Kits And Sawdust ?

[yorkshirenath 2]

hi everyone

i havent had ferrets before but decided to get some i have a silver jill thats taken and will hopfully produce decent kits, i randomly got talking to an old guy walking his terrier the other. we got on about ferrets and he was telling me about his ferreting adventures when he was a lad, we got talking about breeding them and he told me to use chippins rather than sawdust when shes about to give birth because the sawdust can get in the kits lungs just wondered if this was true ?

[flat land hunter 19]

had my ferrets born on sawdust all healthy, make sure its soft wood not hardwood sawdust

hi everyone

i havent had ferrets before but decided to get some i have a silver jill thats taken and will hopfully produce decent kits, i randomly got talking to an old guy walking his terrier the other. we got on about ferrets and he was telling me about his ferreting adventures when he was a lad, we got talking about breeding them and he told me to use chippins rather than sawdust when shes about to give birth because the sawdust can get in the kits lungs just wondered if this was true ?

[Nobby 65]

The old lad knows his stuff sawdust not good for ferrets or kits

Edited April 12, 2013 by Nobby

[mushroom 14,293]

Shavings are better not dust

[socks 32,253]

The old fella was right get them on shavings ............

[Mick C. 229]

Saw dust makes them cough like anything.

 

There meat also gets covered in the stuff

[GreyRake 108]

Can give ferrets of all ages respiratory problems over time. Anything that seems too dusty is best avoided.

[paulus 26]

Dust extracted shavings or that stuff they bed horses down on

[Huan72 687]

Dust extracted shavings or that stuff they bed horses down on

Second this, whatever you do, do not use sawdust!

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I'm using that bliss animal bedding (horse bedding) for the dog kennels and it would be ideal for the ferrets.

 

However at the moment I'm getting cross-shredded paper from work free and its great so ferrets are having that.

 

Sawdust is just that. Dust.

[The one 8,612]

Aye sawdust can cause respiratory problems in older ferrets as well not just kits far better with shaving's mate

[GreyRake 108]

Now ive started keeping ferrets indoors, i used lino for the cage floor, fleeces for the bed and wood pellets in a litter box. Ill be keeping ferrets like this for now on, indoor or out. Fleeces and litter boxes from a pound shop. Fleeces go in the washing machine and dry quick after. Never spend more than 6pound a month on litter for the two of them.