We've gotten a lot of questions about our lab releases - so we figured the best way to answer some would be to show you the first minutes of freedom of some of our recent moms and babies.
Please note - any red/pink spots on the ferrets are a pet safe dye to mark the ferrets so we can tell them apart.
Interested in bringing one of these little guys home? Apply today.
Heartwarming Moment: Watch These Former Lab Ferrets Experience Freedom for the First Time!
We've gotten a lot of questions about our lab releases - so we figured the best way to answer some would be to show you the first minutes of freedom of some of our recent moms and babies. Some behaviors are very standard - playing, finding new toys, finding the closest snack. But some are a little new for them - first times drinking from bowls, digging water, meeting new ferrets, and having space to run. Less than an hour free and these brave, resilient little ferrets were already playing with their new friends and humans alike.
Please note - any red/pink spots on the ferrets are a pet safe dye to mark the ferrets so we can tell them apart.
Interested in bringing one of these little guys home?
https://ferretassn.org/.../adoption.../adoption-application/
Please understand that our adoption standards are high, and we do not approve every application. This doesn't make you a "bad" person! But these might not be the right ferrets for your family or this might not be the best time in your life to adopt. We try to be reasonable and discuss concerns but will err to the side of caution with the little lives placed in our hands.
For fees and process questions:
https://ferretassn.org/shelter/adoption/
The new lab ladies LOVE chasing a yarn ball on a stick! Wasn't able to get all 3 hunting it as a group like they did the first time, but they're still having a LOT of fun.
Just arrived! Three beautiful former lab ladies. They are having a REALLY GOOD TIME. Note: in the video, the 3 tiny dark ones are the labbies. The other girl is a 6 mo. old - so you can compare how little the labbies are!
Video from a recent adopter! Shown is CocoChin, who was starved by his previous owner who mixed CHINCHILLA hay with Marshall Ferret Diet and forced him to eat it all before giving him more. Now piegy & happy, he's having a great time playing in a pasta box!
In early July, we posted a pic of Sparkle, who arrived so thin & weak she could barely walk. 3 months of good food & exercise means she can ALMOST run. She's still a little wobbly and yes, can be an "equal puppy pad/floor" opportunity piddler, but she is happy.
Sparkle doesn't like other ferrets and needs her own space. She'd be great in a playpen with 1/2 hr. or so a couple times a day to roam further. She's happy to explore a bag or box but never gets into trouble. When tired, she puts herself to bed!
Sparkle eats kibble but REALLY likes some supplemental soupie daily and the occasional Bandits treat (or cookie!).
Sparkle will be a permanent Foster ferret. That means while she lives with one family forever, she remains a shelter ferret and we help pay future medical bills. We can also help pay for puppy pads!
Sparkle has had 2 mast cell tumors removed and has one more that has popped up. She goes to the Bolton (CT) Veterinary Hospital for her medical care. Right now she has no other medical needs.
We are disabling non-follower comments. If interested in Fostering Sparkle, COMPLETE AN APPLICATION here: https://ferretassn.org/shelter/adoption/adoption-process/adoption-application/
It would also be a good idea to read about fostering here:
https://ferretassn.org/shelter/foster-program-details/
If you just message about Fostering her without filling out the application, we'll assume you haven't read the entire post - instant disqualification!
Blind, elderly Olivia, who was thrown outdoors on a pouring night, LOVES to wash her face after a mush meal!
Another sad starvation case. Three ferrets found by apartment cleaners. One already dead; one recovering, another clinging to life. The last is at the vet for another 24 hrs. to see if there is enough improvement to justify not euthanising. (Prayers appreciated.)
We've named this little girl Katie, after the vet who was so kind as to squeeze both into the hospital schedule.
Cage filthy, nails obscenely long, and infested with fleas.
Katie isn't being allowed to eat all she wants yet. She's on a regimen of mush & 1/2 doz. pieces of kibble every few hours until we know her system can properly handle food.
You can see from this video how thin she is. She dives into the mush without stopping until every molecule is gone. We're very grateful this little girl will survive unscathed.
The Ferret Association is delighted to announce that a passel of little lab ladies have been freed. Here is one expressing her joy!
Lucky FACT alumni number #2000 here with the very special news that the newest edition of Ferret Poop should be landing in our donors' mailboxes!
Ferret not included. 😁
Our new shelter buddy from the 150+ cat situation: Cat Masterson! Learning to be a ferret.
Remember Rover, the little guy with the terrible mast cell tumor? Living his best life! Video courtesy his Foster mom, Dr. Patrauskas.
This is only 1 lady a-leaping, but if there were 7 swans a-swimming anywhere near her, they'd be goners for sure.
New little fellow video. Thinking of calling him "Pretzel" from the way he's able to contort to scritch the fleas that came with him. He's very sweet and his been giving grateful kisses.
Ferret Portrait Dry Brush Technique
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