Blueboybilly 164 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hi guys. I have a 1 week holiday booked in the Winter and was thinking about how long I can leave my ferrets for. I have 2 young ferrets and I know that they will eat a rabbit from head to toe in about a week and if I leave 2 water feeders these will easily last longer than a week. To date - I haven’t left them for longer than 10 hours without going to them, getting them out, cleaning out etc so I don’t know how long they would last without me. Im kind of thinking that if I gut their hutch and leave them a frozen pigeon and a fresh rabbit on the day that I leave then they would be fine but that would feel a little cruel. Would love to hear other people’s opinion and what they do. BBB Quote Link to post
vfr400boy 3,112 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Am not sure but I think it's law that you have to check any animal at least every 24 hours, I would never leve mine even for 24 hours what if they knock a drinker off or something? Quote Link to post
beany01 223 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 You cant leave ferrets for a week without anyone checking on them. If anything went wrong, what it probably will, you will have a couple of dead ferrets. Quote Link to post
samuria 331 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 you must have someone who could look in just to feed and water them..... a friendly neighbour maybe..... Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted November 18, 2017 Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 Water bottles freeze in the winter so how are they going to drink ??? 1 Quote Link to post
Blueboybilly 164 Posted November 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 My wife has now arranged for a house sitter who will come and live in the house while we are away so she will look after the dogs and see to the ferrets too. In all fairness I hadn’t considered the ferrets knocking the water off or the water freezing Thanks for the comments guys BBB Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted November 18, 2017 Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 Good decision ? I've had guys tell me they wrap the bottle in foam ... socks and all sorts of stuff and yep that's great the water in the bottle won't freeze but the water in the metal drinking tube and the little ball inside will still freeze there's nothing you can do about it except thaw out every day or have double the bottles and swap them over morning and night ...... 1 Quote Link to post
Jerry71 269 Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 I always get someone to feed mine while away, also if there's a ferret rescue near by they may board them for you for a small fee, Quote Link to post
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