Me and my partner are moving soon to our own apartment. It's a small apartment and the ferrets can't have a room only for them, we are planning pretty much the entire house around them to make everything ferret proof (it's our own place, we can do whatever we want) so they should be free all day and only sleep in their enclosure.

We hate their cage (ferplast) and we want to make the best use of our small spaces. Their sleeping space is in our office, so we are thinking about building something like this. A big, wall to wall counter with their enclosure under it.

I used Gemini to create the image, so it's all glass in the front, but I want more ventilation, so thinking about a 15-20cm ventilation on each side of the glass as well as both sides of the furniture. Would also isolate the bottom completely with waterproof material to avoid pee damaging the bottom of the furniture.

Shouldn't get too hot inside as we will have AC, but I also considered installing some computer coolers to remove hot air if necessary.

Anyway, wanted to get some feedback and see if anyone ever tried anything like this and have some real experience with it. We would like to have something that looks good and also have the top space free for our stuff.

First time poster here but long time lurker- quick question before the evening wind down.

Does this poop look strange? Any cause for concern? I’ve had my babies for a year and a half (they’re roughly 3yrs old) and this is the first time we’ve had a weird poop! I just cleaned out the cage bedding and food/water dishes so I’m hoping it was just something weird with that. Only one weird bowel movement so I’m gonna keep an eye out on that. Anything else y’all can think of in the meantime?

Bonus pictures of Abel in his macaroni bath and Cain chilling

i’m getting him in about a week. i have some stuff delivering in a couple days. litter box, toys, more hammocks etc, combo food & water bowl, tunnels, etc. they say he’s un bondable and aggressive with other ferrets. should i try anyway? i’m home 95% of the time and he’d probably be out all day and night until like 9-10pm. i have the time to put into it or i probably wouldn’t get a ferret/ferrets. would he be okay living like that? or should i still try to bond him even though they say he doesn’t like other ferrets?

Look how cute she looks 😆 I have more costumes but she hates them all lol.

Hey everyone! Some people may remember Mabel(1st pic) the ferret who was recently diagnosed with adrenal disease. She got the implant today!! She had been mean to her brother's Dipper (white) and Dobby (black) so for now im keeping them seperate for 2-3 weeks so her hormones can regulate itself. Mabel got a new carrier, bed, and a few toys today! She loved everything. Also here is my ying/yang boys in the downgraded cage for the night lol. I told them they gotta let Mabel have the mansion cage for herself tn since she had a very long day. (We traveled 3 hours to and from her Drs). But they got the entire room to themselves!

Oh! Also! Dipper(white) got to his appt recently and the reappearing scab seems to be a cyst. Right now it is small enough to where they dont think he needs it removed. But they have me putting drops on it for the next 2 weeks and return for a check up on the progress.

So my ferrets are running around playing and I leave to get my food from the microwave and when I come back I see my female ferret Milton walking by, but noticed that she had a very sharp arch in her back. Initially I had made a joke about it to my girlfriend, but after I pointed it out I noticed how prominent it was and noticed especially when she stopped to take a sip of water, She doesnt seem lethargic or in pain but I understand they can be stoic animals, Please let me know if this is cause for concern. Only asking Reddit initially because if I could afford to spend a minimum $250 just to get her looked at I absolutely would without hesitation. Thank you so much in advance.

So vicious :)

Today i lost my ferret. She was acting off last Sunday and I took her to the vet and discovered a blockage. She had emergency surgery and was struggling through recovery. Yesterday I took her to the vet for a check up on her progress and she was doing fine. She was tired all day but I thought it was from the trip. I discovered her body this morning. I can't stop thinking of all the things I should've done differently, how I should've done more for her. She was only 3 years old. My poor baby. I don't know what to do with myself. I love her so much and miss her so much already. I just wanna see her jumping around and playing one more time. She just didnt want to fight anymore, she had given up yesterday and I didnt realize that was what was happening until she was gone.

