http://forum.ferret.com/(c) Ferret.com Forum30Mine are struggling with the switch to raw. They're not fond of the texture of chicken, well other than Suki. She is a straight up destructive demon who loves a chance to show something she has teeth and knows how to use them. Klepto has blachttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155330Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:38:52 GMTMy two boys have this problem too. I believe they are about 4 and 5, and I noticed this black stuff on their teeth. So I bought a 3 different kind of tooth brushes to try and a pet tooth paste....I found that they just bleed really easy. I think I am goihttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155317Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:44:59 GMTswitching to meat is a tough one.. and i've been lucky enough... or stubborn enough that all my ferrets and ferrets i've taken in as rescues have been put straight onto a raw diet with no issues regardless of the diet they had before coming to me... &http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155141Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:32:55 GMTpumpkin? douse it have to libbys pure pumkin? i have 2 cans of a genaric pumpkin? also how do i feed it to the littel guy? i heard soup mentioned but my ferret aint crazy for that so any other ways? thanks!http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155126Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:32:48 GMTok cool...one problem though is my ferret is picky and wont eat meat. any sugesstions on how to get him to eat meat like the chicken wing idea you suggested? i tried adding ferretone to meat once but he just liked off the ferretone LOL. hes highlhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155124Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:24:32 GMTas i said in the other dentistry thread.... raw meat... chicken wings are really good... i've never had to brush, scrape, do the vet thing with ANY of mine... its hard work yeah.. but it will be worth its weight ihttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155060Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:01:24 GMTthe best... and most natural way would be to work hard and get them eating chicken wings ... raw... gnawing on the bones and ripping at the raw meat will clean them naturally and you'll find their teeth shiny and white with NO need to schttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155059Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:57:16 GMTI feel so lucky...my ferrets 'let' me scale their teeth with little hassle as long as I wait for a relatively mellow mood to hit them. I picked up a double ended scaler for cats, and found out if I sit on the ground and scruff them with a modified scruffhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155052Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:17:05 GMTthanks! yeah his teeth are pretty clean right now i just want them to stay healthy! thats why im asking! is ther any treats or food i can give him to help him out with dental health? thanks! :) http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=155048Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:39:47 GMTPhantom- there are toothpastes for ferrets, dogs and cats. I bought mine off of a pet supply website in the ferret health section. I'd also suggest either finger toothbrushes (like they use for dogs and cats) or using a q-tip. Ferrets do not enjoy gettinhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154862Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:32:22 GMThey guys was wondering ? im new to ferrets, how do i brush my ferrets teeth?do i use a normal brush and put some ferretone on it or something like that? or do i buy a special treat to help?thanks!!http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154857Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:46:45 GMTOh man! She almost looks mangey to me...she had this nice long full coat all winter, now she's blown most of her torso but her face and legs are still fairly plushy and her body looks all scraggly with the bit that hasn't gone yet, like she wants to be ahttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154784Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:52:30 GMTKlepto was shedding last week. Ours have shed every spring and fall. This time Klepto was shedding big time. There has been fur everywhere. I have to vacuum almost every 5 mins to keep up with it. It eventually ends and then it'll happen again!!! hehe Yehttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154757Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:27:25 GMTAgain, they all seem to be different, even season to season. Last spring Carol blew her coat in a couple days and had nothing lefyt but peach fuzz. It took 2 weks to grow in, Sumo, Rocket and Ed are shedding now, but gradually. Sumos is almosthttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154717Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:51:14 GMTI know completely what you mean. Crash is shedding like crazy! I thought she had gotten into something and torn her fur out because when I cleaned the bottom of the cage I had another ferret from all the hair. The playpen is covered inhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154707Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:28:19 GMTThose old yellow gloves for washing dishes.. work great for getting fur off the furniture and stuff! If your pet can handle it pet em with it and works the same...http://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154450Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:36:17 GMTNice! I have a similar one that's Bamboo brand with the rubbery nubs on one side that the pets love, but my favorite part is the other side that has this fur-picker-upper fabric that's the only thing I've found that gets all the pet fur off my couchttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154380Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:14:33 GMTI've had ferts for a bit over a year now and I've never seen any of them shed (though I've read all about them blowing their coats twice a year), I guess I got lucky with a gradual coat transitions....until this morning. I woke up and both my girls are shttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154379Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:07:23 GMTSo I scraped their teeth with my handy dental scraper. Unfortunately nothing came off and nor do their teeth look better. So who knows what is up with their teeth. It doesn't scrape off or brush off....hmmmmhttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154095Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:12:22 GMT Would one of these tools work? Scalers I think I might order one. Also... doeshttp://forum.ferret.com/fb.ashx?m=154061Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:55:27 GMT