Adoption information
Rikiria needs a foster carer
Rescue group
PetRescue ID
1093021
Location
Cessnock, NSW
Age
3 years 7 months
Adoption fee
$200.00
Rehoming organisation
Pocket Pet Sanctuary
Last updated
23 Jan, 2025
Pre-adoption checks
-
Desexed
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Interstate adoption (NSW only)
About Rikiria
Rikiria has been in care a long time mostly because she has been a tricky one to understand, this little miss strongly dislikes other ferrets and has hurt them before. She also prefers to just wander around doing her own thing about the house and occasionally interacting with her humans, for her comfort she is currently living in the living room away from all other ferrets.
Sorry but people with other ferrets won't be considered, Rikiria is much happier when no other ferrets are around and she is quite an independent sweetheart. Riki has given cheeky nips and been hard to find after wandering the house, but is definitely happiest when allowed to free roam.
Vet checked & cleared for adoption February 2024, treated with Advocate January 2025
She is 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
No known pre-existing conditions.
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 small companion pets are classed as livestock so not protected by the companion animals act.