Ferrets For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, 8. lis 2007. - Broj stranica: 424
Thinking about getting a ferret? Want to make sure you’re giving the ferret you already have the best possible care? Ferrets For Dummies helps you decide whether a ferret is for you and give your little fellah a healthy, happy home. It’s packed with practical information on feeding, housing, health maintenance, and medical care.

This friendly, plain-English guide gives you the authoritative information you need in a cut-to-the-chase, quick-reference format. You’ll find the latest on appropriate diets for ferrets, dental hygiene, common ferret diseases and infections, and designing and establishing an enjoyable and enriching environment for both your ferret and yourself. You’ll also get solid tips about how to get to know your ferret and introduce it to other family members and how and when to give your ferret and his cage a good cleaning. Discover how to:

  • Choose the perfect ferret
  • Ferret-proof your house
  • Handle ferret first-aid
  • Make foods your ferret will love
  • Deal with behavior issues
  • Select terrific ferret toys
  • Interpret your ferret’s actions
  • Find the best vet for your ferret
  • Travel with your ferret
  • Make sure your little friend doesn’t get bored
  • Decide whether to breed your ferret

Complete with helpful lists of ferret myths and misconceptions as well as recipes for meals your ferret will gobble up, Ferrets For Dummies is the resource you need to keep your ferret happy and healthy for years to come.

 

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Breeding Ferrets The Facts Fallacies
5
Is a Ferret Right for You? 7
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What You Need to Know About Ferrets 9 Chapter 2 Understanding What Ferrets Are And Arent 21 Chapter 3 Ferrets and the Law Licensing and Oth...
39
Home Sweet Home Preparing Your Ferrets Quarters
63
Picking the proper cage 64 Fuzzy blueprints Making sure the design is right 64 A home within a home Finding a place inside for the cage 68 A room...
89
Introducing Fuzzy to His New Family
97
Basic Ferret Care and Feeding
115
Cleaning Time Not All Ferret Fun and Games
143
Helping Your Hurt Ferret FirstAid Basics
209
Ferreting Out Ferret Pests
233
Setting Up Your Ferrets Health Plan Vets and FirstAid Kits 193 Chapter 13 Helping Your Hurt Ferret FirstAid Basics 209 Chapter 14 Ferreting Out Fe...
243
Finding and Treating the Big C and Other Lumps
275
Finding and Treating the Big C and Other Lumps 275 Chapter 17 Saying Goodbye When the Time Comes
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Ferret Psychology 101
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The zigzag 311 Butt scooting 311 Coveting thy hideyhole 312 Scoping out boundaries
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Understanding What Fuzzy Is Trying to Tell You 301 Chapter 19 Putting Your Ferret through Basic Training Easy as 123? 313 Chapter 20 Dealing ...
319

Navigating Bathtime 147 One bath too many? 147 Picking a shampoo 147 Choosing the crime scene 148 Doing the deed 149 Caring for Those Littl...
161
On the Tail of a New Carpet Shark Um Ferret 47 Chapter 5 Home Sweet Home Preparing Your Ferrets Quarters 63 Chapter 6 FerretProofing Your H...
181
Tackling Your Ferrets Health Issues
191
Tackling Your Ferrets Health Issues
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Breeding Ferrets The Facts Fallacies
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Should You Breed Your Ferret? Looking at the Big Picture 331 Chapter 22 Unmasking the Details of Ferret Love 337 Chapter 23 From Birth to Bun...
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Index
373
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Kim Schilling has been owned by ferrets for over 20 years. Although she once had over 30 in her care, she now keeps her numbers under 10. Kim operates Animals for Awareness, a special sanctuary for unwanted and abandoned exotic animals.

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