Bringing Your Ferret Home

Once you are happy that you can provide everything that your new pet will need you can then choose the perfect ferret for yourself. Make sure that you have everything ready for him before you collect him, so that you can pop him into his new home as soon as you arrive and he can spend the first 24hrs getting used to his new environment. Don’t forget that he will be missing his brothers and sisters. He will like you to talk to him and will soon get used to the sound of your voice. We suggest you don’t handle him too much for the first day or two, but give him plenty of clean water and some food, and allow him to get accustomed to his new home. You will soon know when he has settled as he will begin to eat, drink and groom himself.

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Which Ferret Will You Choose?

Originally there were two ferret coat colours (albino and sable). Nowadays there are a wide variety of colours, patterns and markings. The 8 most common colours are:

Albino (white coat with red eyes)
Sable (dark brown body, black feet, masked face)
Dark eyed white (all white with dark eyes)
Black (black coat, no pattern)
Topaz (light taupe)
Champagne (golden)
Siamese/Chocolate (lighter colour of sable, with brown feet)
Red (mahogany coloured)

The different combinations of colours, patters and markings produce an infinite number of variations. Some examples of patterns could be “Roan” (a mixture of coloured and white hair) or “Dalmatian” (with spots and blotches on a white coat). Markings can be a mask of colour found across the face mitts and feet, or a blaze (white on forehead and chest).

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