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| TheDarkTrumpet |
Hello all,
There's this special liquid that I heard about that can stop the smell
of the ferret (coat, urine, poop). I heard it's supposed to help a
lot. Does anyone know about this:
http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...D=1130443987177
Is it worth buying? How well does it work?
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| Sandy and the Dook City Gang |
Ferrets smell? Well, everything has a smell. Ferrets aren't stinky, if
you wash their bedding and clean their litter boxes frequently. You can
also give them a box of clean dirt to dig in, though mine like to dig
outside. Then they smell like fresh earth.
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| Cheyanne |
Honestly? I haven't noticed a difference...
But then again, I keep things clean and my mom can walk into my house
and can only tell I have 3 ferts if she's a foot from the cage...
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| lin |
Marshall's sells Bi-Odor to get rid of the nasty way their food makes ferret
poop smell. Don't use Marshall's food, & you won't need this.
If you change & wash your ferret's bedding often (I wash & change bedding
about every 5 days or so), you won't notice much of a smell at all. All
ferrets have a slight musky odor, due to the oils in their skin. Those oils
build up on their bedding, which is what makes dirty bedding smell. Of
course, you also have to clean their litterboxes daily. A full scrubbing
isn't necessary, but a good scooping & spot-wiping of the soiled areas w/ a
mild disinfectant usually does it.
Washing your ferret more often than necessary will actually make your buddy
smell *worse*. When you wash away the natural oils in their skin, they
produce even *more* oils to make up for it - more oil, more smell. Many
people never bathe their ferrets - they let them give themselves baths, &
concentrate on keeping their ears clean, their nails trimmed, & the bedding
fresh. As for me, I give my guys baths about every 8-10 wks, although I
clean ears & trim nails as often as needed.
Hope this helps.
--
Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2"
"TheDarkTrumpet" <dthole@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130444209.980752.252590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello all,
>
> There's this special liquid that I heard about that can stop the smell
> of the ferret (coat, urine, poop). I heard it's supposed to help a
> lot. Does anyone know about this:
> http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...D=1130443987177
>
> Is it worth buying? How well does it work?
>
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| TheDarkTrumpet |
Thanks for the messages.
Very similar to dogs, i was planning on treating a ferret the same
general way and that's to give it a "rub down" every day to every few
days. This helps to reduce the oils in the skin without making them
produce more. Plus it's supposed to help with training and trust.
Granted this is all in dogs, but I wonder if it would have the same
effect on ferrets.
Thanks all for the information.
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| lin |
"TheDarkTrumpet" <dthole@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the messages.
>
> Very similar to dogs, i was planning on treating a ferret the same
> general way and that's to give it a "rub down" every day to every few
> days. This helps to reduce the oils in the skin without making them
> produce more.
Hopefully not to the point where they begin to have hair breakage, etc, due
to dry skin/not producing enough oils? Not a good option for the ferret,
either. Besides, ferrets aren't actually "oily", anymore than the average
human is. Unless you're talking about a whole hob, that is. That's a whole
'nother issue, which you won't have to deal w/, unless you plan to buy an
unaltered male from a private breeder. Not a good idea.
If the ferret's bedding is changed often & kept clean, & you scoop poop
daily, you shouldn't have a problem w/ any major smell. Personally, I'd much
rather smell a ferret than a wet dog. And I have a super keen sense of
smell. I always say I can smell a barbeque 5 mi away. I don't smell ferrets
in my house - & I have 4 of 'em in my living room.
Another thing I do is, every time I change bedding, I thoroughly vacuum out
their cage shelves, & wipe them down w/ a mild disinfectant - think
watered-down generic Lysol. I use lemon scented, but what the hey. I mix
about half a cup of the cleaner w/ a qt of water, spray it on the shelves, &
wipe it away. Keeps butt scoot off the shelves, if someone decides to use
the floor as toilet paper. BTW, we're talking solid plastic shelves here,
not wire ones (which shouldn't be used, anyway, cos they're bad for their
feet).
>Plus it's supposed to help with training and trust.
> Granted this is all in dogs, but I wonder if it would have the same
> effect on ferrets.
Depends on the ferret. A kit or a hyper adult ferret may not let you *hold*
it that long. I don't think any of my 4 would.
> Thanks all for the information.
I still suggest the book "Ferrets for Dummies", by Kim Schilling. You can
find it on amazon.com. Not just for dummies, either - just about *everyone*
has this book, no matter how experienced they are w/ ferrets.
--
Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck
To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2"
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| TheDarkTrumpet |
Thanks again,
A book may be a good idea, and I may go about buying that book.
The suggestion for the cage is really helpful. The particular cage I'm
debating on is a 3-tier cage that's fairly large and the reason why I
may be getting this particular cage is because eventually I would
probably spring for 2 ferrets (so one isn't lonely in the cage alone
when I'm off to work.) I haven't really decided totally yet about all
this, but I'll check into that book.
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| Zazu Petals |
"TheDarkTrumpet" <dthole@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130444209.980752.252590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Does anyone know about this:
> http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...D=1130443987177
>
> Is it worth buying? How well does it work?
>
I was advised by my veterinarian that bi-odor supplement in your ferret's
water actually causes diarhea, thus causing dehydration. Has anyone else
been advised by their veterinarian regarding this product?
