Ferrets For Dummies: Edition 2

Kim Schilling

Apr 2011 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

Thinking about getting a ferret? Want to make sure you’re giving the ferret you already have the best possible care? Ferrets For Dummies helps you decide whether a ferret is for you and give your little fellah a healthy, happy home. It’s packed with practical information on feeding, housing, health maintenance, and medical care.

This friendly, plain-English guide gives you the authoritative information you need in a cut-to-the-chase, quick-reference format. You’ll find the latest on appropriate diets for ferrets, dental hygiene, common ferret diseases and infections, and designing and establishing an enjoyable and enriching environment for both your ferret and yourself. You’ll also get solid tips about how to get to know your ferret and introduce it to other family members and how and when to give your ferret and his cage a good cleaning. Discover how to:

• Choose the perfect ferret
• Ferret-proof your house
• Handle ferret first-aid
• Make foods your ferret will love
• Deal with behavior issues
• Select terrific ferret toys
• Interpret your ferret’s actions
• Find the best vet for your ferret
• Travel with your ferret
• Make sure your little friend doesn’t get bored
• Decide whether to breed your ferret

Complete with helpful lists of ferret myths and misconceptions as well as recipes for meals your ferret will gobble up, Ferrets For Dummies is the resource you need to keep your ferret happy and healthy for years to come.

Ratings and reviews

Before adopting ferrets, my friend let me borrow this book from her. I read it all, and automatically fell in love with ferrets. I now own two white ones that are fat and cute! Thank you Kim Shilling!

So helpful

About the author

Kim Schilling has been owned by ferrets for over 20 years. Although she once had over 30 in her care, she now keeps her numbers under 10. Kim operates Animals for Awareness, a special sanctuary for unwanted and abandoned exotic animals.