Ferret Rescue & Education Society - FRES

09/10/2024

Did you know that we TikTok too? Walter is our 6.5yr old foster. He came to us nearly bald and underweight. Since then he’s grown his hair back and gained about 300g. Despite some ongoing medical issues you can see he lives his very best life with his foster family. And he loves balls.

Check out FRES_FerretRescueEducationSoc’s video.

09/09/2024

Grandma Doris zooming around with a mission. A Mission to create chaos! Likely looking for food or a ball to hide (her two favourite things)

08/23/2024

FRES is excited to have been invited to be part of the Parkdale Petfest September 7th in Calgary! Come visit the booth and our wonderful crew. You might even get a chance to meet some of our wonderful fosters! We can’t wait to teach you more about ferrets and invite anyone wanting to learn more about them or how you can be involved with us, to stop by!!

08/03/2024

Are you passionate about Ferrets? Do you live in the Calgary Alberta area? Would you be open to volunteering a little of your time this fall to assist us with our largest source of fundraising?

The FRES casino is this November 8 and 9, 2024. The casino is our major source of fundraising and it is what our keeps our small rescue the ability to continue operations. Please consider signing up and giving a little bit of your time. We thank you for helping us. Our sign up is at the link below.

All members in good standing are entitled to participate in and support the running of the Society, be it voting or ru...

07/24/2024

It’s LIVE! Our new and improved website is now LIVE!!! Same domain, new look!

Learn about ferret adoption, education, fostering, and surrendering in the Calgary Alberta area.

07/21/2024

Good day ,

The Ferret Rescue and Education Society has planned our Annual General Meeting.

The annual general meeting (AGM) will be held at 1:00pm (1300hrs) on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at the Max Bell Arena, in the Bronze Room.

All members in good standing are entitled to participate in and support the running of the Society, be it voting or running for a Board position. This is your opportunity to exercise your democratic rights (it is YOUR meeting, after all) by putting forth a nomination for a vacant board positions or board positions up for re-election. Nominations for board positions must be received by the Friday before the meeting, August 23,2024. If you have any questions or would like more info on any of the board positions, please let us know.

If you would like to be more involved, please contact us. Your volunteer efforts can assist us with our goal of caring for all unwanted, abandoned or abused ferrets. If you are interested in a Board position or learning more about the Board positions, please drop us a line and we will do our best to answer any questions you may have. The positions up for nomination are:

- President
- Secretary
- Director at large

If you would like to nominate someone (or yourself) for these positions please email us at [email protected] or mail them to FRES (Box 159 204 1440 52 St NE Calgary AB T2A 4T8), to the President's attention. Nominations must be received by Friday, August 23, 2024.

** memberships are available to purchase at any time through admin or existing board members. Memberships are currently on special for five dollars.

07/20/2024

Come say “hi” or “dook” today between 10-4 at Pawz in the Park in Airdrie at Nose Hill Park! A.M.azing Events

07/03/2024

Ferret Rescue & Education Society - FRES will once again be attending the Pawz in the Park event. We can’t wait to share our little rescue with attendees! Who knows, might even have a friend or two on hand to hang out with!

There are many reasons to become a vendor at the upcoming Pawz in the Park. Here are just a few!
We celebrate ALL types of animals, from big and small to scaley and fluffy! We constantly engage in discussions with our vendors regarding our advertising initiatives! Our priority is to ensure accessibility for everyone to attend our markets, and we are dedicated to collaborating with vendors to achieve this goal!
Wiener Dog Races are BACK, and The Bark Side, a local dog entertainment company, will be there to entertain vendors and guests. Join us for a pawsome time!

05/17/2024

Our fosters Walter and Doris are making their celebrity appearance on the CBC Calgary morning radio Eyeopener show this morning. We are excited to talk Ferret with you this morning!

05/11/2024

Progress pictures!

Walter has been with FRES since Feb 20. As you can see by the top photo, he had significant hair loss from Adrenal Disease. He is believed to be around 6.

