Its exciting to get the motivation to begin making upgrades and changes to Growing Up Ferret! I’m going to be rolling out new features in the month of May. The first feature I really wanted to do is a fully mobile website. Well I did that and more! We’re still working out a few kinks here and there, but its nice to be able to check on the website mobile. On top of that, I made sure if you bookmark...

What is Hypoglycemia? Long story short – low blood sugar. Why is sugar important? The brain and muscles rely on blood sugar (glucose) for energy. Severe and untreated Hypoglycemia is life-threatening. It will cause weakness and mental confusion, progressing to seizures and coma. 3 Levels of Hypoglycemia is found in ferrets: Insulin producing pancreatic tumor Deprived of proper nutrition Antibiotics can...

This is a huge discussion in the ferret community. Cage or no cage, do’s and don’ts! Well hopefully the following points will be something that everyone can agree on. Do I Need a Cage! My opinion, absolutely, of some sort!  Ferrets need to have a safe place to be when they cannot be supervised for their own safety. No ferret should be left alone wondering your home. Not only is harder to ferret...