It was soon after the Transfer Factor Plus capsules arrived and I had been giving it to the quartet when I noticed Kahlua's head bobbing. It was like she was licking her mouth, or had something stuck in her mouth - just moving her head up and down for a second so nothing too dramatic but still odd.

I thought that perhaps it was a reaction to the TFPlus so kept my beady eye on her. She didn't bob her head often but I told Philip about it and a couple of days later, he saw her doing that too.  Read more...

I thought it'd be fun to do a web roundup of our ferret's close cousin, the Black-footed Ferret.

There is so much to learn about this mustelid and I often wonder how close it is in its behaviour to our little friends. If you take a look at the 2nd video, you'll see that the BFF love doing the weasel wardance so I guess that makes it pretty close in some respects to our ferrets

In the first video you'll see Jerry Murray is the volunteer veterinarian - he's certainly been involved with ferrets for a long time. I first heard of him when I got Mash back in 1994.  Read more...

Well it has arrived!

I read the instructions (which were for humans) and they said that first time users should take 1/8th of a teaspoon in some liquid and then build up to a higher dose.

I tasted the liquid and it was like seaweed - a bit salty but nothing too gross - but I was worried that Muis would spit it out when I gave it to her mixed in her pet milk.  Read more...

It seems that this disease has affected a couple of ferrets owned by people who read this blog so I thought that it might be of help to find articles and videos about Adrenal Disease for the Roundup this week. As always, the content is not endorsed by me but is added here for interest only.

Ferret Lingo

Rat tail: May be a sign of Adrenal Disease in ferrets; swelling of the adrenal glands causes, among other things, the ferret to lose the hair beginning at the base of their tail. This disease is serious and any ferret exhibiting signs ...

I hadn't realised that the bottle contained capsules - I thought they were pills which I'd have to crush but this was easier.

According to that site I found with the dosage instructions, Muis needs to have 1/4 capsule per day

Transfer Factor Advanced Formula Plus -- Small Animals 1-40 lb. One quarter to one capsule daily

but I was also mindful of the instruction on the same site

Note: Some veterinarians start animals on a small amount of Transfer Factor Plus for 3 consecutive days to make sure to not overwhelm the immune system, and increase the dose gradually.  Read more...