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Sometime next year, we'll get regulations concerning how to keep ferrets.
This is an extract of the proposal as it stands now. Swedish text is
available on http://www.icl.se/%7Eurf/iller_lag/
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Extract from a PROPOSAL from the Swedish bureau of agriculture regarding
changes to the rules for keeping pets
Chapter 7 Special regulations for ferrets
General
1 A ferret may not be let loose outdoors.
2 A ferret may not be fitted with a nose ring or muzzle.
3 A ferret shall have access to a stimulating environment to give it
something to do.
4 Adult ferrets who displays aggressitivity to each other may not be kept
together in a way which can result in damages or stress.
5 A female ferret must be brought out of heat before risk of fatal
marrowdepression (fatal anemia) occurs.
6 Ferret kits may not be separated from the mother before they are eight
weeks old.
Cages
7 Netting, fences and other openings in a keeping area must have such
size that the animals cannot get their heads through them.
8 A ferret may not be kept in a cage with a bottom made of netting.
Interior
9 A ferret shall have a box for sleeping or living with dry, soft and
clean stuffing. If several ferrets are kept together they shall all
have space enough in one or several boxes without competion for the
space or aggressetivity occurs. A box for sleeping or living shall be
made in such fashion that good hygiene can be maintained and to let the
animals take natural sleeping positions in it.
10 A breeding female with kits shall have a box for living with space for
the female to birth and take care of her kits. A living space for a
ferret with kits outdoors or a not heated space shall during cold
weather be able to be given extra heat.
11 A Female with kits shall have access to a shelf for her alone and
unreachable for the kits.
Appendix 2
table 1 Space requirement
Smallest smallest area smallest space smallest smallest
permitted per animal per breeding measurment height
area for groups female for on smallest
groups side
5 m2 1 m2 2 m2 1 m 1 m
table 2 Space during temporary
storage during a maximum of 16 hours per day
Smallest smallest area smallest space smallest smallest
permitted per animal per breeding measurment height
area for groups female for on smallest
groups side
1 m2 0.5 m2 2 m2 0.5 m 0.5 m
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Urban Fredriksson [log in to unmask] http://www.ki.icl.se/urf/
Svenska tam-illerf|reningen / The Swedish Ferret Society
Malmv{gen 23, 191 61 Sollentuna, 0701-55 11 55
http://www.ki.icl.se/urf/ferrets/stif/
[Posted in FML issue 1398]
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