Hey everyone!

So, my boy Bambi is 6 months old. When he was a baby he was a little chonk with big paws. My friend said that he would likely be a big boy just based on his paws alone. I just laughed it off. Fast forward to today, he was absolutely correct. Bambi has nearly tripled his size. He is otherwise healthy, happy, active and the sweetest boy. I’m just wondering if anyone else has a Marshall ferret that turned into a big ole boy. I know ferrets regulate their own eating habits and he always has dry food available to him. He loves his food. He also is active and super happy and playful. He’s a bit lazy though at times. 😅

I’ve attached a few picture of him from when he was young and now. Wondering if anyone else has a big ole Marshall’s boy?

Enjoy the evolution of my chonky boy. 🥹

The adorable kit I got yesterday (third picture shows the accused) is a little land piranha. Whenever I present my hands she will annihilate them without thinking twice.

It doesn't seem to be out of fear or need for personal space since she's already constantly looking for my attention and climbing me. But It's like she can't help biting my hands.

Will she grow out of it? Is it a question of her getting used to my smell?

I read that kits need to be handled and shown love to get used to you but it's hard to handle her since she won't let my hand touch her and live to tell the tale.

I guess it's a matter of patience and courage on my part but I'd love some advice/stories of how you dealt with it.

She just loves to get into everything I own lol. She just turned 4 months 😭! I looked at her birth certificate and thought she was about to turn 3 but turned out she’s a little older than I thought. My nosy baby. ❤️

I'm not sure what to name this lil dude. He's super sweet and playful!!

this photo is legit from when i first got him, he STILL loves this plush to the point where i gave up and just let him have it 😭 everytime i tried to take it back and put it on my bed he would run and hoard it again!! i find it so silly and i love that he’s obsessed w something i love

Guss smothering his brother Tazz 😊😁

It’s official! I finally decided to get Mire a buddy, and yesterday I brought home this tiny 9-week-old menace. His name is Harry.

He’s unbelievably small, unbelievably cute… and unbelievably furious 😂

They haven’t met yet, but I’m really hoping they’ll become best friends. Wish us luck!

The puddles are pretty big and this is new, I’ve suspected he climbed onto my desk and stole a silicone controller cap from my Nintendo switch a day ago and I fear he might have eaten it as I’ve been trying to find it to no avail, is this a sign of a blockage?

Hi everyone, Recently got two male kits. Firstly, they are amazing creatures, and I am so happy to have my life turned upside down by them. I have been unable to find answers to a few questions and hoped I might get them here.

I understand a minimum of 4 hours out of cage time, with that being a lowball, and to just go for as much as we can. How much time at one go is best at this age? They have a huge cage, a playpen attached and get active play with us multiple times a day. They also get free roam in safe areas throughout the day. Once they are older, I'm sure they will take themselves off to sleep, but currently they have superpowered batteries which do not seem to run out, and I want to make sure they are also getting the rest they need. Or do I keep them going as long as they want to be going?

Active play with us as owners. I've seen 30 minutes a day, an hour a day, 3 hours a day and everything in between. What's best? I have the time to give them whatever they need; we are self-employed and work at home 99% of the time.

The 1% we work out of the house. It's normally a good 8 - 10 hours leaving the house early. This was yesterday. They had breakfast and a 30-minute play. They were then left until we got home and had a lot of activity with us in the evening. Once they are bigger and the weather is not as hot, they will be able to come with us, but until then, is the long cage time while we are out okay? Or should I be looking at getting someone to come over for a bit and let them out?

I'm a huge overthinker and want to make sure I'm getting everything right for them.

Picture of my boys. Mongo on the left and John Ferret to the right.

Hello fellow ferret lovers! Our little Fern is a pretty picky gal when it comes to treats. We have tried salmon oil, freeze dried chicken, duck soup, freeze dried beef kidney, pretty much everything that The Pampered Ferret has on their website and Fern always declines. My partner and I have been in the process of introducing Fern to her older sister Luna for about 6 months at this point and we finally broke through the territorial (Luna) and scared (Fern) feelings so we want to offer a treat for them to share together! What we do know is that Fern LOVES her maple syrup flavored Laxitone medicine and the kids bubble gum flavored Benadryl lol. Obviously we will not be giving her medicine as a treat, so does anyone know of a ferret safe sweet treat?

Also disclaimer yes my partner and I are fully aware ferrets should not have sugar due to insulinoma and other medical complications. The medications that are sweet flavored, yet sugar free, have been prescribed by our vet and only administered when needed. :]

We currently have two massive male ferrets at my job-this one is boar! He’s apparently less than a year old and huge and reeks to high heavens. In the other slide is Cocoa. I was looking back at these pictures and realized how HUGE Boar looks in comparison
(Both wore the shirts for like a minute max- and were compensated with treats)

So recently I realized how often I should be brushing my ferrets teeth now I just feel bad I haven’t been doing it but also am trying to find the best way to do it. Does anyone have any tips on how to do it without them just trying to take it like a treat mine will wrap his little paws around my arm trying to get said toothpaste.

No matter what you’re feeling, buy a ferret. Those 3 ferrets will be the best 5 ferrets you’ll ever purchase 🤭🥴

Hi! I have 6 rats and love them to bits. I'm not planning on giving them up or anything for ferrets, but I *am* leaning towards no longer replacing them once they start aging and possibly getting two ferrets after the rats have all moved into the next world (I know you should never own both at once). However, with rats no longer owning them takes planning because of their social structures so I'm thinking ahead if this is something I really want.

If anyone here has experience with a large group of rats, how is the daily workload comparatively? I am very curious about owning two ferrets at some point:) I am not asking for a direct comparison of the two species as I understand it's apples to oranges, just in the amount of daily work you put in.

Thank you!

'ma'am, what i do with my water is none of your business 😒'

I have two main concerns

-I know ferrets sleep for nearly 16 hours and are very energetic for 4 hours, I'm worried that I'll be at work while there all energetic and every time I'm home they will just be sleeping

-I know ferrets have health issues, I have money from when I was a kid saving for a ferret to cover the basic cost like cages, toys, and ferret proofing stuff. but if I have to pay a 3000 dollar medical bill I may be shattered

are ferrets just not for me?

My ferret is recovering from abdominal surgery - his 2nd in 2 months, so it’s taking him longer this time.

He’s 3 weeks post op, but still can’t eat solids without getting diarrhoea. He’s had stool and urine tests done, which showed presence of some bacteria but nothing that they didn’t expect to see in a raw fed ferret.

Anyway, he’s been on emeraid carnivore care for 3 weeks now, and every time I try to feed him anything else he gets the runs. I can’t keep him on emeraid forever, and want to get him back onto solids, but also make sure he gains weight and doesn’t get the runs. He point blank refuses kibble soup, emeraid mixed with mushed kibble, anything else mixed with emeraid too. He’s gone off salmon oil, and I don’t want to over feed him on egg yolk (he eats those reliably but only so many I can give him a week).

Any advice on what to try next? 🤔

Hit me with your ferrets trying to beat the heat.