>... So if you bath your ferrets not very often, when and how do you do the
>nail trimming and ear cleaning?
>Sara and Kurt and the eight fuzzies (we don't want no stinkin' baths)
 
Greetings!
I give Loki a bath approximately every two weeks (unless, of course, she's
gottern into some dirty recess of my apartment, or we are going on a car
trip - nothing like a stinky ferret in small car!).  Anyway, bath time is
also nail clipping time, but I clip her before she gets her bath.  Mainly
because she HATES her bath.  I think this has more to do with her having a
hard time getting a good footing in my sink than anything else, because she
just loves the shower.  She hasn't had any dry skin problems that I've
noticed, so maybe we're both lucking out!
 
As for the frequency of nail trimming, I do it whenever I notice her little
nails are getting too long, which is often (I whish my nails grew so
swiftly!) So I usually give her feet a look-see whenever I pick her up.You
know, it's not the nail trimming she dislikes, it's the part where I hold
(or attempt to) her still.
 
cheers
chris
Loki "Let me GO!"
[Posted in FML issue 1871]