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Post by revolvingsheep on Sept 15, 2011 13:58:33 GMT -5
Well I found a vet an hour from me with really reasonable prices and was suggested by a local ferret community. He only charges about $90 to spay a ferret vs. the $300 I was finding everywhere else with less experience. His prices overall are much cheaper than anyone else I find. He is an hour away but it's worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2011 14:03:06 GMT -5
I'm more referring to the unexpected vet bills. Blockage scares (x rays, fluids, pain meds), actual blockages (surgery, pain meds), injuries, infections, disease (adrenal, insulinoma, lymphoma). Those will cost more than anything else.
We spent close to $500 to bring Pixie to the ER vet when she had a blockage scare. No x ray, no surgery. Only a office visit, sub q fluids and pain meds. Then spent another $150 the next day for x rays & meds. She did pass it, and didn't require surgery. That would have cost $1500+ here.
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Post by revolvingsheep on Sept 15, 2011 14:08:35 GMT -5
I'm more referring to the unexpected vet bills. Blockage scares (x rays, fluids, pain meds), actual blockages (surgery, pain meds), injuries, infections, disease (adrenal, insulinoma, lymphoma). Those will cost more than anything else. We spent close to $500 to bring Pixie to the ER vet when she had a blockage scare. No x ray, no surgery. Only a office visit, sub q fluids and pain meds. Then spent another $150 the next day for x rays & meds. She did pass it, and didn't require surgery. That would have cost $1500+ here. Wow... yeah I know of the health risks ferrets can come across. Hopefully by getting them from a breeder, proper diet, and various preventative measures... I will at least cut down the possible percentage of things like this. Obviously blockages can happen no matter what though. What did you ferret eat that caused the blockage?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2011 14:14:10 GMT -5
A piece of foam off the handle of a piece of exercising equipment. Rather large piece too.
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Post by revolvingsheep on Sept 15, 2011 14:19:22 GMT -5
A piece of foam off the handle of a piece of exercising equipment. Rather large piece too. Wow that must have been scary. Do you have ferrets that like to chew everything or was it just a freak thing? I'm looking around my living room (that's where they will be) and I see opportunities for them to get blockages. The breeder did say that she rarely breeds a ferret that ends up liking to chew random things but who knows... I'm sure all ferrets will do it at some point right?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2011 14:22:58 GMT -5
All 3 of my girls like rubber. I have one Trixie who also eats fabric and socks. Pixie also loves candy, sweets, chocolate, sugar. They also like leather Luckily they have no interest in cords
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Post by revolvingsheep on Sept 15, 2011 14:30:15 GMT -5
Yeah I bought these cable protectors that go along the baseboard of the living room to protect the speaker wires for my home theater. The breeder says I shouldn't worry about the ferrets chewing on them, but I'm doing it just in case.
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Post by Sherry on Sept 15, 2011 16:25:29 GMT -5
ACtually, not a bad idea! What they don't know is there, they won't want Mine also got hold of some foam rubber from somewhere. We tore the house apart, couldn't find it. However, about a year ago, we noticed some of the carpet backing was exposed in a hidden corner. Guess what? Foam rubber We were also lucky in that she passed it without resorting to surgery. My vet is much more reasonable pricewise than Jackie's, but it would have still run us $800- $1400 if surgery had been needed. As it was, with a barium xray and pain meds, it was just over $400
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2011 16:40:48 GMT -5
My finances now has 266 every 8 months for 500 large adult mice from Rodent Pro... with the idea of feeding each of my ferrets one a day. Where do you live? It's "only" $50 shipping per box from RodentPro to me; I always completely fill a box, mostly with adult mice, and it's usually a $250 order. Be sure you're using their space calculator... it'll save money in the long run if you're using as close to 100% of the box as you can get. Throw a bag of chicks in with your order too. They're my fuzzies' absolute favorite snack and they're cheap (compared to mice anyway). Whole prey is expensive, no lie, but the convenience is awesome... when my mom is watching the ferts for me, she now demands only whole prey for them because she can just drop in a frozen mouse -- no measuring or thawing or dishes to wash!
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Post by revolvingsheep on Sept 15, 2011 16:58:05 GMT -5
Yeah you said $250 and my order is $266 with almost filling the box which takes about 500 mice. Just one box and like a $50 shipping or something.
Yeah I can see why feeding whole prey would be easy for a sitter. I think I'll always have some available.
Feeding whole prey once a week is more reasonable than 2 a day like I was thinking. I think I can handle that.... I might even be able to do twice a week... and also whenever we are out of town.
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