Two questions .

[ferretville 69]

Definatley separate them and get him frontlined . The jill sounds like she could have the cold ferrets can be susceptable to human cold and she will need antibiotics something like baytril. M jill has twice caught the cold off me and even with minimal contact with her she was well bad 2 days on the antibiotics and she was bouncing. If you got a good vets near you mate get her there pronto ferrets are either fighting fit or there dead no middle ground. And report the arsehole who you got them off people like that should be banned from having animals FV

[John-B 4]

thats pretty crap that like, try the jill on a bit of kitten food for now to build her energy up slowly, can also give her a saucer of milk with a raw egg cracked into it, for the hob with the ticks, I wouldn't remove them with tweezers or anything like that as the risk of infection would be too great, if the ticks are too small for a tick twister seek professional advice from your local vet on which spray to use chances are they will frontline him there and then, not the cheapest stuff on the market but by far the best, also although the frontline will kill the ticks that are there already and prevent them returning for a period of time, i would clean and disenfect the hutch and replace all bedding etc etc, once the jill is strong enough and showing signs of plenty energy build her up on your choice of food slowly (if it's biscuits/kibble) watch carefully as these biscuits can get lodged in the roof of the mouth and cause a lot of distress.

 

Keep us updated of the progress.

[Guest lavyheed]

Try this "chicken soup" as a booster.

 

4 chicken drumsticks

2 egg yolks.

30g ferretvite (if no ferretvite use half a t-spoon of olive oil instead)

1 tablespoon of honey.

 

Put the drumsticks in a casserole dish cover with water and cook for an hour and a half. at 190*

 

Once cooled down put strip the meat off the bone and stick in a blender add 300ml- 400ml of the water that they were cooked in.

 

Add ferretvite,honey and egg yolks and blend again.

 

Stick it in a container and allow to cool.

 

It sets like campbells condensed soup.

 

All you need to do is use the required amount and add a little warm water to thin it out a little.

 

It freezes well too.

 

Feck me i sound like Delia feckin Smith but the soup works well for ferrets that aren't 100% fit.

Edited October 24, 2009 by lavyheed

[Kay 3,709]

Jesus christ i cant believe how much utter crap is posted on here about removal of ticks

 

either use fronline or a tick picker

 

can i ask the folks who sugested using deisel and the other stuff if you would use that method on a child or yourselves

[events co-ordinator 353]

BEAT ME TO IT KAY

[Leeview 792]

Tallyho the person you got these 2 ferrets from are they members on here?

Y.I.S Leeview

[ferretville 69]

Jesus christ i cant believe how much utter crap is posted on here about removal of ticks

 

either use fronline or a tick picker

 

can i ask the folks who sugested using deisel and the other stuff if you would use that method on a child or yourselves

Spot on kay

[stealthy1 3,964]

Frontline spray the hob, and mince some rabbit for the jill, or shop bought beef mince, you can buy a hand mincer for £3.99 from your local market if your feeling energetic

[Quixote 9]

cant u get a ear bud and put deisel on the ticks??? or they let go if something hot (fag end etc)

 

You f*cking idiot! Stay away from anything with a pulse

[sam3009 4]

Right just got a new hob and jil , got them from a right shit hole , the jil didnt look 100% healthy but thought if i took her back got some decent food and a good bit of care they would be ok but i think she is on her way out looked in on her today she is up and about but noticed she cant chew the dry food and i can only describe it as looking like snot coming from her mouth and it smells , any ideas as what it could be ??? secondly the hob is riddled with ticks really small some of them are, ive just took about 10 off him now with tweezers but he was starting to get pissy as my finger found out, but there is too many to try and get out with tweezers ide be there all day behind his ears are worse they are smaller than a match head , do i leave them till they get to a size for me to pull or is there some kind of dip i could use ???? They are both lovely natured ferrets , just a shame they ended up in the state they have , but hopfully ile get them sorted if i can .

 

 

 

these dont sound good mate.

 

keep them seperate so any infection does not spread between them.

get some flea powder and cover them,and any bedding in it,

if the jill is loosing weight could be a kind of flu, i would 1st check her mouth make sure she can close it properly and has nothing

wedged in her teeth or throat,this can happen if fed rabbits ect.

try her on an easily digestable food eg bread& milk then put her on proper meat, birds or rabbits.

 

i would do the same with the hob if he is down in condition 2

remove what ticks you can,

you could use tick and lice spray used on birds,cats ect to try to remove ticks

do NOT use spot on for dogs it will kill them.

 

HOPE ALL GOES WELL

 

ATB LYNDON

DONT give them milk mate. Ferrets are lactose intolerant. Check her mouth to make sure theres nothing stuck between her incisors and obstructing her jaw from closing then try her on mince(easy chewed and digested). Tackle the ticks yourself as and when the hobs placid enough. Good luck with them.

[keeper 51 78]

get yourself some cat or kitten milk as this is lactose free add raw egg if you need to bulk them up

some years ago i collected a ferret from a rescue centre who were tied in with the r.s.p.c.a before

collecting i had to have a home visit to confirm that i was able to look after this little jill having passed

this inspection they arranged to have her spayed and checked over before i could collect her after a day

or two i noticed that she was having problems eating on checking her mouth i found some WAN-ER

had snapped all here eye teeth off SO MUCH FOR THE R.S.P.C.A AND THERE POXIE VETS :realmad: :realmad:

however she lived the rest of her life out 4 years + quite happy on cat milk and eggs she was never worked

but became a family pet

as for the ticks you have recieved enough advise but one easy way to remove them when there small is to

coat them with vasoline as allready stated they breath through there arse unlike the R.S.P.C.A who just talk

through it

[Downunder_Sthn_Ferreter 16]

Hi Tallyho,

 

I feel that a visit to the local vet will stop a lot of problems that

have been mentioned from getting worse.

 

Backyard remedies are just that, for the back yards....

 

You have obvious concern for your newly aquired pair..

as you have posted here for advice.

 

The cost of a phone call is nothing, if you consider what may come of it.

The least you can do is give them a fighting chance with a proper

assessment from a qualified vetrinary surgeon.

 

You'll be put straight immediately and won;t have to dabble with backyard remedies

that may cause more harm than good.

 

Just my honest opinion regarding the welfare of your Ferrets.

 

Cheers,

 

Shaun

Edited October 24, 2009 by Downunder_Sthn_Ferreter

[Malt 379]

Jesus christ i cant believe how much utter crap is posted on here about removal of ticks

 

either use fronline or a tick picker

[The one 8,572]

F*cking love the experts on this forum :clapper:

[takman511 42]

frontline your hob and vets your jill mate soon as