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| David Bowen |
We feed Shepherd & Greene's "Super Premium" ferret food. It claims to
minumize poo odor - and it does pretty effectively. It's also a very
good chow nutritionally.
TheDarkTrumpet wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> There's this special liquid that I heard about that can stop the smell
> of the ferret (coat, urine, poop). I heard it's supposed to help a
> lot. Does anyone know about this:
> http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...D=1130443987177
>
> Is it worth buying? How well does it work?
>
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| Zazu Petals |
"TheDarkTrumpet" <dthole@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130444209.980752.252590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Does anyone know about this:
> http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...D=1130443987177
>
> Is it worth buying? How well does it work?
>
I was advised by my veterinarian that bi-odor supplement in your ferret's
water actually causes diarhea, thus causing dehydration. Has anyone else
been advised by their veterinarian regarding this product?
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| David Bowen |
We feed Shepherd & Greene's "Super Premium" ferret food. It claims to
minumize poo odor - and it does pretty effectively. It's also a very
good chow nutritionally.
TheDarkTrumpet wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> There's this special liquid that I heard about that can stop the smell
> of the ferret (coat, urine, poop). I heard it's supposed to help a
> lot. Does anyone know about this:
> http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...D=1130443987177
>
> Is it worth buying? How well does it work?
>
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| CC Ham |
Well, I don't know too much about this, just from my own experience,
but when I first got my ferret, we bathed him weekly, and gave him some
sort of product (sorry, can't remember the brand) on his food that was
supposed to make him less stinky. But he was very stinky back then.
After awhile we got a little lazy about the bathing and stopped giving
him the product, it didn't seem to help much, (don't worry, he's still
well taken care of!) and he really doesn't stink at all anymore. In
fact a friend of mine who has ferrets commented on how little he
smells. I still bath him occasionally, every couple months, but he
keeps clean enough on his own. He eats cat food. He is very happy and
healthy and not stinky! Just my 2 cents :)
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| chasw |
Our Bacchus smells alright, but its a nice smell. At least that's my
perception. Like CC, I bathe Bacchus every couple of months or so, mostly
because his fur gets dirty from crawling around the floor of our basement,
not because he has accumulated bad smells. I guess you either like the way
ferrets smell or you don't, in which case the big cage down at Petco should
have a warning sign on it. - CW
x"CC Ham" <christinew_21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131667343.446391.235670@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Well, I don't know too much about this, just from my own experience,
> but when I first got my ferret, we bathed him weekly, and gave him some
> sort of product (sorry, can't remember the brand) on his food that was
> supposed to make him less stinky. But he was very stinky back then.
> After awhile we got a little lazy about the bathing and stopped giving
> him the product, it didn't seem to help much, (don't worry, he's still
> well taken care of!) and he really doesn't stink at all anymore. In
> fact a friend of mine who has ferrets commented on how little he
> smells. I still bath him occasionally, every couple months, but he
> keeps clean enough on his own. He eats cat food. He is very happy and
> healthy and not stinky! Just my 2 cents :)
>x
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| Steve Robinson |
"chasw" <chasw88@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Our Bacchus smells alright, but its a nice smell. At least that's my
> perception. Like CC, I bathe Bacchus every couple of months or so, mostly
> because his fur gets dirty from crawling around the floor of our basement,
> not because he has accumulated bad smells. I guess you either like the
> way ferrets smell or you don't, in which case the big cage down at Petco
> should have a warning sign on it. - CW
>
> x"CC Ham" <christinew_21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1131667343.446391.235670@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Well, I don't know too much about this, just from my own experience,
>> but when I first got my ferret, we bathed him weekly, and gave him some
>> sort of product (sorry, can't remember the brand) on his food that was
>> supposed to make him less stinky. But he was very stinky back then.
>> After awhile we got a little lazy about the bathing and stopped giving
>> him the product, it didn't seem to help much, (don't worry, he's still
>> well taken care of!) and he really doesn't stink at all anymore. In
>> fact a friend of mine who has ferrets commented on how little he
>> smells. I still bath him occasionally, every couple months, but he
>> keeps clean enough on his own. He eats cat food. He is very happy and
>> healthy and not stinky! Just my 2 cents :)
>>x
>
the more you bath them the more they will smell as the oils etc they produce
will increase , its like having greasy hair , the more you wash it the worse
it gets
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| chasw |
Our Bacchus smells alright, but its a nice smell. At least that's my
perception. Like CC, I bathe Bacchus every couple of months or so, mostly
because his fur gets dirty from crawling around the floor of our basement,
not because he has accumulated bad smells. I guess you either like the way
ferrets smell or you don't, in which case the big cage down at Petco should
have a warning sign on it. - CW
x"CC Ham" <christinew_21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131667343.446391.235670@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Well, I don't know too much about this, just from my own experience,
> but when I first got my ferret, we bathed him weekly, and gave him some
> sort of product (sorry, can't remember the brand) on his food that was
> supposed to make him less stinky. But he was very stinky back then.
> After awhile we got a little lazy about the bathing and stopped giving
> him the product, it didn't seem to help much, (don't worry, he's still
> well taken care of!) and he really doesn't stink at all anymore. In
> fact a friend of mine who has ferrets commented on how little he
> smells. I still bath him occasionally, every couple months, but he
> keeps clean enough on his own. He eats cat food. He is very happy and
> healthy and not stinky! Just my 2 cents :)
>x
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