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FERRET FRIDAY! Anonymous
It's time another fabulous ferret friday!
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Remember though that ferrets are carnivores, pretty much unable to digest most vegetables!
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otters = superior
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Yay Ferret Friday!
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hahahaha! i actually own a ferret, or two ^_^
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I want to get a ferret and name him John.
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>>58681

I really don't understand you faggots who take and post megabyte sized pictures which are so blurry that even these 125x125 thumbnails suck.
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>>58696
They just never heard of resizing before. :)
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Bump! From under the dresser. :3
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FERRET!!!
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Great! Maybe you guys can help me out!

I've adopted a ferret and we've noticed a large amount of balding coming from around his neck, the tip of is tail and around his face.

After doing some research, I've come to the conclusion that it's not just seasonal shedding, but perhaps the first sign of an adrenal tumor.

I've contacted several vets to look into finding the best one but none of them have been able to give me a satisfactory answer as to the price of the surgery and all that's involved with meds and treatment.

I'd like to know if anybody out there has also had to go through these steps with their ferret and what the process was for treatment and what the ultimate cost for the entire thing will be.

I'm sorry to say that if the cost is too great, I may have no choice but to forgo the surgery and give him as long of a happy life as I can before the pain is too great and I'll have to do the humane thing for him.


I don't want to do that, but unless I find financial aid for him then that will probably be the outcome.

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>>58884
Ferrets can be unique critters. They seem prone to things that would never affect a dog or a cat. Take your little friend to the vet and get a professional opinion. (I always get a second opinion if I'm unsure.)
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Bullets are cheaper than meds believe it or not
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>>58884
could be ringworm, a type of fungus.
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>>58884
You adopted a ferret without taking into consideration the risks of their health and the cost it would be to take care of it?
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>>58961

Well, I admit that 58884's attitude is somewhat annoying, but we are talking about an operation here. Do YOU really consider the possibility of operation when buying a pet? I don't know how much an operation costs, but probably something like $1000.
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>>58961
>>58970


Keep in mind it was either that I adopt him or his owner was going to put him to sleep. Don't be so quick to judge.
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>>59036
I hate people who get ferrets when they are unable to care for them. :|
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>>59086

I hate people who judge others when they know nothing but what the inside of their colon looks like...
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here's a longferret to help alleviate the drama
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my weasels!
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>>59347
I want some, but I refuse to get some until I know I'll be able to take care of them properly. :)
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>>59086<-- stupid.

The following is a story ended by a rant. Skip it if you're in no mood to read such posts. :)

When me and my GF wanted to take two cats from a pound, it turned out one of them had "cat cold" or whatever it's called in english (a common sickness for cats, the typical symptom is sneezing). We couldn't take her, even though we isisted that we would take her to the vet everytime we could. The pound's vet said no. Anyways the other cat was supposed to be pretty much healthy, "only malnourished". Well, after we gave her a shower there was little more than skin and bones to be seen when her hair got un-fluffy. Anyway, she got an injection against rabies, a worm pill (forgive my lack of knowledge on proper english terms) and was judged good to go. We took a cab straight to the vet nearest our home. Now comes the "funny" part.

For one thing, malnoutrition was the least of the cat's worried and I doubt she would have survived more than a week more in the pond. She had sick kidneys and way too much urea in her blood (which explained some of her bad breath). The "one and a half, maybe 2 year old" cat we took from the pound turned out to be (judging by our vet) "3 years minimum, most likely 5 years, judging by the state of her teeth". For about 2 weeks almost the only foood she took was through injections under the skin.

Anyways, we never summed it all up but the cost in dollars would be way over 1000. When thinking about the past, me and my GF sometimes laugh that for that kind of money we could have gotten ourselves a young, healthy cat with a pedigree and all that nonsense. ;) Luckily the vet only charged us for the cost of the medicine she used and never charged us for the visits. During the first visit she joked that there was an "100% off for adopted animals" ;) and later it was kind of obvious that we were visiting her pretty much at least once a day.
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(the "Comment field turned out to be too long, so I might as well post the other cat's pic while I'm at it)

The bottom line is: you can never be prepared for the unprobable (we theoretically took a healthy cat from the pound and had to wait for 2-3 months to take the one who was "too sick" with the most basic of cats' diseases). Oh yeah, pic related, one year after the treatment finished. Sorry for a cat pic in a ferret thread.

59086, my opinion would be that you are in no position to judge (not to mention "hate") what you think of as responsibility in others. I'm sure 58884 was prepared for the forseeable medical costs. Don't be so quick to criticise other peoples' sense of responsibility especially since all of your responsibility is (if I were to judge by your post's attitude) handled by your mother. Try making your own decisions and getting the blame for them before thinking yourself endowed to actually hate others for not being fortune tellers.
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>>60005<- Is Best Left Unsaid

Before you get a pet you really should make sure they are healthy and (if not) make sure you have the proper budget to care for their health costs without putting the quality of your life or the life of your family down a notch. Human quality of living and emotions are much more important than an animal's.

You should also make sure you are mentally capable of caring for the animal you take in as a pet. I am not saying that the poster I am replying to made the wrong decision or handled anything poorly. The unhealthy cats seem quite healthy now and they were able to have assistance from the vet in regard to free visits.

I am, however, quite angry about how they deciphered>>59086's statement and assumption of his or her state of indepence and personal responsibility.

While I personally do not 'hate' people who take in pets and eventually end up mistreating or abandoning them because they lack the funding to provide for medical care or the responsibility to provide the basic care an animal needs I can understand where this person's view is coming from.

Granted: Pets given up to adoption past their young age or animals found in shelters aren't expected to be as 100% healthy as one might expect from the young animals in a pet store (although not always the case) but that is just something else to take into account. Expect the chance that some illness that, while treatable, can be rather costly in the animal wether you are getting a puppy or kitten or baby ferret from a store or an abandoned pet from a shelter.