Adoption information
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About Skittles & Snickers
Adoption or Foster Home
Vet checked & cleared for adoption 04/07/2024
Treated with Advocate 12/04/2024
D.O.B: 09/01/2023
Adoption Fee: 260
Skittles and Snickers are siblings from an area in Sydney that doesn't have much ferret experience, due to this both were desexed far too young and they might get early onset adrenal. Skittles is a bit spicy at times while still being a sweet girl, who loves her brother and her brother Snickers is a loveable lump for the most part.
He lets her do whatever she wants, even when she gets so upset with him for no reason that he has to sit in a corner for a bit and just wait for her irritating screaming to end.
They might be suitable for a beginner owner if Skittles likes them, otherwise a confident beginner should be able to handle the occasional crazy spells and help wear them both out with play. Skittles can go a bit cage crazy flipping the litter tray and creating quite a big mess, so thier cage will need a lot of enrichment opportunities.
They are on a balanced raw mix that is fed in the evening and of a weekend they get bone or whole prey to help aid in dental health, the raw mix contains:
1.25kg chicken carcass mince
250g chicken necks or wing tips or quail necks
250g beef chunks
250g roo chunks
375g heart
63g Tripe
63g Fish
63g Kidney
For a basic meal plan to create your own: https://holisticferretforum.com/natural-diet/raw-diet-the-meat-of-the-site/basic-frankenprey-menu/
Medical notes
Snickers recent vet trip has shown he does have either mild IBS or Lymphoma, x-rays do not show which he has because they show up similarly. It is just a simple matter of monitoring his food and removing or replacing whatever he reacts too, chicken mince from the supermarket has been the biggest trigger sofar.
Adoption details
Please do not ask for a intact rescue as refusal often offends and it's in the best interest of the companion pet they have this done first, exceptions will only be made for those well known by the rescue. There is a adoption formula to fill out and a picture of the cage is required, they need a cage so they can have a place specifically thier own
All ferrets adopted out are required to be kept on a balanced raw diet, they will smell worse on a incorrect diet as it messes with thier systems and due to not having a caecum they cannot digest plant or vegetable matter. Full balanced raw diet and the vet trips they may need, along with the initial cost of cage or items can be a little pricey.
Phone calls may be made to talk in person about adoption or to offer advice about the crazy wonderful characters in care and you will need to have rental approval if in rental, as sadly most in care are classed as livestock so not protected by the companion animals act.
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.