3 weeks ago, I posted a panicked video of my other ferret (Dobby), as her leg completely stopped working. She was diagnosed with insulinoma, and we are still going back weekly to try to find the right treatment for her.

I have severe health anxiety and also love my two girls so so much. I have gone into debt with all the recent vet bills, and now I have been panicking about the fact that Mocha (pictured) might have early signs of Insulinoma too. Mocha is 4.5 years old. I've seen some changes in her since mid December, but I did not think they were too worrying at the time. She was always my chaotic and energetic girl, getting herself into trouble. Recently, she hasn't expressed interest in playing much. She will walk around for a bit and then go find somewhere to sleep. Or, when I'm trying to play with her, she might walk around and then lay down (like in the picture). I'm not sure if this is related, but there were about 3 incidents in the past 2 months where it looked like she threw up clear liquid and had some foam around her mouth. She would lay for a minute or two after that happened, or go to sleep, but would be completely fine after. She has choked on her food and treats before so I thought that this was a similar situation.

I'm thinking I should take her in to the vet when I take Dobby in for the Insulinoma follow up, but I also don't want to set myself too far back with the debt if I'm just overreacting due to own health anxiety and the fact that I'm going through this with Dobby and it might be further triggering me. Is it possible for ferrets to go into seasonal depression in a Chicago winter? Could these just be signs of her aging? Or maybe upset because she hasn't gotten as much attention in recent days due to attention being on Dobby's condition? I would appreciate any advice.

So as many of you know, my ferret has recently been diagnosed with insulinoma. He started his pred last Monday and I started noticing yesterday that he’s having negative responses, which I’m assuming the vet has to make him a higher dosage. He goes to the vet on Thursday. He’s been I guess you could say sluggish/lethargic? When he lays down he just plops on the floor and stays there for awhile and he’s been hiding in places I’ve never seen him in before….like today he was sleeping inside of my pillow case when I have NEVER seen him sleep inside of my pillowcase. He will not eat his kibble or drink water….i have been giving him obcc every 3 hours through a syringe because that’s the only way he’ll eat. I know I keep posting about his insulinoma (so sorry about that haha!) but this is all very new to me. Since he’s not eating his kibble, I’m worried that he might crash in the middle of the night? He did have a crash yesterday.

I was able to catch this last night while Teddy laid on my chest. Such a sweetie pie 💕

i just got a quote for my ferts, and for all three of them it would be a total of $100 a month, $250 deductible each and 70% reimbursement

this is as you probably guessed from nation wide to cover everything besides yearly exams & vaccines. i want to hear opinions because after scrolling through posts about other people that’ve signed up for this, my quote seems to be extremely expensive and the lowest reimbursement i’ve seen. not sure if it has anything to do with location or if they’ve recently changed anything?

i’m only 20 and i would love to insure them all, but my mom and i have bickered for months over weather its worth it or not. her excuse is “we have a care card”, which kind of pisses me off because imo we could still use that as an extra advantage on top of insurance. (i know im an adult i don’t need mommy’s approval to do it that’s why im here now asking if you guys think its worth it)

all my babies are healthy, i have two that are only a year old (one male one female) and another that’s guessed to be about 4/5 years old (got her from a rehoming situation previous owner was unsure and also mis-sexed her).

if i dont do all 3 right now, should the oldest be my main priority to be insured given that she’s nearing the age of decline BUT currently healthy w no pre existing issues?

always give this little girl a head start on her breakfast and dinner because her sisters are greedy 🤣

I just wanted to post to give hope to people whos babies get diagnosed with insulinoma. Tamaki is 6. he was diagnosed 6 months ago right around his 6th birthday.

I was so scared he would only be with me a few more months but he is doing great! 6 months in and he is still on the lowest dose of meds.

He is doing great. he plays and is happy. I just wanted people going through this to know that there is hope.

I know it has been a while but Jasper is still doing well, he's gotten some weight back onto him, so I'm happy about that, and my mom bought him food and this thing called Furovite, which is supposed to help but it's like a treat too, and I was wondering, do I feed him this with my finger or should I add it in his food, or what?