Ferret Kits

[Lesley Jones]

We currently have 15 ferrets free ranging in the converted downstairs bedroom with one more rescue upstairs waiting to be introduced. Some of their stories are heartbreaking - Wall-E (upstairs) was thrown in a wheelie bin the week before last. When our elderly Bailey was a youngster, he was thrown from a moving car with two of his brothers tied in a plastic bag.

Buzz and Woody here were some of the ferrets we took from a lad keeping 17 of them in five foot, two storey cage - tiny kits mixed in with entire males. It's a wonder they survived because the lad only fed them if his working jills caught any rabbits.

We had only had them for a few days here, but they were already a lot happier

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice action shot there Lesley - and they certainly look like they are having some fun at last.

 

[Brian Moore]

Very cool of you, Lesley. Love the picture too. (Are you going to make football jerseys for the ferrets, too?)

 

[Lesley Jones]

Thankfully the ferrets live indoors and have a nice, warm radiator. They can also become bald, but due to something called adrenal disease. I had one implanted with a drug called Suprelorin on Monday and his coat should grow back nicely. It eventually proves fatal, but not for 18 months to 3 years. Adrenal disease is very common in ferrets due to early neutering and being exposed to artificial light. (Ferrets are photoperiodic and come into season according to the length of day).

Is that enough information or am I prattling again?

 

[Pete Askew]

Not at all, it's interesting. I'd never heard of it but there is some more information here if anyone is interested.

Adrenal gland disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia