Cold ferrets

[Fat-Ferret 857]

My ferrets live in an outdoor hutch, 2 floors with a large entrance into the nest box, With the severe wind & rain over the last few days, I couldnt get the hutch moved to an area sheltered from the wind and rain, and with the large nest box entrance, I thought the ferrets would be freezing with the elements...I made the entrance hole smaller with a new square of ply over it with a smaller hole, but they dragged all there bedding to the bottom floor & slept there, I went out this moring & they where all curled up on the bottom floor with the wind & rain hammering in at them & the sawdust blowing everywhere I couldnt let them sleep like that, so I moved the whole thing into my shed & gave them new bedding & a little warm water in a dish to heat them, I know indoors wouldnt be great, but Ive left the window open a little to the keep air fresh & theres plenty of light for them...does this seem ok, or would they be fine outside? they just looked freezing!!

 

I just checked them tonight for the last time & they where all stretched out on the bottom floor looking very relaxed like the lions on BBC wildlife programmes!!

[Kay 3,709]

well they have furcoats & couple that with plenty of bedding they will drag out any excess bedding thats not needed if they get to warm

[8shot 191]

ive got a big sheet of tarp

and if its going to be windy i put it down over the front of the cage

it dont stop all the wind but it helps

[The one 8,463]

Cold doesn't worry ferrets mate but heat can kill them .

[pencoed hunter 7]

when i get up in the morning to feed my ferret hes always shivering

[Coatesy900 0]

they arnt daft mate, if they are cold enough they will drag it all back into the nest box again. They would only have dragged it all out in the first place if it was too hot.

[festa 206]

Cold doesn't worry ferrets mate but heat can kill them .

 

like the man said its not the cold you need to worry about mate mine go into the shed every winter but come spring back outside on the north side of the house (more shade) and on hot days they go in the run i made with a mist system on a timer

 

gary

[stubby 175]

some people can be a bit over cautious with there ferrets, but as already said, if they were cold, they'd go back in, I have a large court, both inside and outside areas, all 15 still sleep outside, body warmth and all that, Im sure they know better than me

[droid 11]

I agree with the above.

 

Ferrets are pretty good at coping with cold. Just make sure they keep dry....cold and damp is not good.

[wasp 0]

Well thats a bugger the ferrets in the court won't be wanting that new nice warm tunnel hammock i've made for them eh stubby? lol :oops:

[deanflute 550]

when i get up in the morning to feed my ferret hes always shivering

 

 

All ferrets shiver mate, they do it to generate some body heat

[scothunter 12,609]

when i get up in the morning to feed my ferret hes always shivering

 

 

All ferrets shiver mate, they do it to generate some body heat

 

Was just about to say that mate

[The one 8,463]

A couple of weeks ago i thought my ferret's might need a bit extra comfort so i cleand out the nest box put a good couple of inches of shaving down then filled it with shredded paper ,all the shredded paper got tossed out into the run and there just sleeping on the shaving same as usual ,They all sleep in a heap but if it gets to hot one hob will sleep out in the run and it doesn't bother him