Fun ferret sites?????

Question

Does anyone know of any ferret sites that have some good ideas on how to make homemade toys or sleeping spaces. I'm also looking for a way to help with the smell, or just overall ways to have fun with ferrets. I have two and one i just got yesterday and it needs a name! Just looking for any ideas or websites

Answer 1

Home made ferret toys: http://www.cypresskeep.com/Ferretfiles/Toys.htm

WAYS TO REDUCE FERRET SMELL

1. Feed high quality food with low to no fish ingredients. Your ferret smells like it eats (both body odor and poop). Marshall’s food is terrible. The added benefit of feeding higher quality food is that they will eat less in the long run because they are able to get more out of less. High quality food lasts longer; they have to eat more of the crappy stuff to get what they need. Use this chart: http://everythingfert.proboards36.com/index.cgi?board=kristen&action=display&thread=1109195167 to pick a few brands that rate a “1” or a “2” and you’ll be all set.

2. Don’t bathe too often. The more you bathe a ferret the worse it will smell. The reason is very simple. When you bathe them it strips necessary natural oils from their skin. Then their body has to work overtime to replace it, thus resulting in a stinkier ferret. Only bathe if they get into something, no more than once or twice a year.

3. Clean their ears. A lot of smell can come from those little ears! Use ferret safe liquid ear cleaner and cotton swabs to gently clean the gunk out.

4. Keep bedding washed. It can absorb quite a lot of smell over time. How often you need to wash it depends on how many ferrets you have.

5. Keep litter boxes clean. Again, you might have to do it daily or twice a day depending on the number of fuzzbutts.

6. Keep cage clean. Give it a periodic wipe down. Natures Miracle is a wonderful cleaner and can be used in the cage and for cleaning up accidents outside of the cage.

Ferrets will always have a unique scent to them. But it’s really not that bad if you are vigilant about cleaning. All pets have an odor, how strong it is depends on the owner!

Scent glands have absolutely nothing to do with the daily odor of ferrets. The removal of the glands only prevents a scared ferret from expressing its fright or displeasure.

Spayed females and neutered males have no difference in odor. Intact males are the only ones that have a very strong unpleasant odor. But the majority of ferrets sold in the pet trade are altered.


The food comparison chart is on a ferret forum that has a section dedicated to making your own bedding. With patterns and everything. I highly recommend joining ;).

Answer 2

Ferret Central...you know, do the www.ferretcentral thing. Also I like ferret depot for most of my ferrets items at way better prices then the pet store.

The best home-made toy you can make is to take a card-board box and cut a ferret sized hole in each side...fill the box with fun stuff like toys, old clothes, ping pong balls...pretty much anything they can dig through and explore. My ferrets love this!

As far as smell goes its all about how clean you are keeping their cage and litter pan. It is not healthy bathe you ferrets more then 3 or 4 times a year, HOWEVER, if you keep their pan scooped daily (completely changed 1nc or 2ce a week), and bedding changed every 2 or 3 days, the smell will be reduced drastically.

Good luck and take care of those fuzzers!

Answer 3

I named one of my pet ferrets Moose and the other was called Buster. I actually built them a pretty big cage with 4 different levels and I had 2 little ferret hammacks put up on the top two levels. They loved those hammocks. As far as the smell you yan really only just put some cat litter in there and hopefully you can clean it right after they relieve themselves. That'll stop the smell from building. Have fun with them they are really fun but they are quite energetic little creatures!
As far as websites go here's a good one
http://www.ferret-universe.com/care/toys.asp

Answer 4

look up Frozen Bubble on google and hit upon a internet web site that works it truly is what I did in my pc layout route very last year. or you'll play round on SketchUp. i recognize SketchUp. (3-D modeling application, you training must have it, if it does no longer download it from google)

Answer 5

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