Through vet care and regular treatment, today Walter is showing full hair growth return on his entire body.

At FRES, we don’t turn away surrenders because of medical issues. We accept that many of the littles that come into care have known or unknown medical issues. We do our best to work with our vets to treat and manage their care. Walter is an exceptional example of a ferret who has been able to make tremendous progress.

Thank you to Dr Jan and the Healthy Paws Forward Veterinary Hospital team for supporting his care!

If you would like to send support to Walter’s care you can do so through our donation link https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/ferret-rescue-education-society-fres/

Or via your time on June 1 at the BINGO!

Or via our Amazon wish list (Walter is on a special diet which can be purchased through this link and is on sale!) https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/DLPA4W0IYQL8?ref_=wl_share

Thank you to our amazing supporters!

05/04/2024

Soupie! It’s often spoken of particularly in the context of ferrets who are ill.

What is soupie? Basically put it is a liquid meal. Often when a ferret isn’t very well they don’t want to eat the regular food. Soupie is a way of getting nutrition into a ferret in an easy to eat form. This is obviously very important that we continue to be able to get nutrition often high protein into a ferret who is not well. It also can help hydrate.

It can be given as a regular treat. And it’s a good idea to introduce soupie soon after you bring a ferret into your home. The sooner a ferret takes to eating soupie the better chance you have that they will eat if they are ever ill. Well it may take some work, most Ferrets will eventually eat it.

The contents can be easy to find items that you already have. For kibble feeders you can make a simple soup out of ground kibble mixed with warm water. There are also commercial mixes out there, but it’s ok to stick with what they’re already eating in their diet. Commercial options can also be very expensive. For critical Ferrets, you can make a high protein mix with items such as carnivore care (which you can get from your vet) Or basic meat, baby food - and water.

You can also add supplements such as salmon oil to it. Soupie can be used to syringe feed if necessary as well.

In the picture are two six-year-old ferrets who were only introduced to soupie in the last two months. it only took about two days of introduction for them to start eating it and now they look forward to it every day. This is setting them up for success and the ability to maintain nutrition and hydration should they get sick.

04/14/2024

This is what we do - some progression pictures of Walter and his Adrenal Journey.

The first photos are the end of Feb when he came into our care.
The progression photos are from end of March to today. As you can see his hair is starting to grow back. He’s still got balding but it’s progress.

Currently Walter received a double lupron shot monthly, and was implanted with a Melatonin implant the end of March. We are hoping to see some continuous hair growth on him. That said this old man still enjoys his

03/31/2024

These two came to us as a “unbonded” pair. In fact we were told that the boy (larger, adrenal) would chase down and hurt the girl (smaller).

We can’t speak for before coming to us, but since arriving and with the boys adrenal being treated (lupron, melatonin), Mr Walter dots in his girl Doris. As you can see, he is grooming her and she is accepting of it.

Adrenal can cause a change in behaviour. Especially for male ferrets - you can start to see more aggression, along with other more physical signs (the main one being hair loss). This condition will generally show after 3 years of age. It is very treatable, but it is a life long condition and must be managed. Speak to your vet about options you have available, but please don’t leave your pet to suffer.
(PS. Walter is showing hair regrowth and we can’t wait to see how beautiful he will look with a fuller coat)

03/18/2024

Introducing Walter and Doris, a couple of new FRES fosters. At 6 years old these two are considered senior. Not only does age not slow them down, but being without pants seems liberating for Walter, who bounces around as a norm. Clearly he suffers from advanced adrenal disease, but it doesn’t seem to be much of a concern for him.

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02/02/2024

01/03/2024

Wednesday hump day cuteness!

12/30/2023

Thank you again to Terri and CBC Calgary for highlighting our rescue in this broadcast Dec 28! We appreciate the opportunity to get the word out about what we do and the opportunity for folks in the community to apply to be fosters!!