Hello, from Western WA!

[therippletide]

Hi, I'm Kat, and I recently, accidentally ended up with a little ferret girl who I've named Ripple (or Rip).

I rescued her from someone who got two ferts without any research and discovered that they're not mini dogs. Rip's previous owner was going to turn her loose. Thankfully I caught her in time. My best guess is that she is a few months old. She has no ear tattoos. She's beginning to become more chipper now that she's eating again. When I first got her she was skin and bones. She's now eating EVO cat food, and Taste of the Wild cat food that was donated by a local pet boutique.

All together my family has had nine ferrets in the past. The last one passed on about a year ago and I've had enough madness with my two dogs, a Coonhound named Holly, and a Mini Schnauzer named Dozer.

I switched to raw feeding my pups a while back and figured that ferrets would do well on raw too. However, little Rip isn't too sure about it all, so I'm really looking forward to re-learning all about ferrets. My last ferrets all ate Mazuri, and all but one of them died from some form of cancer. Hopefully things will turn out a little better this time around.

Here are a few pictures of Rip:









Thanks so much for having me!
Kat

[Sherry]

Hi Kat, and welcome I'm SO glad you got to this little girl in time! Wow, I can't believe how people will just turn them loose expecting them to survive
Please, feel free to browse, post, ask questions, etc. Check out the nutrition section, apply for a mentor for the diet switch if you like, and you can also start your own thread in the newbie question section to get a jump on switching her while waiting

[fearless]

What a wonderful timing, I can't wait to hear and see more of you two around here. This forum has some amazing tips on raw feeding, I'm quite new to it myself. Take care and see you around!

[Deleted]

Welcome! Thank you for taking her in what a great thing to do

Definitely check out the nutrition section - and a mentor can really help make the switch go smooth

She is so adorable hope to see both of you around

[Heather]

Hi and welcome on board
Please feel free to prowl around read threads, ask questions and get involved. Everyone's friendly. You may want to check out our extensive nutritional resources, your little one would benefit greatly from a raw diet. Please post more pics of your little one, we love photos. I too, want to thank you for rescuing this little one from certain death, if she had been released. She looks adorable. Good luck, I hope I will be seeing you both around on the forum
ciao

[Deleted]

Welcome! Rip is gorgeous, she's lucky to have you!

[Deleted]

Welcome Kat and Rip! I am in Southern WA myself (Vancouver, WA). Maybe we could have a ferret play-date sometime! I hope you stick around, everyone here is very friendly and we love, love, love pics!

[Deleted]

Welcome to the forum! Rip's a beautiful little girl

[therippletide]

Thanks so much everyone!

Rip is such a sweet heart, I have no idea how she got such a wonderful temperament with her background! Still, I'm not complaining, she's helping to change my mom's opinion of ferrets. Our last ferts were crafty little hobs who happily chewed everything they could find. At first my mom, did not like having a ferret in the house again. She's really warming up to Rip though, Rip just likes to explore and hide things. So far, no destruction has occurred, hopefully it'll stay that way!

Hi candiceboggs! I'd LOVE to get the together sometime for a play day. Rip's an only ferret, I'm sure she'd be so happy to have another fert to wrestle around with! We're in Seattle, so it would be a little bit of a drive, but it would be wonderful to get together sometime!

[Deleted]

I'm in Tacoma and have three fuzz that would be happy to play with your girl! Or maybe we could carpool for a big playdate in Vancouver at some point

[Deleted]

My Teddy's an only ferret too, and he's very good-natured and sweet. I like having him as an only for now, so a play date would be really fun - especially if Hannah joins in with her trio!! Fuzzies all over the place!

[Sherry]

In that case, ladies- pictures are MANDATORY!!! ;D

[tayrawrrr]

Welcome to the forum!! Glad to have you

And I second what Sherry said...PICTURES!!

[therippletide]

Hehe! That would be great! It will be fuzzy madness!!

[Deleted]

I'm so glad that you were able to rescue your sweet baby! Unfortunately that happens down here a lot. Actually two of my girls were found wondering around outside one, by one of the colleges and the other on a golf course....