Ferrets cold

[josaphine32]

Is it safe to put to heat slugs (microwaved) in with my ferrets i dont think that they will eat them and its not to hot that it will burn them, I have a duvet over the top of them and they are in a shed with the light kept on to generate extra heat.....but it is cold out there, I know they have a winter coat as there colours have changed, But what i would also like to know is would it effect them if i kept hem in at night and back out to the shed during the day. would they catch a cold? would there coat change? ratter is the person to ask

[lankeela]

If their hutch is inside a shed I would have thought they would have been ok, provided they have plenty of warm bedding. If you feel you need to keep them warm, why not try a green house heater to take the chill off, or one of those infra red lamps that they use for pigs/puppies?

[RATTER15]

Josaphine, your ferrets will be fine in the shed as long as they have plenty of warm bedding, try giving them a little cod liver oil, they love cod liver oil by the way, if it gets extremely cold (below freezing) you could get a heat lamp from your pet shop or from an agricultural supplier. Ferrets are very hardy creatures, as long as they are well fed on flesh or proprietary ferret food.

If they live out doors, leave them out doors, if you have more than one ferret living together they will keep each other warm.

[josaphine32]

thankyou

[clair3934]

My 3 have lots of fleecey bedding and a soft cat bed inside there hutch which is also in the shed thay are very hardy little creatures My oldest one is 7 1/2 years old and she's never suffered in the cold so I wouldnt worry to much.