I came across this article on the Oregon Live website …

Ferret gets swine flu from its owner, a first

Apparently a ferret caught swine flu from its owner and while the ferret is, thankfully, recovering from its ordeal, I guess all you ferret owners in the northern hemisphere need to be really careful that your ferret doesn’t catch that particularly dangerous strain of flu during the winter months.

Of course, it goes without saying that I hope all you ferret owners take care and don’t catch Swine Flu either

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.

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.

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 …