A Few Steps To Safely Groom Your Ferret
Ferrets really are great house pets, but because they’re within your home all of the time, you need them to be as clean as possible. As well as ensuring your ferret cages are cleaned often this also means grooming your ferret and don’t panic it’s less complicated than you think.
There are 5 steps you should follow to groom a ferret.
Bath the ferret once a month, but no more than once per week. Run a bath of shallow warm water. Make sure that it is not too hot or too cold. The water should be the same temperature that you would use for a baby. Employ a baby shampoo that won’t irritate the ferret’s eyes. A no-tears formula should do the job perfectly. Get him wet, lather him up, and rinse him off. Pay particular attention to the area right below the eyes, as your ferret has scent glands here that can’t be removed. After his bath, wrap him in a pleasant warm towel he will burrow down in it to get himself dry. Blow dryers aren’t to be used.
Cleaning a ferrets ears. After you have bathed him, clean the inside of his ears with a cotton swab that’s been dipped in peroxide. Ensure that you aren’t going too deep, or you could damage his ear drums. The ferret may not appreciate this effort the first couple of times, but he will ultimately learn to expect it, and even realize that it feels kind of nice.
Brush his teeth. Ferrets need good dental care. Use ferret safe toothpaste, which can be bought in pet stores, and a baby toothbrush. Your ferret does not need to wash – the toothpaste is safe to swallow. Brush his gnashers just like you brush your own, and inspect them for chips or breaks. If you find Problems, mention it to the vet.
Nail trimming. Your ferret can grow some pretty sharpened nails. Those nails don’t only hurt when he scratches you with them, but they also have a tendency to scratch up floors and furnishings. Unlike cats, a ferrets nails aren’t retracting. Look closely at his nails. The pink area is the quick of the nail. Don’t cut into the quick or it will hurt him. You can distract the ferret with a toy while clipping his nails.
Clean out his bedding. Many ferret keepers do not think of this as a part of grooming the ferret, nonetheless it truly is. There is no point in cleaning the ferret if you are not going to also ensure that his bedding and litter box are clean. Wash the bedding and dry it. Make sure that it doesn’t have fleas in it. Each day scoop the litter box, and ensure that your ferret has fresh litter weekly.
One final note on grooming – fleas are interested in ferrets as much as they are drawn to cats and dogs. Do not ever use flea medications on your ferret that are designed for cats or dogs. As an alternative use flea formulas designed for kittens. The safest thing is to let the vet treat him.
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