How much does it cost for a pair of ferret? Are they tame to their owner.

This post has been edited by destroyer: Feb 27 2006, 11:29 PM

It is called Ferret. it cost RM500 to RM700 each.... A pair... maybe Rm1000 to Rm1.4k....

Tame is can tame... but it is smelly coz the males got a scent glands. They also nip and bite to show affection. They make nice pets, act like a cat a bit. It is a rare pet here coz not many people like to breed them coz the male smells and needs to be neutered and spayed if possible, descent them so that they do not smell.

Ferret is totally out of my list. Thanks crazymouse. Btw, how about gerbil. Are they tamer than hamster.

Gerbils are tamer than hamsters a bit. ONe thing good is gerbils no smell... but they got sensitive tail, can break and never grow back so never hold a gerbil by a tail.

You can read up on gerbil care on the thread I started http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=226783&st=0

How much does it cost for a pair of gerbils? sory for asking too much questions. Hope it doesn't make you angry. Do you still have a pair of gerbils for giveaway?

One more info about ferrets, ferrets are not solitary animal. They need either to be in group or to be with the owner most of the time. They are known to die of loneliness.

They are playful animal, even more playful than cat and dog. They enjoy playing with the owner too...

A bit too many questions but that is ok. It makes you learn more and asking questions is good.

A single gerbil cost RM20 to RM40, depending on where you buy them.

Currently I do not have any to give away. The ones that I have are reserved for adopters already. You can be in the waiting list... but it is long.

Is this a ferret thread?
Enlighten me...

ferret needs attention from owners lar...unless keep a pair
keep a pair also need to show attention lar.
they r playful..dats true
ask if their scent glands have been removed b4 buying one
i duno any vet who knows how to remove scent glands tho
hmm...

I think its not recommended to remove their scent glands. Anyhow they can stink and can be aggresive depending on its personality

It is recommended and it is widely done in other countries.

Yah, they stink, a msuky odour. Then the ferret has the weirdest way of showing affection, which is by nipping and biting. So if a ferret nips you a bit, it likes you hahahahh

Male Ferret smelly? How about female Ferret? Do they stink too?

It's soooo cute!!! I might buying a Ferret!!
Oh yea.. Is it true that they will "die of loneliness"??

Ermm.. sorry.. what is "scent glands" means?

Did you do any research on ferrets yet? Don't blindly want something but never know their basic care.

A ferret already has an intersting personality and character. The biting and nipping part. Yah, they are cute but not all cute animals make cute pets.

Decenting means taking out the scent glands. What are they? An organ located all at their anal area. If you do not remove it in both male and female I think, it will be very smelly. The males will smell everyday, the female will be smellier when they are on heat. Generally, their aggression problem change during mating season.

A ferret sleeps 18 hours a day and is only active in the morning and evening.

They need big space, meaning big big cage or a room. Their room and cage need to have various toys like climbing polls and cat or dog toys.

Their diet naturally is rabbit and birds. But since as pet, feed ferret food. Not many petshops sell ferret food. Even if sell also maybe expire coz not a popular pet. They can eat kitten food and the best brands are Royal Canin or Inova Evo, premium brands. If you buy other brands then the ferret can get health problems.

They can live alone but it will be very depress when it doesn't have any attention. Get a pair is better.

Not popular in Malaysia coz they do not have any descenting surgeries here. Also they do really smell, quite bad. They need proper bedding like aspen or corncob bedding. Cedar bedding can make them sick.

No vets here that provide vaccine for ferrets so they have a risk of getting disease and sickness.

Okay, sorry for the trouble and thanks for the info
I'll think twice and do more research on it before i get it..

This post has been edited by PipuPipu: Feb 27 2006, 11:30 AM

Don't worry. So long you have the commitment, you can still be a wonderful owner

I really like to hear ppl with ferret as their pet. They are such a wonderful pet.

This post has been edited by InfiniteVoid: Feb 27 2006, 03:57 PM

PipuPipu:

Do not worry about the vet part, I have asked pets wonderland before, they said in Subang have provide vaccine for ferrets.

Oh ya, I have one of this little creature. I did post my little girl picture in "Your Pets Picture".

