. A friend of mine lost one of his ferrets to an unauthorized ride in the clothes dryer. Read the rest of this entry »