For Ferret Lovers...

Originally posted by JLred
well i hate to say it but my cat well never be an indoors cat unless when i go to college and they allow pets..i'd take him to the vet and get his shots and everything....if i still can.....i seem like a bad owner...

well i'm gonna go ***** at my dad to let him in.....seeya...

Originally posted by JLred
well i'm gonna go ***** at my dad to let him in.....seeya...

Originally posted by Pandemoniac
Cats and dogs are by far humans most popular predatory pets. No wonder they are involved in more biting accidents compared to ferrets.
Second, dogs and cats even as pets have a greater chance to be infected with rabies, and propose a greater risk to pass it on to humans.
Third, cats and dogs are remarkably larger and more powerful compared to ferrets, so when one decides to attack a human; it counts, while a ferret attack leaves less damage and doesn't end up in the papers that much, even if they're harder to handle.

Correct. Yes. I just wanted to clarify because your previous post made it sound like they are some vicious, ravanous, saliva-dripping, mouth-frothing, carnivorous dinosaur. 😉

🙂

My newest adoption.....

Say hello to Sammy! 😄

Originally posted by BobbyD
My newest adoption.....

Say hello to Sammy! 😄

Originally posted by Da Pittman
😄 That is the same name as my cat which loved playing with Kodo 🙂

The irony. I was looking at a female feret named Kodo at the shelter.

Originally posted by BobbyD
The irony. I was looking at a female feret named Kodo at the shelter.

Originally posted by Da Pittman
😄 Good name but you need Podo to go along with her 😉 I always wanted two ferrets named that but we got Kodo later in his life and never got a friend for him besides the cats.

But Kodo and your cats were friends, right?

Originally posted by BobbyD
But Kodo and your cats were friends, right?

Originally posted by Da Pittman
Kodo was pretty good with Sammy, and Colada got along with him OK, but Dallas our big cat didn't like him and we had to keep them apart.

So he had friends! 🙂 (minus Dallas 😛 ).

They just had to overcome their communication barrier.

😂

My poor Casey's health has taken another step for the worse. He is not in any pain, but his body is slowly failing him. It's so sad. 🙁

I'm going to miss him when him dearly when he leaves this world. cry

Originally posted by BobbyD
My poor Casey's health has taken another step for the worse. He is not in any pain, but his body is slowly failing him. It's so sad. 🙁

I'm going to miss him when him dearly when he leaves this world. cry

I'm guessing that Kodo suffered from insulinoma then too?

Originally posted by BobbyD
I'm guessing that Kodo suffered from insulinoma then too?

Originally posted by Da Pittman
Yes, he had insulinoma, adrenalin disease and the 3rd one that I can never remember. He had this for a long time for most of his life but lived years longer than anyone thought that he would. Some vets said that he only had a few months to live and he ended up living years longer, he was about 8 when he finally passed.

Wow! What a tough litter critter that Kodo was. Now he is a name that all ferrets whisper when talking about legendary carpet sharks. 😄

When we first adopted Casey from our local shelter, we didn't know he had insulinoma. Neither could the shelter have suspected. He was only there for one day, and had not undergone a routine physical. Casey chose us, or rather my wife. He was terrified and so scared at being in this totally new world that he clung to her clothes in a death grip. Plus he got along with our other kids, Bear and Posh.

We suspect that he's had it for some time, and was the primary reason why he was dropped off there. Some people (in this world) I tell ya'. Our vet suspected that at the time of his adoption he was about 4 and 1/2 to 5 years of age.

My wife and I have figured that he's been having a better quality of life with us than with those who dropped him off there anyway, so it was a good thing for him that he was "discarded".

I just don't like seeing him deteriorating/wasting away. It's so sad when I think about it, and tears start welling up, even typing about this. He used to be so happy. Now all he does is sleep.

My wife and I figure the best thing we can do is make sure that he is not in pain in his last months, weeks, whatever it is he has left.

As long as you control the diet and a good level of activity they can live long with it. In fact most ferrets have it; it is one of the most common illnesses that they get. Some suspect that it is because most are raised in farms and it is spread from generation to generation. Most ferrets sleep most of the day, something like 16 hours. It also helps to keep them or provide a dark place to sleep; keeping the lights on all the time some research says that this also contributes to some of their problems.

Besides with a name Casey (which is my name) will have to be a tuff bugger. 😉

Thanks, Pittman er...um, Casey. Your words of encouragement are reassuring.

We do take good care of him. We are supplementing his meals with additonal nutritional items/foodstuffs recommended by our vet. I imagine that we're going to have to "up" his dosage of Pred also.

I just want his waking hours to be spent romping around and not laying down on the ground motionless, only to curl up in a ball and go to sleep again.