ferret bathing

[rotton123 7]

hello out there,

 

just a quick one do many people bath there ferts if so what shampoo would you use(dog shampoo?)

[fcuktheban 140]

hello out there,

 

just a quick one do many people bath there ferts if so what shampoo would you use(dog shampoo?)

 

I use baby shampoo or puppy shampoo on the ones I keep indoors. You can also use a spray pet deodoriser. I prefer my workers to stink before sending them in though. If the ferret can't bolt them then the stench should do it. :sick:

[The one 8,487]

The last time i brought kits in i sprayed all the hutches and shampoo'd the lot of them with dog flea shampoo

[andy s410c 61]

You can get the Beaphar Ferret shampoo from pets at home....i only give mine a bath once a year just as their finishing the winter moult.

[tegater 789]

Don't normally wash em, but picked up 2 jill kits the other day that stunk like sh*te, literally, so got beaphar ferret shampoo, an now they just smell like ferrets!! only really washed em cos the kids are handling them all the time.

[Kay 3,709]

I have only ever bathed ferrets if they have been in a state , and i shame to say i use a drop of washing up liquid , and a good rince off , good as new

 

if i have had one thats been a bit grubby i just change the paper bedding daily for a week or so & that also works

[rotton123 7]

Thanks everyone for your comments

[cathunter 8]

i use ferret shampoo that i picked up from the pet shop, i only use it when a ferret gets on the nose or really grubby, wet em over first in warm water, then rub shampoo in, then a good rinse off in warm water and a dry off in a towel

[rob190364 2,594]

Don't think you're supposed to use dog shampoo, too harsh.

 

I also heard that if you bath them them smell even more afterwards because you wash off essential oils in their fur which they them reproduce even more to compensate. Don't know how true that is though.

 

If you're thinking about bathing them to get rid of the smell, don't both.....ferrets smell, simple as that and there's nowt you can do about it. Neutering cuts down on the smell a fair bit but it doesn't go completely.

[B.P.R 2,798]

Aye but everybody is saying that they bathed them for a reason, they're either dirty. Unclean or likethe one said to get rid of fleas

[theferreter 311]

never bathed a ferret in my life ive never had to i keep my ferrets living quaters spotless plus i dont think bathing would be to good for the oils in there coats

[Malt 379]

I wouldn't bother. They like dogs, they'll soon start smelling worse than they did before you bathed them. Give them some nice deep shavings and they'll clean themselves by digging through them.

 

If you don't like the smell of ferrets maybe you should look at getting a cat..

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Why would you bath a ferret?Too many people getting their mind polluted by the feckin fluffy ferret brigade.

[kevin from bristol 95]

anyone use hibby scrub?

[theferreter 311]

Why would you bath a ferret?Too many people getting their mind polluted by the feckin fluffy ferret brigade.

well said johnnyboy