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Hi! I'm Fran Friedman from Morning Star Animal Sanctuary and I want to talk to you about
emergency care and health issues on behalf of expertvillage.com. Some people find ferrets
roaming around and its either they've gotten out or people have let them loose and they
don't know what to do with the ferret when they get it. A lot of times the ferrets are
emaciated, their usually hungry and they usually have stress ulcers from being out in the wild
where they don't survive very well. So some of the things you can do when you find a ferret
like that is if you are able to get to a store to get some proper ferret food you can offer
the ferret some good quality food either an 8 in 1 Ultra Blend, some Missouri; they are
usually sold at Olson's Grain, Pet Smart or Petco. Make sure that it is a good quality
ferret food. Do not go to Walmart for your ferret food. They do sell it but it is not
recommended. Make sure that they are drinking. If they are not drinking and if you can pinch the ferret, come here ferret,
around the neck area , if you hold this and its tense which means it keeps its shape for
more than a few seconds they are probably dehydrated and they would need some fluids
which most likely would be given by a vet. So I would get them to the vet as soon as
possible. Make sure that it is a vet that knows about ferrets and is able to treat them.
Not all vets are ferrets savoy and some of them may not want to treat your ferret so
make sure that they know its a ferret is coming in for dehydration and that it's been found
and you don't know the history.