| Baby ferrets need a lot of tender care. They are | | | | ferret food, you will need to buy the old brand |
| able to leave their mothers at six weeks old, but | | | | and then gradually mix the new food with it. This |
| need extra care and attention from us in ensure | | | | will help to introduce the new food into their diet. |
| that they will be healthy and prosper. You should | | | | Quite a while ago ferrets were only fed cat food |
| learn about caring for your baby ferret before it | | | | but now there is some good quality ferret foods |
| is born. The female ferret, also known as a jill, | | | | available. Ferrets, especially babies, must have a |
| must not be handled while she is giving birth. | | | | higher quality of protein, which most cat foods do |
| Touching a birthing female ferret is dangerous to | | | | not offer. Whatever food you buy, be sure that it |
| her young, and she may become hostile, putting | | | | includes at least 35% protein and 20% fat. Well |
| you in a risky situation. | | | | balanced fats like poultry fat, containing essential |
| A ferret litter usually consists of seven or eight | | | | fatty acids, is best for kit. Baby ferrets must be |
| babies that are called kits. The kits are born blind, | | | | provided with water all the time and it needs to |
| have a pink complexion and a almost totally | | | | be changed at least once a day. |
| hairless. They beginning of their lives is spent | | | | Your baby ferret should be provided with a |
| primary eating, sleeping, and growing. It usually | | | | spacious clean ferret cage so they will be cozy, |
| takes around twenty days for the kits' color to | | | | safe and have lots of room to move around. A |
| get darker and then their eyes also start to open. | | | | ferret cage allows the ferret, who is very active, |
| Then when they finally reach six weeks of age | | | | to have the space needed to play safely. Try to |
| they can be separated from their mothers. You | | | | avoid metal bottom cages because the are easily |
| should take them to the vet to get their first | | | | corroded. If you decide to buy a cage with plastic |
| series of vaccinations at about seven weeks old. | | | | coated wire, be sure that your baby ferret does |
| You should also consider having them de-scented | | | | not chew on it. Baby ferrets also need lot of |
| and fixed. | | | | places to hide. They enjoy soft padding to burrow |
| A kit needs to be weaned off their old diet. When | | | | into and sleep in. Their bedding must be checked |
| you get your new baby ferret, you should ask | | | | often to assure that they are not eating it, |
| the breeder what brand of food the ferret has | | | | because this could cause a blockage in their |
| been consuming before you think about switching. | | | | intestinal track. |
| If you make up your mind to use the same | | | | Baby ferrets needs lots of love, attention and |
| brand food, you should soften the food in warm | | | | care. They are extremely active and require |
| water for five or ten minutes before feeding it to | | | | proper care when they are kits, in order for them |
| the baby ferret. If decide to switch the brand of | | | | to have a safe, long, happy life. |