We bath her but it really doesnt help, are there some speciality products out there for ferrots?
2007-01-22 05:09:22 · 6 answers · asked by nola_b 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
You can have them surgically de-scented and there is also a product you can get to add to their water that helps remove the odor from the urine and feces. I forget the actual name of it, but go to a PET SUPPLY store. Not a department store. If you can, avoid buying the "Heartz" brand of ANYTHING you can find.
2007-01-22 05:18:48 · answer #1 · answered by darpunzel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bathing too often increases odor problems. The odor producing oils end up being over-produced due to dry skin. I have 4 ferrets and they get a bath, barring accidents, once or twice a year. Clean their litterboxes/potty areas daily, clean/change their bedding weekly and clean the whole cage once a month. Eliminate fish from her diet - it's a huge offender.If you are feeding Marshalls, start changing it - it's crap and adds to the odor. There are much better ferret food and premium kitten food that is better for ferrets. Even doing all these things, a ferret is still going to smell like a ferret, but better than most dogs. Check online ferret catalogs - there is a perfume made specifically for ferrets available, but I've never found it to be of much use. Ferrets are naturally clean animals when we help keep their living area clean; and I like the subtle scent they have.
If you live in Europe or Great Britain, and your ferret has not been neutered, do so. This will eliminate the odor that comes with that and protect a jill from aplastic anemia that occurs in jill in heat when not bred. If you live in the states and have a Marshall ferret(most petstore ferrets are), then she is neutered and descented and you only have to deal with their natural ferrety scent.
2007-01-22 13:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by Susan R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had 3 ferrets. We found they smelled the least when they had plenty of time to "air out" every day. Mom didn't work outside the home so she converted an unused garden area (20 x 10 ft in size) into a fenced pen that kept the ferrets in and most animals out.
She used small chicken wire (too small for them to "weasel out of") and inside the pen she put an extra cage with all the fixin's. She even wrapped it in a clear, heavy duty shower curtain to keep out drafts in the winter, leaving the door open for ventilation and of course as a door.
They went out every day, no matter the weather unless it was too cold. They enjoyed being able to dig in the dirt, play in the monkey grass, and enjoy the fresh air.
2007-01-22 19:29:48 · answer #3 · answered by luv_my_rats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem with a pet ferret, I found out that ferrets, kind of like skunks have a scent gland that is used to attract other ferrets for mating. This gland can be removed by a vet. and the ferret will be odorless and can be bathed just like a dog, and will not have the offending scent.
2007-01-22 13:20:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
get them spayed or nudered and you can buy water droplets that you put in there water and it makes them less stinky and my ferret has cucumber melon spray we bought at petco you cant even smell the stink on him
2007-01-22 13:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by lol_iamevil_lol 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to the local vet and he can degland it for you
2007-01-22 13:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by Chris M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