If you know how to read chinese word, I recommend this website to you. Is a Taiwan website. A lot of ferrets owner in there. U can ask their experience in there and have a lot of ferret's pictures.

http://ferret.daxp.com/

P/S: Do not buy those ferret food that provided in malaysia pet store...It is not good for ferret....even cat food (for certain brand) is better than these ferret food.

Tonite I will post the website that show which brand of cat food is good for ferret health.

This post has been edited by skevelim: Feb 27 2006, 06:04 PM

Oh ya, about the smell.......be frankly, It really have one smell if u get ur nose close to it (I mean CLOSE TO IT). It just like other pets, every pets have their own smell. Unless you hit/frighten him/her....(I assume as a pet owner, you won't hit or frighten ur pet).....

If you get one of them, u sure will love them....they r too cute.....

Wow must be nice to have a ferret. I seldom see them for sale. Yours is white color or the normal color?

My one is the normal color...which some of the people say like 'panda' face.

OH, now that is interesting. Do provide more info as I only get info from the internet and my friend who had those intact with their scent glands so he said they were smelly. I know Pets Wonderland petshop sold imported ones with their scent glands removed.

It would be good to post some pictures and articles to educate those that aren't familiar to the pet.

My little girl was get from pets wonderland so I think that's y my girl has no those smell that you all mentioned. About the vet that I mentioned in few previous post, I'm not yet go for the vet but this is what pets wonderland told me. Hope they not lie to me .

Sorry, I have lose the ferret food website....But I'm giving IAMS and another cat food brand (I forgot the name) for my ferret. Yup, mix these 2 together. Remeber, ferret needs a time to get used on what he/she eats so you cannot change his/her food to another brand totally, but chnage slowly.

Ahhhh... no wonder no smell. That is good.

So far the vets near my area don't know and don't have ferret vaccination.... maybe Subang got since some vets there treat rabbits now.

How old is your ferret?

Have you tried Royal Canin brand of catfood? It is better than Iams.

she is one year old now....I just buang the cat food packet to dustbin....so can't remember the brand's name. But I can recognize it if I look at the packet again. Since our malaysia pet store does not provide ferret food, so mixed 2 cat food is better for ferret. This is recommend from some website and the taiwan website.

Get kitten food for ferret....dun get adult cat food...unless your ferret is too old....

This post has been edited by skevelim: Feb 27 2006, 10:49 PM

Nice ferret. How much(RM) do you buy it?

Yah, they need high protein. Same as hedgehog. I feed my hegdehog cat and kitten food.

For high protein should try Inova EVO. It is holistic has no corn preservatives and is like the only catfood with the highest protein(49%).

Now quite hard to find Ferrets. The last one I saw for sale was a young male that was not descented, was RM600 or RM500....

Can i descented my hamster?

No lah.... hamster don't have the scent gland like a ferret.

Thread starter, do you mind changing ur topic to "ferret" instead of "furret"? It's kinda misleading for those who don't know what's that.

And the scent gland can be lasered to remove the ordour.

How to change the topic name?

Go to the first post -> edit -> to where you type the topic, correct the mistake.

Already done. Thanks for reminding me.

I bought it rm780, plan to get another one in future.

yup, I know they need high protein and no corn preservatives....tat's y the kitten food I choose was recommend from website. About Inova EVO, I might try on it but need to change my girl's taste slowly....

man ur ferret is sos damn cute!!!
i know they like to play a lot. MY friend was babysitting 2 baby ferrets fo a while i went n see. Gila cute lar..they see ppl only they will call out n wanna come out n play. run around...cute habis!!!

Yeah..one problem is descenting them. Should find out a vet clinic where they kno hwo to treat exotics lar...ferrets n hedggies...reptiles too.
Really duno of any lar. All cat n dog only...

Ferret price above rm600 wan lar..i;ve never seen below 600.
rm780 is not bad price considering already descented n it was in good condition. Pay a bit more is ok...as long as u get a healthy friend dat will live long. Hehe.

haha.....ya, ferret is a cute animal...they r active but will not active for a long time. take my ferret as an example, she can play for about half an hour, then she will start to sleep.....

She whole day activity is like this, sleep few hours -> wake up and walk around few hours -> sleep again -> wake up and walk/play -> repeat this routine....

the non descented ferret really stinks. Was at the summit for the Dog Gala and one fella from PAWS had one. damn...stink bomb man.

wear a mask for your nose protection

actually, if u stay longer with the ferret for few hours, you will get used of the smell....

