ferret living outside in the winter.

[jazz_11 5]

well over the last few weeks i have kept my ferrets inside, just my 2 working ferrets the other 3 are outside and have been for months, but anyway the 2 i got the cage i got them in was designed for indoors and being in a garage so when i got it took me a while to cover it in the same stuff the shed roofs are coverd in. also the cage didnt have a specific bed it had a hammock which they slept in. while i had to take that down, i bought a ferret box as there bed took the strap off cut out a hole in the front where the ventilation holes were, stuffed it with newspaper and bedding and secured it in the cage.

im just wondering will they be ok going from a nice warm house to -4 -5 at night outside. im also going to cover them at night like i do with the other cage with a blue ground sheet to keep them as dry as possible.

there are 2 ferrets in this cage.

any advice please.

[Guest ferret feller]

if there in your garage now i dopt its much warmer... i forgot my key and managed to break into my garage and crawl under some old carpets.... it was f*****g freezing and i thaght i was going too die that night....

just make sure they have plenty of hay in a small box with a entry hole enogh space for them booth....

drafts are the main killer....

[The one 8,479]

Your ferrets would have been fine in a nice weatherproof hutch out side with good dry bedding .Are those cages no made for rats ect to be kept in a house ?

[jazz_11 5]

no its a home made cage proper ferret cage made of wood and ply not that wire stuff like rat cages.

the guy who i got them off kept them in his garage and when i got them i havnt got a garage so they stayed inside for a few weeks while i damp proof the cage etc and now its ready they can go outside....

surely over a few days they will be used to it , its just those first few days that im worried about.

[Guest ferret feller]

just make sure there in a corner away from drafts and with plenty of bedding they will be fine

[jazz_11 5]

cheers mate

[will.f11 24]

perhaps, put them out in the day and in in night first night, then in day out night next day, then out day and night from then on. Get them used to it

[Kay 3,709]

They have fur jackets , nice & warm , just shove plenty of bedding in & they will be fine

[jazz_11 5]

thanks

[stubby 175]

I'd normally say the same as kay, they have fur coats, and can stand cold better than hot, all 15 of mine are still sleeping in one box in the outside court, so as long as they have others to sleep with, should be ok,

although we too have 2 pet jills that live in the front room in a very large cage, we moved them out to the garage for christmas day, because my mother was coming for dinner, and shes shit scared of ferts, well our two that are used to a central heated house, looked well pissed off being stuck in the garage

[j davies 8]

well over the last few weeks i have kept my ferrets inside, just my 2 working ferrets the other 3 are outside and have been for months, but anyway the 2 i got the cage i got them in was designed for indoors and being in a garage so when i got it took me a while to cover it in the same stuff the shed roofs are coverd in. also the cage didnt have a specific bed it had a hammock which they slept in. while i had to take that down, i bought a ferret box as there bed took the strap off cut out a hole in the front where the ventilation holes were, stuffed it with newspaper and bedding and secured it in the cage.

im just wondering will they be ok going from a nice warm house to -4 -5 at night outside. im also going to cover them at night like i do with the other cage with a blue ground sheet to keep them as dry as possible.

there are 2 ferrets in this cage.

any advice please.

 

2 things i would like to ask 1 why only 2 inside why not the other ones mate

 

the other is you should never use paper it hold the damp in you should use a dust free straw

 

ferrets are made to stand most weathers as long as they are dry and draft free

john

[summat decent 0]

well over the last few weeks i have kept my ferrets inside, just my 2 working ferrets the other 3 are outside and have been for months, but anyway the 2 i got the cage i got them in was designed for indoors and being in a garage so when i got it took me a while to cover it in the same stuff the shed roofs are coverd in. also the cage didnt have a specific bed it had a hammock which they slept in. while i had to take that down, i bought a ferret box as there bed took the strap off cut out a hole in the front where the ventilation holes were, stuffed it with newspaper and bedding and secured it in the cage.

im just wondering will they be ok going from a nice warm house to -4 -5 at night outside. im also going to cover them at night like i do with the other cage with a blue ground sheet to keep them as dry as possible.

there are 2 ferrets in this cage.

any advice please.

Plenty of bedding,i cover cage with an old hessian backed carpet(not the rubber backed stuff) lol

my husband is laughing something to do with friction burns!

[jazz_11 5]

lol....i dont quite no why there is 2 but there just is they are bro and sis an always lived together so i thought i should keep it that way, but when the hobs are in season i will put all the jills in the big cage.

[TARA G 0]

Both my ferrets are outside in the hutch and they have pieces of an imitation fur coat in their bed and they are doing fine. Infact one of them tends to sleep in the hammock in the day even when it s really cold so they must be warm enough.

 

Tara.

[Malt 379]

All 5 of mine kip outside in the court all year round.