ferret running in circles?

If he is exhibiting this behavior, please see a vet ASAP.

It is possible he has developed insulinoma or had a stroke.

Is he showing any lethargy, hind end weakness, or falling over, wobbly,.....? These are signs of Insulinoma, the opposite of being a diabetic. His blood sugar drops because of too much insulin. He could crash and have seizures and die from this. It can be controlled with a very high protein food-50% plus. You can raise his blood sugar level if he is crashing, with Ferretvite, but unless you followup with high protein food/soup, it will crash again.

A vet will check a fasting blood sugar and possibly give you prednisone/prednisolone. This will/should help.

Here are some feeding guidelines.

FEEDING

Do NOT skimp on food!

Ferrets are obligate carnivores and should NEVER, EVER BE GIVEN FRUITS, VEGETABLES, GRAINS (CEREALS/BREAD, SWEETS, MILK, NUTS, PEANUT BUTTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They need a MINIMUM of 40 % protein from meat in their diet and 20% fat. Wlamart food does not even come close.. I feed mine Innova Evo ferret(52% protein 22% fat) and ZuPreem(40% protein and 22% fat)

The best diet is ALWAYS a raw diet that includes meat, organ meat and small bones (or powdered bone meal from the health food store) like the ones in a chicken’s ribs. Remember the wild pole cat eats the whole animal, not just the meat. They need these other things in their diet for it to be balanced. If they do not get the bones, for example, they will not be getting enough calcium. AND they produce 1/5 the amount of poop!! It is amazing!!!. If they young enough, they may still be introduced to a raw diet and eat it without ANY difficulties. Older ferrets may need to be “encouraged.” You might start by making “soup” with raw meat. Never feed raw pork. Too much of a chance for parasites. Not a concern for salt unless you are using ham. or a meat that has added salt. ALWAYS read the small print on packages of meat. Many stores, especially Walmart are adding solutions of salt water to their meat. Do NOT give these to a ferret. Walmart has NO meat that does not have this added to it!

SOUP

I use the soup as a treat almost every day. That way, if they get sick, they have seen it before and I have something to nourish them with.-

RECIPE

approximately equal parts of (1)&(2)

(1)moistened kibble (set kibble in a jar in the frig over night with water)

(2) raw meat in the food processor (you can also use meat baby food

or cooked chicken...) and

(3) add vanilla flavored Walgreen's brand Ensure plus to make it the consistency I want. They love it! Remember, a ferret will lick something off of your finger, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE SICK) that it might not take out of a bowl.

If I can be of any help, please contact me at

ferretsanctuary1@aol.com

757-463-8942

This is in birds.... No one who has a bird can keep rodents anyways... So re-ask it in rodents please...