When your kid is around 10 to 12, they are mature enough to handle them carefully and take care of your pet. At teenage years, they will also learn the responsibility of feeding, caring, and cleaning your pet ferret. They love to collect and stash their favorite things or toys. Each ferret is unique, they have different personality and different choices on what they like. They usually stash their favorite things under the bed or the dresser or even under the closet.
Now, would you want to get a ferret as a pet or not? Let us know your thoughts below. Image Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. Currently, I am the lead content curator for Coops And Cages and write exclusively for a few other pet industry magazines, blogs and columns. Ferrets are incredibly smart and beautiful little creatures, adorable and bursting with affection if cared for properly.
They are not suited to living their lives stuck in a cage without lots of love and attention. Another thing to take note of is giving them a fellow ferret playmate. Ferrets are amusing even when they play alone by themselves. Give them some toys to play with and they are happy! While they can be contented in their cages or enclosures, they have to get out for at least four hours. Jordan Walker cares for the welfare of all animals.
He is a firm believer that not only cats and dogs make awesome companions, pet pocket ferret does too! As the lead curator of Coops and Cages, he helps people decide what pet they should get and give information about them too. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Remember me Log in. Lost your password? Ferrets have a very high sense of curiosity and are very playful, which make them very entertaining to watch.
They get along very well with other pets, especially dogs or cats. Ferrets are not usually aggressive if handled correctly, though young children should be supervised at all times to avoid nipping. Ferrets are higher maintenance pets than either cats or dogs, and require an owner who is willing to give a lot of time and attention.
They need several hours of supervised exercise and play outside of their cage each day and can be quite mischievous and destructive. Ferrets get along with cats and most dogs if socialized with them early but should always be supervised. Avoid contact with pet birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats.
The ferret is a carnivore meat eater and can be fed a diet of good quality premium cat food or ferret food. Ferrets have an average life span of years and the female ferret jill has a pregnancy lasting around 42 days. Young kits are born deaf and with their eyes closed until about 3 weeks of age when they also start to walk.
Kits can be weaned onto kitten or ferret food by 6 weeks of age. Desexing a jill is recommended before the onset of first oestrus unless you want to breed from her, as female ferrets remain in heat unless mated, and prolonged high levels of oestrogen can result in bone marrow suppression and subsequent death.
Desexing of male ferrets hobs is also recommended to control aggressive territorial behaviour and reduce their musky odour. Descenting of ferrets by removing the anal sacs can also be performed at the time of desexing pets, but it only has a partial affect and is an optional procedure.
Ferrets are masters of escape and can squeeze through the smallest of spaces. They should be kept in their cage when not supervised and wear a collar with a bell. Even though ferrets as pets are not meant for everyone, they are a great companion for energetic and indulging owners. Here are five reasons why ferrets make good pets. Apart from being utterly adorable, ferrets also have a lot of energy.
Despite their small size, ferrets are superbly playful and curious. They love to play around and perform a range of antics. This way, they keep you entertained and can even uplift your mood. So, just sit back and enjoy watching your ferret chill around. Another reason why ferrets prove to be great pets is the fact that they are quite sociable and affectionate in nature.
They gel up pretty well with fellow ferrets. Hence, ferret owners usually bring home more than one of these furry balls.
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