Brown Long-haired Angora Ferret

Breed: Angora pet ferret

Color: Long-haired brown

Color description: The fur is light-colored at the base and brown or light brown at the tip. There is no down hair, and the nose is allowed to have nasal rosette.

The domestication of pet ferrets began more than 200 years ago. Today, they have become the third largest pet after dogs and cats, especially in countries such as the United States, Europe, and Japan, where keeping ferrets has become a fashion trend. Currently, there are over 8 million pet ferrets in the United States alone, and they have their own clubs and even Ferret Olympics. In China, there are already ferret breeding grounds, and a boom in keeping pet ferrets has arrived.

Suggested for small pet lovers, the Brown Long-haired Angora Ferret is very clean. Take some time to train it when it just comes home, and it will go to the designated place to use the toilet. The fur of the Brown Long-haired Angora Ferret is short and doesn't shed much, so the house won't be filled with flying fur like when raising a long-haired pet. You don't have to worry about getting fur on your clothes when holding the Brown Long-haired Angora Ferret.

1. Diarrhea

Diarrhea is a symptom that can be caused by many reasons. Common causes include physical irritation, bacterial infection, and viral infection.

Feeding nut snacks and swallowing indigestible foreign objects can cause diarrhea. Common symptoms include diarrhea that resembles runny nose, sometimes mixed with blood and undigested foreign objects. Easily changing food or adding other feed may also lead to diarrhea.

Diarrhea caused by bacterial infection is often due to eating spoiled ferret food and unclean drinking water for ferrets. It is characterized by loose, unformed feces, depressed mental state of the sick ferret, and decreased food intake.

Stress reactions can also easily cause diarrhea, especially when pet ferrets arrive at pet stores after long-distance transportation within one or two days. In this case, no treatment is needed as it will recover on its own.

2. Coughing and Sneezing

It is usually a temporary cough that does not require treatment and can be monitored. If persistent coughing occurs, it is necessary to determine whether it is due to foreign objects stuck in the throat. Coughing can also occur during shedding period. If multiple ferrets are placed in the same space during breeding season, coughing or sneezing may be observed when customers receive the ferrets due to mutual hair stimulation. Generally, no treatment is needed as it can self-heal.

Coughing can also occur during a cold, and appropriate treatment is needed in this case.

Feasible treatments: injection of ceftiofur sodium, 0.3 ml/kg intramuscular injection, twice a day. The remaining injection solution can be stored in a washed penicillin bottle. Cephalosporin antibiotics commonly used in pet hospitals can also be used. For severe diarrhea, glucose saline solution should be fed through the mouth using a syringe from the corner of the mouth. Severely weakened ferrets can be injected with dexamethasone, 0.3 ml/kg subcutaneous injection. Nutritional paste helps in later recovery and recuperation.

Diarrhea caused by viral infection is more severe and will be explained separately.

Avoid changing feed ingredients arbitrarily and use designated food.

1. Deodorization and odor prevention

As a member of the mustelid family, pet ferrets still possess the instinct to defend against natural enemies. Especially in the summer and autumn, they may emit a pungent odor. You can use Lushui perfume to spray and achieve the goal of cleaning the air.

2. Timely and quantitative feeding

Pet ferrets are small in size and require patient training during feeding. Feed them strictly on time and in fixed amounts, and do not feed them randomly outdoors. As long as the feeding time and amount are not arbitrarily changed, pet ferrets will not defecate anywhere and anytime. However, this requires patient training from the owner. Their characteristic is that once they recognize their own scent, they will go back to the original place to find it again. Remember this characteristic during training.

According to the size of the pet ferret, choose a suitable bath tub, usually a No. 2 large basin is enough. In cold winter weather, you can bathe once a week, and in summer, you can bathe 2 or 3 times a day depending on the actual play environment. Each bath should be changed at least 3 times, and the last time add 0.2% of 84 disinfectant or use 0.1% household detergent for cleaning.

Comb the coat regularly. bathe, trim nails, brush teeth, and clean the ears regularly.