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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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....

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

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

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.

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.

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

Please PM Reanne to put your adoption info in the pinned topic.