thin ferret

[allgame 0]

iv got two ferrets in the one cage a jill and a hob

my jills an awsome little hunter while the males useless there about a year old

they have constant food in the cage

but while my female is a good weight and always active the male is almost annerexic even though he has a full stomach iv never felt more bones on a living animal plus he sleeps contantly

any one help u c i figure the reason hes a shit worker is because he has no energy so once hes healthy agian he should come good so how can i get him to put on wieght

[Kay 3,709]

iv got two ferrets in the one cage a jill and a hob

my jills an awsome little hunter while the males useless there about a year old

they have constant food in the cage

but while my female is a good weight and always active the male is almost annerexic even though he has a full stomach iv never felt more bones on a living animal plus he sleeps contantly

any one help u c i figure the reason hes a shit worker is because he has no energy so once hes healthy agian he should come good so how can i get him to put on wieght

 

have you noticed if him & the jill get on, does she snap at him i ask because i have a jill who is very food motivated & although theres plenty put in for them she hides it & wont let the other ferret have any , she squeels at the other ferret & so after a few days of observing this i seperated her , the other ferret on inspetion was geting thin.

 

Just wastch them & see how they behave , only thing i would do at this stage is to seperate them & see if you cant tempt the skinny one by hand feeeding, maybe have him indoors , if he isnt getting any food or very little he will be sleepy , i think you need to act now as you could loose him, it may be someother problem, if tgempting him with food isnt working get him to a vets pdq

[allgame 0]

thank you kay i think iv decieded to try for another week with him and if i cant see him putting on anymore weight give him to somone a little bit more experienced them me mabey hed simply respond better to a different enviroment you see im studying for exams at the moment and have littel time on my hands to watch the ferrets and as u said i might not have long left in him so thank you for the advice

[Kay 3,709]

thank you kay i think iv decieded to try for another week with him and if i cant see him putting on anymore weight give him to somone a little bit more experienced them me mabey hed simply respond better to a different enviroment you see im studying for exams at the moment and have littel time on my hands to watch the ferrets and as u said i might not have long left in him so thank you for the advice

 

 

All you can do it try really , you noticed he was feeling thin that speaks volumes good luck

[wabbithunter_15 0]

could be worms mate get a good dewormer from the vets and he might just come round........... them things will suck the life outa ya!

[Hob&Jill 258]

IMO, a Ferret should look like this;

 

 

Thats about the condition I try for all of mine

 

H&J

[borderboy 80]

could be worms mate get a good dewormer from the vets and he might just come round........... them things will suck the life outa ya!

 

pretty sure ferrets dont get worms... their digestive tract is too short...

 

YIS

BB

[allgame 0]

ya mate i was thinking worms but my other ferrets fine aswell as the dogs plus as border boy said can they get them?

[lorelei0922 2]

a ferret on anothe forum i read was just diagnosed with a tapeworm.... so i guess it Can happen

Edited November 14, 2007 by lorelei0922

[allgame 0]

well judging by the condition of my ferret tape worms deffinatly a possibility ya infact i cant see it being anything else but some form of worms my only issue is why is my other ferret so healthy

also i could proberly do another topic but my ferret was a year old and was in season as far as i could tell and even started to show and then i dont know she just didnt have kits any explenations

[wabbithunter_15 0]

even if it isnt worms (which is a possibility) would it not be a good idea to worm it any way for piece of mind so that you know 100% that it isnt worms??

[allgame 0]

yes isnt that what i said

[Bowman 0]

well judging by the condition of my ferret tape worms deffinatly a possibility ya infact i cant see it being anything else but some form of worms my only issue is why is my other ferret so healthy

also i could proberly do another topic but my ferret was a year old and was in season as far as i could tell and even started to show and then i dont know she just didnt have kits any explenations

 

could be your jill had a fantom pregnancy so she would have thought she was up the duff and behaved that way to. This often happens if the are mated with a sterile hob as a way of bringing them off season, as they will remain on heat for ages and so are prone to infections.