Ferrets are cute, last time they used to sell them everywhere at pet shops but now I see less of them. Maybe low demand?

I bought my girl on last September...I have asked when is the next batch for the ferret, pets wonderland staff said will be half year later....so probably April or May, you will see these little cute animal appear in every pet stores....

P/S: Dun tembak saya if there has no ferret on April or May....

This post has been edited by skevelim: Mar 1 2006, 03:51 PM

I will get a machine gun ready

Last time, I was on heat of getting ferret. They are so adorable and wonderful. The problem is I don't have time, place and money. So at the end, I didn't manage to get any. I always admire those ppl can keep ferrets. skevelim, how lucky of you that you are able to get 1. Now my only wish is I can get my own place and have this little playful guy around me

skevelim, how's your ferret? She much be very playful hehe... oh ya, it is kind of hard to find male ferret in M'sia. Bcoz they only import female ferret. Male ferret is kind of hard to sell in the market bcoz of their size and heat season. The male ferret is quite hot, I wander why...

about male ferret ah....I don't think is very hard to find it...at least on last september, I saw few male ferrets in pets wonderland b4. I more prefer female pets....I have hamsters, dogs and ferrets...all are female. Just I do not like male behavior, except the first male dog I had.

This post has been edited by skevelim: Mar 1 2006, 06:10 PM

Hmmm i heard ferrets used to bite holes in soft areas like your cushion
So ... XD be ready

my room have bed, cushion....a lot of soft things....but none of it have bite by my little girl......so what u heard is wrong.

for your extra info, I have this little girl with me since last September.

This post has been edited by skevelim: Mar 1 2006, 06:30 PM

lol... I don't like male hamster bcoz there is 2 balls dangling around very ugly
I don't like male dog bcoz that thing keep on sticking out I hate the feeling when playing with male dog and that thing accidentally stick to your hand

Look like we share the same thought

Female ferrets are smaller in size and cuter in nature (small = cute ). If I were to take ferret, it will definitely female

I'm very agree on this....

For you extra info, i dont "heard" them, i read them in the net. Guide to take care of a ferret.
Probably if you gave them enough attention they wont bite your cushion. If you dont ... LOL !! All your cushions will be full of holes.

Yeah i also heard they love to hide inside holes. Before you sit on a cushion, take a good look before you sit down. Because you never know when you will sit on your cute ferret. These are all informations from the internet.

If my girlfriend is not around, most of the time my girl will be outside the cage even I sleep at night.....from last september until now, she does not bite my soft things even I let it run around my room without my eye on him.

I agree on this.....He like to hide somewhere around....But usually I know where she hides.

This post has been edited by skevelim: Mar 1 2006, 07:33 PM

it stinks but they r playfull..saw them @ great eastern mall

They are stink if their scent glands is not remove.

Your male sugar glider dont have er balls? My gerbils one also quite visible

got! but not so visible hehehe...
the thing is sticking out but lucky all in all is still better than gerbil and hamster

btw, skevelim, is your ferret toilet trained?

This post has been edited by InfiniteVoid: Mar 2 2006, 03:44 PM

Lucky....her toilet is outside the room (balcony) or in the cage.....so don't need to train her...but sometime her drainage will appear at one of the corner .

Didn't you try the litter sand for cats? I hear it can be use to toilet train ferret.

Only syrian hamster's balls are more visible. But dwarf hamsters have "dwarf " balls which made them almost look like they have no balls at all.

I like ur no balls term hahahaha

I dun use litter sand for my ferret...she just too active....I scare she will go play the sand instead use it as toilet

it is true that generally ferrets can be destructive...they may chew on stuff n ruin it. skeve, u r lucky to have one that doesnt take to chewing furniture.
Hehe.

And its true...they will most probably play in the sand than pee in it.

I just saw a old pet shop in china town sell ferret, totally 3 of them. They're sleeping when I visit. What catch my attention is the PRICE and a pure white ferret. The price quote there is RM900!!

China town?? Where is it? Sorry not really familiar with KL area. Do you mean the pure white ferret is cost rm900 or each of them cost rm900?

China town is "jalan Petaling" lo or cantonese call it "chee cheong kai"

Something ppl just dont read the rules and regulations and simply post their sales over here. Just because you sign up earlier today, elaini, dont think i'll let you off.

n00b

rofl ....

beck to topic, ferret reminds me SARS. Ferret is a kind of food in China, I dunno if Jalan petaling's ferrets are for food purpose too. lol i guess not.

