She usually sleeps most the day comes out maybe once in awhile to eat and go to the bathroom. I bought …, Dryer Vents I’m forever finding areas where she’s left one. Works great for this purpose. Hugs to your terrific trio from their new friends down under 😀 Ferretress710 … I am really THRILLED that you had the presence of mind to do what you did with your boy! Well, when I first got her about a year ago I had a cage. My ferret Kitty was fairly easy to ferret proof for. I’m thinking …, Frigid Ferret Snoopy managed to find and eat a dry olive pit unbeknownst to us. I have a sneaky little ferret named Fortesque who seems to be able to squeeze into/out of ANYTHING. We have three Ferrets. I found my ferret loved to steal the sole out of our shoes, espically my work boots! After school I had let him …, Furniture danger 😀. Because the bottom of the cabinet …, Sneaky Daxter This really isn’t ferret proofing, per se, but is still something to think about! She’d grab one and go racing down the corridor to stash it in my chest of drawers. Around 8 pm I watched him go to the litter box and take the most liquidy poop I have ever seen from a ferret, and sure enough there was a small piece of black foam. If a ferret got hold of any of those, they could chew them and get an intestinal blockage. Great idea and certainly a whole lot cheaper than taking your ferret to the vet to repair a great big hole in the roof of his mouth! Hammer nails into the doorway in pairs of two, leaving the back of each nail sticking out just Continue Reading I got a plastic syringe meant for babies and hand fed our boy water, ferret tone, and ferret lax every hour that night and checked on him frequently. This morning I did my usual routine went to get some ice from the freezer, It is a french door style fridge with the freezer on the bottom, and my ferret …, Motley escapes Turfing along the fence. !” This actually happened in our house a few years ago. So, take care if you use them and make sure they’re put into sockets where your ferret can’t reach them! It only takes a moment for a ferret to escape. We were on our hands and knees, searching under sofas and furniture; luckily …, Sleeping ferret We have a long piece of cardboard …, my ferret in the laundry basket Tespo Pet Playpen, Small Animal Cage Indoor Portable Metal Wire Yard Fence for Small Animals, G… One day we had had some friends over for lunch …, Sneaky Striper A couple months ago I lost my 3 year old ferret Jackie. Hi We had a Jacuzzi in our bathroom and we’d regularly hear “scratch, scratch, scratch” as our ferrets slid into the empty spa and were unable to jump out. However, if you ARE having problems with your ferret chewing on your cables or cords, then perhaps this product will help. Unfortunately i was to late and she had died!!! This day …. When we first got our ferret, Spaz, we of course checked for holes and what not and it seemed that he could not get out anywhere. We had a ferret previously …, Visiting I live in Louisiana and my friend Nicole has a ferret, and one day I slept over at her house. I also got an email from another American ferret owner a while ago who alerted me to the dangers of ferrets and fire ants. Also if they get into the pool unattended, they probably wouldn’t be able to get out so would swim until exhausted then drown. He wandered into the kitchen and ended up …, My bf Loves his stuff but not my ferret. Well one day we forgot to reclog the dryer air vent because we had no dryer yet and Jackie climbed …, computer case closed! One of our kids had a friend over and the fold-out bed was used and being good little children, the next morning they put the bed back into the couch position without having to be told. Daisy is very good, she doesn’t hide things, doesn’t bite hard, she …, I need help My family and I decided to invest in a feed store. I had a very sad email from an Aussie ferret owner alerting me to the dangers of quilted fabrics for bedding. It’s SO IMPORTANT for ferret owners to know their ferrets and act immediately when they notice their babies aren’t themselves. Fortunately that didn’t last for too long and she moved to the Hotel da Chest-of-Drawers. They were eight weeks when I bought them and as they get older, the more devious and whittier they became. They used to have towels or …, Lost Ferret This is a good temporary gate that works most of the time, until someone figures out they can use their feet to pry it open. They had found it left …, Wire chewing The rejected one was going to go to go to a different owner until my female …, keep the stove and oven unplugged Two nights ago our darling 6 year old boy Max crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I was allowing her to run around the house and about 30 mins went by and i hadn’t seen …, Block off BEHIND the dryer One of the stoves was electric, one was …, Dryer hoses You can get coroplast at most hardware stores. Check your ferrets are safely away from the appliance before putting it on. My big female BEW was just playing in my room with her sister, then when I went to pick her up she did a wee on me so I put her in her litter box and I opened up my drawers to change my clothes I had to open a few drawers because she weed all down me. I took it to the store with me to make sure I had the correct size. About a week ago i brought home a new baby kit, and named her Tuesday. Aside from the usual couch checking and bathroom checking, she was well behaved for well over three …, …the one time you don’t check… Mar 14, 2014 - Really good idea for a ferret gate. I would go with cotton or fleece bedding 😀 I was 11 years old and I didn’t do any research so I was winging it on how to be a ferret owner! I have the play pen; however I purchased the extender to use as a ferret proof gate to keep my 4 fuzzbutts out of the kitchen. I don’t like dwelling on negatives, but with ferrets as pets you have to assume they will get into the most trouble, into the smallest holes, so make 110% certain they CAN’T, and then you can relax. Think cardboard but plastic. i was so scared that it might …, Dangers of rubber bits on pens One thing I constantly have to look out for is my ferret (Stevie) sleeping in my boots. They can rip through flywire with the greatest of ease, so please don’t think your ferret is safely inside because you have that covering your open window or sliding doors.