Puppy Ferret Care

Although dogs and cats are domestic pets par excellence, a new species is beginning to impose as a pet in many homes: the ferret. When someone raises their acquisition, arise many questions about the care they need. ? Does it eat? ? I can wash? ? How about you get along with other animals? These questions are complicated still further if the animal is still a puppy.

For example, the simple choice between a male or a female and involves a major dilemma. Usually, the former are more quiet in their adult age, while females keep that restless spirit characteristic of ferrets to the end of his days. Before introducing this animal at home, we must be aware of the care they need and, above all, know that a pet is more nervous than a cat or dog, so we must pay close attention.

Taking the first steps
For veterinary Karina Morales, head of Todohurones.com, "it is best to adopt them aged between six months and one year of age, as the smaller ones are scattered and are more difficult to teach." In the event that the ferret is for a child, it is best to choose a specimen that is between one and two years.

Once we have chosen the issue, we must put our house. The first is to eliminate bare wires to chew the ferret, and plug holes by which to sneak out and then not know. His cage must be of adequate size, with an internal area of ​​at least one cubic meter and will include a substrate for your needs, water bowl and food bowl, ramps up to other levels and any toy that entertained.

As for his relationship with other pets, it is important not to leave the animal alone the first few days, since, as recalled by the expert, "the puppies loose ferret bites with tremendous ease, and pets may come to react very violent. " Nor should juntarle with other animals if you have not completed their immunization schedule. Over the weeks, ferrets can come to live with dogs and cats without any problem as long as you put effort into it.

Puppy Food
When providing food for our pet, Karina Morales recommends "specific feed for ferrets, with a high protein content and mainly composed of meat or products." Milk is not recommended for these animals, since they do not digest it well, but can cause severe gastric distress.

In the event that the ferret is weaned, we will give every four hours a small amount of food soaked with a little chicken broth, no salt or spices. All that the animal does not eat we'll leave in a separate place, never in the same dish, although it is advisable to leave some dry food available to the animal.

If you've purchased the puppy in a shop, you should ask the owner a small amount of feed that the animal has been eating so far. Thus, we get used to the ferret to eat the feed that we have in our house. Morales recommended in this regard, "change the diet gradually over a period of nine days, distributing the feed back from less to more, mixing with the old."

Health and hygiene
The ferret is a very clean animal, usually depositing their droppings on the same site. Most often, they go to a quiet corner, so, since puppy, we can teach him to use the litter box frequently, always using a model with low walls and big grained sand, to avoid "or anal infections the animal see the tray as a play area, "says the specialist.

If your ferret is very young (less than six weeks) you may still have not put their shots. In principle, it is indispensable that of distemper, rabies and the trivalent, which prevents parvovirus, leptospirosis and hepatitis. Where pillemos flu, we should not be near your pet, as it passes easily.

Nor should we overlook the section of allergy, especially to those products that clean the ferret cage. If you use sawdust as a substrate, and this is too resinous, can produce an allergic reaction in the animal. At a food allergy are rare, but Morales said that "some may react very badly to foods with added gluten". Considering all the above, and enjoy our ferret for many years.