Anyway, ferret won't smelly because as a pet, their 'smell kelenjar' will be removed after they are born. Wild ferret still smelly, remember that XD

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This post has been edited by akira de aimbuster: Apr 23 2006, 03:34 PM

Jalan Petaling is for pet wan.... Rm900, left only one, saw it yesterday.

Well, if get from petshop like Pets Wonderland, they descent the ferrets first coz it is imported in. Like my friend ah, dunno where he get the ferrets, I dunno if descented or not but they aren't smelly.

Some people do not descent them as they do not know.... but ferrets are cute lah.

China don't eat ferret, they eat civet cat, totally different heheh

I though it was 果子狸

but thinking in contrast, rm900 for a meal seems too expensive.

ferret can't find in the wild in China while Civet cats can find in the jungles.... I think we call civet cats here musang... Coz I've seen one before and my malay friends told me it was a musang hahah... dunno lah.

Oh musang, then if i am not mistake, I saw one near my house.
It was on tiang wayar, and some people used stone to hit it down, then they took back to cook

Not sure whether its civel cat or not...

I think got different kinds of musang maybe.... but I know our asian jungles have lots of civet cats. they are cute. I fed a civet cat a grape before when I was at the Singapore zoo.

haiya, talking about musang, kinda remind me how mad i was at my neighbour. My place have a lot of musang and one day my neighbour caught one musang using a rat trap(cage) and let him on that cage without food and water. I was so mad because that was not the first time they did like that. Lucky my father gave some foods behind my neighbour's back. Oh ya, the reason they caught that musang was because they afraid that musang will kill their chickens. I couldnt tahan anylonger and one evening, i sneaked at their backhome and let the musang out and pretend know nothing about it. Worth my ninja training! Now I'm glad they didnt do it anymore. (hope so)!

Yaya...I oso got feed the musang the zoo keeper said it's called a binturong or bear cat...cute la fur like brush but the eyes abit scary



guys, i got worse experience w the musang. I live near kampung tunku and some part of that area near cemetery so a lot of grasses and bushes. My house is the old type got asbestos siling one so in between the roof tile and silling got empty space. One day my neighbour said she saw a mother civet with three anak following behind her they all go up the roof and disappeared. Then few days later my siling look like got leak but no raining and the wet spot bcome yellow so I suspect someone do their business up there . One week later in the middle of the nite bising bising suddenly like birds chirping sound and footsteps going boom boom boom on the siling....now no more noise but still see one or two musang practising acrobat on the electric wire outside my house LOL...

another time my auntie opened the front door one nite saw tis fella crawling along the wall she took a banana and lure the baby into a chicken cage, then when next morning I make a noose and put the baby in a guni bag and released him in bukit gasing hehe...

This post has been edited by funkychips: Apr 29 2006, 10:37 PM

Ferrets are not actually smelly... though they do intend to have a little musky odour. And they generally dont bite... The smell tends to get lesser as they grow. I owned a pair, a sable male and an albino. I kept them in my room with me but in the toilet la.. At first the smell was quite bad coz they are young and the ventilation wasn't that good. As they grow the smell got lesser and i have installed a ventilation fan. After that it was great!

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My neighbour caught an adult musang not long ago and asked me if I wanted it. What was I gonna do with a musang?? I looked at it and it was caught using a rat trap and had very big eyes with brownish fur. Cute though even though all it did was hiss at me. I asked her to let it loose but I don't really know what she did. I think she let it loose la, she's not a cruel person.

Cute pics btw.

Thanks... The first pic is the girl sleeping on top of the male and nimbling his ear... the second picture is the boy playing around the dog house.. They are the best investment i ever make..

do u know how to sex them ? ive been offered to buy them for rm300 ... but i dunno which one is male n female... haha... ive been tempting to buy..but no space now ... is the smell really really cannot tahan ?

oh u sendiri mau beli ka? haha. Stay at the shop longer and smell la...then u know how bad the smell is..or if the scent gland already removed then lagi bagus.
If u actually buy it, let me know..i wan go over to play with it.

