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Sorry for your loss mate. I would suspect Botulism where the Ferrets may have taken meat into the nest box or hidden somewhere.  Botulism in Ferrets | Vetlexicon

Thanks for the replies. The last youngster died over night and now my older ferrets are unwell. In at the vet’s now to see if they can help them. Brought them indoors yesterday so I can keep a cl

Hi Guys   I ended up losing all of them in the end. Took the remaining three in last Friday and the vet gave me antibiotics and rehydration fluids. She said she had a bad feeling and she was

On 21/04/2025 at 20:45, mitre said:

Speaking of raw meat wouldn't trust it I wouldn't feed my dog it too risky full of bacteria plus  you don't know how it's storing conditions where you brought it from and what can be in it that's a other thing not for sorry

Last shoot of the season i fill my 3 freezers with pheasant ducks and partridges , woodies, black vermin ,hens and squirrels that feeds the dogs and ferrets al;l summer 

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On 22/04/2025 at 05:45, mitre said:

Speaking of raw meat wouldn't trust it I wouldn't feed my dog it too risky full of bacteria plus  you don't know how it's storing conditions where you brought it from and what can be in it that's a other thing not for sorry

If it's very bad the dogs will just throw it up but they can generally handle off meat, unlike ferrets. I had a pitbull/mastiff who would get out and eat rotten roadkills, he never got sick and lived until 18.

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Mrs just rang me..

There was a cat got into my ferret run,kids must of left the gate open and it slipped in...oldest lad soaked the cnut with the hosepipe and let it out to run...ferrets all ok thankfully...next time my Wheaton bitch deals with it...

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Don't talk about cats bloody things they are shiting in the plant pots with seedlings growing in even our dog when younger eat cat shit I went mad at him nearly going to scrub his mouth out 

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