>From:    Anonymous Poster <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Ferret Weight
>I have a 6 month old sable ferret who is big.  He weighs in at 6 pounds
>and he is only 6 months old.  Will he continue gaining weigh until he is
>a year old?
 
Hi--
 
My experience with ferrets and my vet says their skeletion finishes growing
at 6 mos.  Some ferrets may fill out a bit more.  All my boys are bigger in
the winter with winter weight and long coats.  In the summer, a bit less
bulk and short coats.  All my boys weight in at 4-4.5#.
 
My biggest ferret was a fat overweight boy named Buckshot who got ECE and
went form solid muscle to flab over a period of 5 mos.  He never got back
his muscle tone.  His ideal wight should've been 4.5#.
 
KG
[Posted in FML issue 3053]