Ferret Not Alert!!??

[Uk-Neil 0]

I went to go and pick my ferret up earlier, and she was floppy not moving, eyes closed and shook her gently, still no sign of life. I finally told my missus that our ferret had died. She was in bits, n suddenly ferret woke up fright. Is this normal after about 10 mins of me trying to wake her??

[JoeD 24]

Ferrets can get into such a deep sleep you can't wake them up and they go floppy and well seem dead.

Perfectly normal.

[joe14 98]

Probably just deep sleeping. I have one that does it all the time, hes deaf aswell so he cant hear you.

[Kay 3,709]

Sounds like dead sleep , something that ferrets seemingly do, fall into a deep sleep scaring the owners half to death , also its been hot today so make sure the hutch is pretty shaded as heat exhaustion can be a killer

[Uk-Neil 0]

Excellent thanks guys got worried that's all

[DogMagic 461]

I had same thing once as a kid. No not the deep sleep bit! Lol! I had 2 ferrets at the time and one morning i went up the garden to feed them and both were "dead" i shook um both, called their names, called their names again, started panicking then one of um looked up as if to say "will you keep the noise down mate"! Lol!

[Uk-Neil 0]

Lol yeah that's exactly what happend lol, gave my missus a heart attack it did. She was flapping about not knowing what to do. Then the ferret, coco, looked up all innocently !! Bloody thing lol

[Lab 10,979]

Excellent thanks guys got worried that's all

You better go and get it out the bin now..............

[web22 27]

all part of the joy of being a ferret owner,you're not the first and won't be the last to be put in a panic by something that's pretty normal in the ferret world,and i love the way they wake up with a look of "what?"on their faces...

[simonrocco 175]

iv got one the same pal you can pick it up when its still asleep and it wont wake up iv thought it was dead a few times.

[Jamie m 668]

Could be more likely heat

[KittleRox 2,147]

Happens to the missus sometimes

[Ideation 8,216]

I got one the exact same, sleeps like the dead and you can lift her about, stick her on the court roof, and she stays there, and suddenly jumps up as if to say 'WHAT THE f**k????"

[KittleRox 2,147]

I got one the exact same, sleeps like the dead and you can lift her about, stick her on the court roof, and she stays there, and suddenly jumps up as if to say 'WHAT THE f**k????"

I,ve told you before

 

keep your private life to yourself

[steve209 3]

Nothing like a spot of dead ferret syndrome to get the heart pumping