Ferrets As Pets With Cats

You can t just assume that looking after a ferret will be the same as looking after a dog or a cat even though you might be told that ferret care is just like cat care.

Ferrets as pets with cats. Ferrets prefer cats to any other kind of household pet apart from other ferrets. Just like cats and dogs ferrets never fail to make us laugh super hard. Ferrets are sociable friendly and affectionate. It is often recommended though not essential to have more than one pet ferret.

Dog foods on the other hand are best avoided since they don t really provide any nutritional benefits for ferrets. For ferrets a wire cage at least 18 in 460 mm long and deep and 30 in 760 mm wide or longer is needed. They are highly compatible with cats. Because cats and dogs are so common most animal lovers have a good idea of what s involved in their care.

Ferrets are highly intelligent animals more so than rodents they possess around the same intelligence as a dog or cat. Cats and ferrets can also fight. Ferrets are carnivores and while your ferret may not consciously think of other small pets e g hamsters and other rodents rabbits birds small lizards snakes as a meal quick movements by these small animals may trigger a predator prey instinct in your ferret. Scientists believe that domesticated ferrets were bred from european polecats or steppe polecats over 2500 years ago making them members of the weasel family mustela genus.

Cats may see small ferret kits as a new toy to play with or as a tasty snack. Ferrets should be spayed or neutered. These funny ferret videos. Like many household pets ferrets require a cage.

Whether they will fight depends on the temperaments of the cat and of the ferrets. As a general rule ferrets don t mix well with other kinds of pets. It is preferable that the cage have more than one level but this is not crucial. Ferrets are very interesting cute and hilarious animals.

Otherwise they can be very destructive messing up litter trays food water and even chipping their teeth through constant biting of their cages. Cats view people as their servants and other pets as either toys prey predators or rivals. Having two or more ferrets increases the fun factor for the owner and the ferrets as they will interact and play together sometimes with wild abandon. Many human foods.

Ferrets can also be fed with cat food. Ferrets cannot be housed in environments such as an aquarium because of the poor ventilation. Animals with lineage related to ferrets include badgers minks and wolverines. Cats are also territorial and may see a ferret as an intruder to his territory which he must defend.

But with ferrets it s a different story. However it s best to stay away from fish flavoured ones since it causes litterbox odour problem.