ferrets dying

[stealthy1 3,964]

sorry to hear that mate i got 2 jills in a garden shed,,they sleep in a hammock with 4 pet blankets and an old dressing gown for bedding,,,,,,i got one that i found a few weeks ago,,,shes in a 8x2x2foot hutch with an upstiars bed area,,,ive got polystyrene on the outside of the hutch to keep it a little warmer,,,,,mine seem okay,although i do worry about the one on her own ,,as for bottles they keep freezing so ive resorted to bowls for the water,,,,they dont freeze over so quick,,,they sleep a lot during the night so they dont drink a lot,,can they dehydrate that quick?...can someone tell me?,,and if the bowl freezes,,cant they lick the ice? unlike bottles which they cannot feed from as the nozzles are frozen,,,comments are appreciated,,thanks

i use bowls to

 

 

Not knocking your choice of water receptical, but my fezzers arsehole bowls over, or fill them full of shavings and what ever else they happen to kick around

[dave1600d 35]

my littlun knocks it over sometimes,,well she used to...till i got a heavy one,,

[higgins 75]

sorry to hear that mate i got 2 jills in a garden shed,,they sleep in a hammock with 4 pet blankets and an old dressing gown for bedding,,,,,,i got one that i found a few weeks ago,,,shes in a 8x2x2foot hutch with an upstiars bed area,,,ive got polystyrene on the outside of the hutch to keep it a little warmer,,,,,mine seem okay,although i do worry about the one on her own ,,as for bottles they keep freezing so ive resorted to bowls for the water,,,,they dont freeze over so quick,,,they sleep a lot during the night so they dont drink a lot,,can they dehydrate that quick?...can someone tell me?,,and if the bowl freezes,,cant they lick the ice? unlike bottles which they cannot feed from as the nozzles are frozen,,,comments are appreciated,,thanks

 

 

 

I dont know about everyone else, but I've found that my metal nozzles on my drinkers freeze up well before the water in the bottles, so it can look like they have a drink, when in fact they dont, I now have six bottles to swap around, I use two at a time, so I change them three times daily, but then this weather is very extreme, so I'm not taking any chances

Good point Stealthy1,i wonder if they were made of plastic then they wouldn't freeze.....

Higgins

[stealthy1 3,964]

sorry to hear that mate i got 2 jills in a garden shed,,they sleep in a hammock with 4 pet blankets and an old dressing gown for bedding,,,,,,i got one that i found a few weeks ago,,,shes in a 8x2x2foot hutch with an upstiars bed area,,,ive got polystyrene on the outside of the hutch to keep it a little warmer,,,,,mine seem okay,although i do worry about the one on her own ,,as for bottles they keep freezing so ive resorted to bowls for the water,,,,they dont freeze over so quick,,,they sleep a lot during the night so they dont drink a lot,,can they dehydrate that quick?...can someone tell me?,,and if the bowl freezes,,cant they lick the ice? unlike bottles which they cannot feed from as the nozzles are frozen,,,comments are appreciated,,thanks

 

 

 

I dont know about everyone else, but I've found that my metal nozzles on my drinkers freeze up well before the water in the bottles, so it can look like they have a drink, when in fact they dont, I now have six bottles to swap around, I use two at a time, so I change them three times daily, but then this weather is very extreme, so I'm not taking any chances

Good point Stealthy1,i wonder if they were made of plastic then they wouldn't freeze.....

Higgins

 

 

I've had a look round for plastic drinkers with plastic nozzles, but came up blank, the guy at the wholesalers said they may exsist, but on the whole the drinkers are allrounders made of metal so pet rabbits dont chew them off, Stubby had a chicken nozzle made of plastic, but in this weather I dont know if they would fare any better, if he's online he may be able to shed some light on the subject

[bush wacker 77]

sorry to hear that mate i got 2 jills in a garden shed,,they sleep in a hammock with 4 pet blankets and an old dressing gown for bedding,,,,,,i got one that i found a few weeks ago,,,shes in a 8x2x2foot hutch with an upstiars bed area,,,ive got polystyrene on the outside of the hutch to keep it a little warmer,,,,,mine seem okay,although i do worry about the one on her own ,,as for bottles they keep freezing so ive resorted to bowls for the water,,,,they dont freeze over so quick,,,they sleep a lot during the night so they dont drink a lot,,can they dehydrate that quick?...can someone tell me?,,and if the bowl freezes,,cant they lick the ice? unlike bottles which they cannot feed from as the nozzles are frozen,,,comments are appreciated,,thanks

i use bowls to

 

 

Not knocking your choice of water receptical, but my fezzers arsehole bowls over, or fill them full of shavings and what ever else they happen to kick around

use a brick,the type with the dent in it dont hold alot but they cant kick it over

[fieldsportsman 107]

sorry to hear that mate i got 2 jills in a garden shed,,they sleep in a hammock with 4 pet blankets and an old dressing gown for bedding,,,,,,i got one that i found a few weeks ago,,,shes in a 8x2x2foot hutch with an upstiars bed area,,,ive got polystyrene on the outside of the hutch to keep it a little warmer,,,,,mine seem okay,although i do worry about the one on her own ,,as for bottles they keep freezing so ive resorted to bowls for the water,,,,they dont freeze over so quick,,,they sleep a lot during the night so they dont drink a lot,,can they dehydrate that quick?...can someone tell me?,,and if the bowl freezes,,cant they lick the ice? unlike bottles which they cannot feed from as the nozzles are frozen,,,comments are appreciated,,thanks

i use bowls to

 

 

Not knocking your choice of water receptical, but my fezzers arsehole bowls over, or fill them full of shavings and what ever else they happen to kick around

yes just found out

[Fat-Ferret 857]

I use a bottle with a gelatine strip in it and it doesnt freeze

 

A garlic clove with work too, but less appealing to the ferrets...

[thorne43 1]

i have a nice size box full of bedding inside a shed and give them a mix of food.

i use a chicken feeder keeps fresh water for them all the time. i refresh it every two days but the chicken feeder works really well. and they cant knock it over because its heavy.

atb thorne43

[The one 8,482]

Same as stealthy swopping bottles over 3/4 times a day ,and putting in some chicken mince as well as rabbit and piling in the shavens in the nest boxes .ive a old jill in with one lot and i thought she be dead with the cold but shes still going strong so i must be doing something right

[KittleRox 2,147]

A point worth mentioning,if the sleeping quarters aren,t properly ventilated the condensation from the ferrets breathing can make the bedding damp.I had this problem with mines although I had drilled half inch holes in the box,I now leave the lid of the box open an half inch which seems to have done the trick,

[oohmydog 82]

Shredded paper in the bed works for me ,sorry you lost a couple