Honestly... ferrets for rm300 is a steal!!! I got my pair for rm1400 ler... Not really smelly ah.. Depend mostly to ventilation system and the food. At first the food they are having does cause a little bit more oil excretion then i change to science plan due to better price and better quality. Then their smell reduces drastically! I kept them in the my bath room so the ventilation wasn't that good at first. So i install a ventilation fan ( just cost bout rm40 ) then smelly no more. Really.. they are very good pet cause they dont make much noise, they are cute and extremely playful... not to mention intelligent as well...


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Wow, your ferrets are just beautiful. Do they nip you to show affection?

Nope... But i m sure they love me. The male never bites except when we first got him home... But now he never bite. He is even more gentle than the female. The girl (white 1) however never bite when she is a baby... but now just playful bite.. strangely she only bites people's toes.. Not painful though...


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They are really lovely. Too bad ferrets are not popular pets in Malaysia yet, seldom see them in petshps.

I've always wanted to get a ferret but everytime I go to the pet stores -- omg they stink! But I'm glad that there are descented ferrets available. Might want to get one in the near future. Who knows, it might be a great companion for my maine coon cat who's extremely docile -- a real gentle giant.

I went to Pet Safari a few months back and saw the ones they had for sale. Gosh, they were in terrible condition la. But to be fair, their entire small animal section stinks.

Yup I agree.. there are so adorable!! and great escape artist too.. It will makes you wonder most of the time how they got out of their cage... So wat pet you are having?

The only time i saw ferrets in petshops is in PW1U, there are a few albino ferrets there. The next week i go back, they're all gone, i guess all got taken.

My pair is actually still intact.. that means they can have babies.. Not sure yet but maybe when there is baby ferret and i cant take care of them all.. i might give them for adoption.. At first i dont like the idea coz i grew very attach to my pets but it seems that everyone over here are very nice and i believe i might find them good homes after all...


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haha i would love to do so if there is a chance la. One reason why i dont have one already is naturally - the price...just cant afford the regular price in the market.

Well maintaining them also need quite a bit of money.. They need premium kitten food.. bout 100 bucks each month for my darling.. they are kinda prone for cancer.. so need to keep a health saving for them and thats is bout 1000 each. Heard that in some point of their life there will be a need for a major surgery. So i m crossing my finger and pray this would not come...


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Ferrets and puppy can live well together ar?

Well.. The ferrets live in my bedroom... and the puppy outdoor but occasionally also let them out.. The puppy seems to be very friendly.. lick them alot but my babies (ferrets) dont trust him that much.. hehehe... anyway say in most ferrets owners web. they do live together but ferrets tends to get better with cats...


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i heard that ferret is smelly a bit.....
i've plan to buy them but my plan is to put them in my room but got people told me
that i cannot tahan the smell...anyone got experience??..willing to share??..
but i think ferret can be so cute and lovely pet because can play with them

Rabbits, lots of gerbils, mice and a betta...hehe... I like small furry animals.

Sounds good, although I probably cant commit myself to caring for ferrets yet. I heard they can tear a house apart, is that true? haha....do you keep them confined most of the time or are they running around your house?

Im not really know abt Ferret thingy, so does rearing ferret is more t like rearing a dog or a cat? They staying in ur room, so can they be trained? Well sorry if i like kampong boy like dat.

Well ferret is very much like dogs and cat.. Very affectionate, very intelligent.. they do recognize you very well and well love you and please you. Let put it this way.. Ferret is a playful puppy dog that doesn't grow any larger than a cat.. They can be trained just like a dog to do tricks but don't expect them to fetch your daily papers though.. ...Plus they are very quiet, good for those who deters noisy pets. They can be potty trained just like a cat. But "accidents" do happen as they have short digestive system. In short.. they are one of the most fun and mischevious pet you can get on hand...


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i'm planning to give away my ferrets, been with me abt 2 years, dont really have much time with me
anyone interested pls pm me. of coz there'll b charges, as for commitment reasons. i adopted it to one person b4 n he seems not to take good care so i took it back. anyone interested do pm me. i'm giving away with cage n complete stuff that they r used to. i love them and they really brigthen my life but i think they need better home now.

How i wish i can adopt them..but unfortunately my parents dont allow me to..Just hope that they can find a better home...

That is very sad to hear... But at least you are willing to let it go instead od just caging them... Hope that they will find a new home. And mind to share some picture?