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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 23:45:19 GMT -5
I picked Fez up out of his cage to bring him out to play just now and could feel him "shaking" or "vibrating" in little bursts. Kind of like when a person is shivering, but then stops, then shivers again etc. I don't know how else to describe it. I held him and watched his feet as he was on his back in my arms, and his feet were shaking/vibrating really fast, then would stop... then do it again. He's not cold, if anything he feels quite warm.
What's going on? Should I be concerned. Other than that he seems just like himself...
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Post by ferretbrah on Dec 16, 2014 0:02:11 GMT -5
Mine both do it when waking up. They do it to warm up a bit, especially if they were in deep sleep. Normal  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 0:32:20 GMT -5
He wasn't asleep beforehand though? :S
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 7:41:10 GMT -5
Did he recently get scared of anything? Falling while playing, etc? Coconut does that every time anyone holds her, she's terrified of being held/people. Her feet and tail stick straight out too, if she doesn't wrap her feet around my arm.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 11:49:14 GMT -5
Hmm, I don't think he's been scared of anything. I always pick him up from his cage and carry him in my arms to the living room. I did get an insanely high gas bill the other day cause my heating had been up high apparently, so I dropped it down quite a bit now. I'm cold, my dogs cold. But I figured Fez would be fine in the cold, but it wouldn't be shaking from cold, would it?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 12:33:31 GMT -5
It sound like he was shaking from the cold. When you take them out of the cage they are usually really snuggly and warm, awake or sleeping, but when you lift them they get to be out in the open with more air and probably a slightly lower temperature. It sounds like normal warming up sort of shivers.
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Post by Heather on Dec 16, 2014 15:53:32 GMT -5
Ferrets have a hard time controlling their body temp (remember normal body temp is about 102 degrees). Even if he was lightly sleeping he would need to shiver to bring his body temp up. My concern would be a ferret who continues to shake after a given period of time at which case my first inclination would be to test BG
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 16:53:51 GMT -5
My Franco does this. His previous owners had shaved him so he doesn't have much hair, and he's thin so no insulation. We got him a cozier hammock, I tried making him sweaters out of socks but he slinks out of them lol He also wraps his legs around my arm when I dangle him (he had a toddler in his previous home so I'm sure fear plays a factor too) so when I carry him I wrap him in the bottom of my shirt,or a hoodie pocket and keep him close, both for warmth and security....and because I like cuddles!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 19:07:01 GMT -5
He hasn't done this again since, so maybe it was just waking up/warming up. It was very odd, he's never done it so it freaked me out! And I wake him up all the time! Haha. Thanks for dealing with my over-worrying  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 19:18:40 GMT -5
You aren't the first ferrent who worried about the shivering. They are simply raising their body temp which has dropped while they were asleep.
Keep an eye out and see when he does it. You should notice it when he wakes up. Sometimes, one of mine will start shivering if I take them outside when it's cold.
A seizure could cause that shaking but that's a whole different thing and you would know something was wrong.
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