dead ferrets

[pluckers son 0]

me and a mate got some ferrets a few months ago when thay were six months old,both pole cats hob and jill

 

he had them out of there hutch yesterday playing with them,then gave them some cat food...

 

went to the hutch just now and there dead???????

 

he says there been a cat in the garden near the ferret hutch,could it have gave them a illness that killed them

 

the cat didnt get in the cage so he dont know whats happend and is gutted

[Kay 3,709]

Food poisoning possibly what sort of cat food was it wet or dry biscuits

[pluckers son 0]

wet,meat out of a tin that he uses all the time

[deanflute 550]

shouldn't really have been feeding them cat food anyway, its called cat food for a reason...

[stubby 175]

did they have the shits from being fed cat food all the time, rather than fresh rabbit, or even dry ferret biscuit

were they given bowl of milk too?

[Kay 3,709]

wet,meat out of a tin that he uses all the time

 

Well that stuff will go off as meat will so my bets they ate some mankey cat food

[para1 11]

Was it very hot where you are on the day they died?.

[pluckers son 0]

just phoned him and he says he ran out of cat food and gave them some cat biskets (spelling) i gess that will have killed them by swelling them up???

[para1 11]

just phoned him and he says he ran out of cat food and gave them some cat biskets (spelling) i gess that will have killed them by swelling them up???

 

Did he make sure they had lots of water?.WAS it hot?how big is the hutch/cage?.

[higgins 75]

me and a mate got some ferrets a few months ago when thay were six months old,both pole cats hob and jill

 

he had them out of there hutch yesterday playing with them,then gave them some cat food...

 

went to the hutch just now and there dead???????

 

he says there been a cat in the garden near the ferret hutch,could it have gave them a illness that killed them

 

the cat didnt get in the cage so he dont know whats happend and is gutted

can you give us more details such as the conditions in their environment and general health /well being,what exactly was fed to them,any small observation you can remember will help,it's odd that they seemed fine one day and dead the next.Try to remember any details as even the most unimportant detail may hold a clue,and i'm sure someone will suss it out for you,sorry you lost them mate,

Higgins.

[MR JACK 0]

Nothing wrong with cat food i've fed mine half wet half dry for years when i'm short of rabbit, never had no trouble.

[stubby 175]

just phoned him and he says he ran out of cat food and gave them some cat biskets (spelling) i gess that will have killed them by swelling them up???

 

cat biscuit would be no different from ferret biscuit in as much as swelling up when wet, more than likely not enough water given and dying of thirst, twice as much water needs to be given if feeding dry

[olddog.45 0]

i agree i give my 2 dry and they drink twice as much.

[Flying Ferrets 0]

even though cat food isn't for ferrets it still shouldn't kill them. Unless somethings very very wrong with it!

They died suddenly at the same time? Sounds like some kind of poisoning...

Edited September 26, 2008 by Flying Ferrets

[olddog.45 0]

i agree.