Ferrets For Dummies

Kim Schilling

John Wiley & Sons, Apr 4, 2011 - Pets - 416 pages

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.

What people are saying

LibraryThing Review

User Review  - Darksong17 - LibraryThing

Excellent ferret care guide for a first time fuzzy owner. My only gripes with it were that the author seemed to contradict herself a couple of times and her advice on raw feeding was a little iffy in ...

FERRETS FOR DUMMIES

User Review  - chernjerr - Overstock.com

THIS BOOK IS A MUST HAVE FOR FERRET OWNERS. NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE VERY USEFUL TIPS ON HOW TO TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOUR PET IT ALSO GIVE HEALTH TIPS AND SHOWS YOU HOW TO TEACH YOUR FERRET TRICKS. IT ALSO EXPLAINS ALL YOUR FERRETS FEELINGS AND VOCALIZATIONS. A GREAT BUY!!

Contents

• What You Need to Know About Ferrets: 9
• Understanding What Ferrets Are And Arent: 21
• Ferrets and the Law Licensing and Other Issues: 39
• Finding Your Ferret and Hanging Up the Welcome Hammock: 45
• On the Tail of a New Carpet Shark Um Ferret: 47
• Home Sweet Home Preparing Your Ferrets Quarters: 63
• FerretProofing Your Home: 89
• Introducing Fuzzy to His New Family: 97
• Basic Ferret Care and Feeding: 115
• Filling Your Ferrets Belly: 117
• Cleaning Time Not All Ferret Fun and Games: 143
• Enrichment Yours and Your Ferrets: 161
• Have Ferret May Travel: 181
• Tackling Your Ferrets Health Issues and Treatments: 191
• Setting Up Your Ferrets Health Plan Vets and FirstAid Kits: 193
• Helping Your Hurt Ferret FirstAid Basics: 209
• Ferreting Out Ferret Pests: 233
• Handling Viruses Infections and Other Conditions and Illnesses: 243
• Finding and Treating the Big C and Other Lumps: 275
• Saying Goodbye When the Time Comes: 287
• Ferret Psychology 101 Behavior and Training: 299
• Understanding What Fuzzy Is Trying to Tell You: 301
• Putting Your Ferret through Basic Training Easy as 123?: 313
• Dealing with the Behaviorally Challenged Ferret: 319
• Breeding Ferrets The Facts Fallacies and Plain Ol Hard Work: 329
• Should You Breed Your Ferret? Looking at the Big Picture: 331
• Unmasking the Details of Ferret Love: 337
• From Birth to Bundle of Energy Walking a Fuzzys Timeline: 349
• The Part of Tens: 355
• Ten Common Ferret Myths and Misconceptions: 357
• Chapter 25 Ten Recipes Your Ferret Will Love: 363
• Index: 373

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ferrets For Dummies
• Author: Kim Schilling
• Contributor: Susan A. Brown
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011
• ISBN: 1118051548, 9781118051542
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Crafts & Hobbies / General; Pets / Rabbits, Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc