Ferret Magazine is now online

I just had a look at the site and am impressed that it’s all there, available for anyone to read.  I would have thought that they might have charged a fee for a member’s site but no … you can access all the articles, and also ask the vet (who is Karen Rosenthal) questions about your ferret’s health – how good is that?!

But, of course, we all know how quickly ferrets go downhill when they’re sick so obviously if you think your ferret is ill, it’s best to take it to a vet to get it checked out chop chop.

While on the subject of medical things, I saw they had an article about disseminated idiopathic myofasciitis (DIM).  I lost one of my boys, Otis, to what I’m sure was that in 2006, although at the time it was called Disseminated Idiopathic MYOSITIS - he went from being a big strong boy to weak and thin in a horribly short amount of time and died just 4 months after first showing signs of illness.  It was awful, and at the time there was nothing the vet could do to help him.  I was pleased to see that they now seem to have some sort of treatment for ferrets which have been diagnosed with DIM.

Well, one thing for sure – I’ll be bookmarking the Ferret Magazine and checking up on it often