How to Care for an Abandoned Ferret

Part of the Video Series Emergency Ferret Care

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Watch as an expert explains how to care for an abandoned ferret --- including where to find food for it and what to tell the vet -- in this free video clip on emergency pet aid.

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How to Care for an Abandoned Ferret
Hi! I'm Fran Friedman from Morning Star Animal Sanctuary and I want to talk to you about emergency care and health issues on behalf of expertvillage.com. Some people find ferrets roaming around and its either they've gotten out or people have let them loose and they don't know what to do with the ferret when they get it. A lot of times the ferrets are emaciated, their usually hungry and they usually have stress ulcers from being out in the wild where they don't survive very well. So some of the things you can do when you find a ferret like that is if you are able to get to a store to get some proper ferret food you can offer the ferret some good quality food either an 8 in 1 Ultra Blend, some Missouri; they are usually sold at Olson's Grain, Pet Smart or Petco. Make sure that it is a good quality ferret food. Do not go to Walmart for your ferret food. They do sell it but it is not recommended. Make sure that they are drinking. If they are not drinking and if you can pinch the ferret, come here ferret, around the neck area , if you hold this and its tense which means it keeps its shape for more than a few seconds they are probably dehydrated and they would need some fluids which most likely would be given by a vet. So I would get them to the vet as soon as possible. Make sure that it is a vet that knows about ferrets and is able to treat them. Not all vets are ferrets savoy and some of them may not want to treat your ferret so make sure that they know its a ferret is coming in for dehydration and that it's been found and you don't know the history.

About the Expert

Expert: Fran Freedman has been an animal lover all her life. She is President and co-founder of the Morning Starr Animal Sanctuary, an all volunteer, non profit organization in Cornville AZ. Read More