Homemade ferrets

Today ferrets are no longer used as hunters for rats and mice, today domestic ferrets, they are also called frets, are excellent companions who can live in city apartments.

Ferrets are nocturnal, in the daytime they like to sleep. These animals are very mobile, curious, playful. A domestic ferret likes to arrange "hiding places", putting in a secluded place all the most necessary, in his opinion, on a "rainy day".

If the ferret is in a good mood, he can bounce and publish characteristicsounds - gukane, but if the pet is in a bad mood, then he starts to hiss. If the ferret is interested in something, it usually dissolves its tail. Ferrets regularly comb out and bite their dense fur coat - this is the norm and is not a sign of a disease or the presence of cutaneous parasites.

How to choose a home ferret?

Before you start a decorative ferret, one should recall the specific smell of thisanimal. Ferrets have special odorous glands that secrete strong-smelling substance in case of danger. Some people can not carry this smell, although in most cases the ferret's smell does not give the owners any particular inconvenience. Therefore, before buying it is necessary to sniff at the ferret.

Ferrets can get along in one house with dogs not hunting breeds, with cats. With rodents - their natural prey - ferrets, most likely, do not make friends. Frets like to dig in the ground, so the flower pots in the house where there is a fret, it is better to clean up higher, out of reach of the animal.

Besides, home ferrets can bite, therefore, it is not recommended to have them in families where there are small children.

You should think about who to support, the male or the female, in advance. Females of domestic ferrets smaller than males, less aggressive and more curious, differ from males in coloring. Females are easier to train, but less attached to the owners than males.

If the breeding of ferrets is not planned, then the animal will need to be sterilized: males during the mating season strongly label the territory, and females suffer a protracted heat, which is very exhausting their body.

How to keep a ferret?

Contain fritters usually in spacious cells or directly in theIndoor, giving the animal a fenced-off corner, for example. If the ferret lives in a cage, then it must be released for a walk for at least 2-3 hours. At the same time, in the house where the ferret lives, all cracks must be fixed, the windows are tightened with a strong mesh, the doors of cabinets and bedside tables are securely closed.

Daily ferret care consists in feeding, the animal'salso cleaning his toilet. By the way, accustom ferrets to using the tray in the same way as cats. Every week it is necessary to change the litter in the "nest" ferret. Periodically, the animal should cut its claws and bathe it.

For walks on the street Should use a harness - without it the animal can escape and get lost.

Ferrets, as well as dogs, need annual preventive vaccination against plague and rabies.

In nature, ferrets feed on small rodents, frogs, and sometimes small birds. Homemade ferrets should be fed special ready-made feeds or a balanced mixture of natural meat. If the ferret does not eat properly, it becomes weak, often sick.