Can Ferrets Die From Cold ??

[ruggers13 268]

a pals ferrets have died n dosent know how he asked me if they can die from cold weather, tbh i thought they preferred cold weather

[stealthy1 3,964]

The only ferrets that I know of that died of cold was because the water bottles froze.

[ruggers13 268]

thats what i thought hes adament that its from cold thing is they were fine when i sold him them!!!

[pie-eater 377]

thats what i thought hes adament that its from cold thing is they were fine when i sold him them!!!

Unless theyre kept in damp conditions no way. Its not even cold yet anyway.

[leethedog 3,071]

It won't be cold ferrets are susceptible to many of the dog killers ie distemper and not many have there ferrets jabbed where I live there have been a few cases of distemper and parvo

[rabbit demon 302]

Ferrets are hardy enough. freezing cold days wont kill them. Loads of other things that do though, disease colds distemper and damp and dirty hutches and the likes will. probably picked something up. When go down they can go down quick.

[Leeview 791]

stevethefish a member on here dug down to a dead ferret and the other ferret was barely alive, his mate kept it alive inside his shirt till he got home,the temperature was minus/well below freezing above ground so a lot colder underground

Y.I.S Leeview

[pie-eater 377]

stevethefish a member on here dug down to a dead ferret and the other ferret was barely alive, his mate kept it alive inside his shirt till he got home,the temperature was minus/well below freezing above ground so a lot colder underground

Y.I.S Leeview

Id have thought it would be a little warmer below ground. I was out ferreting in the big freeze which I think was in 2010? the ferrets dealt with the cold fine.

[peterhunter86 8,627]

What kind of cnut sells their pals ferrets lol

[Fly The Boy 339]

thats what i thought hes adament that its from cold thing is they were fine when i sold him them!!!

Don't give him ferrets ever again, he don't know how to look after them or he wouldn't ask question like that in October, give them plenty bedding if they don't want it all they drag it outside bedding area, he is fuccking ejid ferrets die of cold middle of October, damp kill them lot quicker........

[Leeview 791]

quite the opposite pie eater, in fact the victorian's used to bury blocks of ice in the winter and dig them up and use the ice in the summer, long before fridges

Y.I.S Leeview

[The one 8,459]

You keep your ferrets in a warm draft proof hutch they should be fine they have warm jackets to help with the cold but if your hutch is cold and damp they start using there body reserves to keep warm which will drag them down . And if there no feed good quality grub working them will drain there stamina and then they feel the effects of the weather

[ruggers13 268]

What kind of cnut sells their pals ferrets lol

lmfao my mate as selling 2 n they came through me to another i was in middle of sale if was my erret to a mate id give it pal

[pie-eater 377]

quite the opposite pie eater, in fact the victorian's used to bury blocks of ice in the winter and dig them up and use the ice in the summer, long before fridges

Y.I.S Leeview

Yeah but isn't that just because the ground acts as an insulator? A bit like a thermos flask keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. So I would have thought it would be a bit warmer underground.

 

Also if its so cold down there why do the rabbits go to ground when it gets really cold?

Edited October 14, 2015 by pie-eater

[TOMO 26,005]

Think its very hard to say why a ferret has died below ground,,, but its more likely to be through sufercation than cold,,, very low oxygen levels below ground...

 

And the ice they kept below ground was in ice houses,,contsructd of brick or stone,, and covered in earth,,, and they usually kept tones of ice in there collected from the frozen lakes in winter,, part of the reason it stayed frozen was because the way the ice house was constructed,,, and the amount of ice kept there....

 

Having said all the above,,,,i think its quite possible for ferrets to die of the cold,,, but I think they would have to be wet ,,then in a hutch with no nesting material....