Whats wrong with my ferret?

thanks and yes your response really did help

Also, it sounds like you truly love animals. Ferrets, especially, get sick very, very quickly and it’s usually pretty expensive when they do. The American ferret (read, Marshall Farms ferrets) have two major things going against them: 1. They’re spayed/neutered at WAY too young an age, leaving them highly susceptible to things such as adrenal gland disease and 2. They’re deficient in most of their major tumor-suppressor genes (translation: they’re little cancer factories). I know you love your babies, and you said you want more…but they’re expensive creatures (all of them–dogs, cats, ferrets, can get sick, get cancer, become injured and need surgery, etc.). If you can’t really afford to take them to the vet, I’d strongly advise against getting any more, since they’ll need the best care you can give them.

You need to take your ferret to the vet. Pawing at the mouth is a classic sign of nausea in a ferret, and can indicate serious disease such as insulinoma. Generally, ferrets develop insulinomas and adrenal disease around age 5-6, so Cleo needs to be checked out as soon as possible. You know your ferret better than anyone, and changes in behavior are often the fist signs of clinical illness in these little guys. Also, if you clean her ears, do it gently with a dry cotton swab–never put any sort of solvent (alcohol, peroxide, etc.) into your baby’s ears. I hope this helps, and good luck to you and Cleo.

thank you very much I’ll check her out today for any of those

my ferrets do that to..well the scratching thing..my little girl who is only 1 year old randomly screems..loud too..they are used to having dirt..too..dont forget these were once wild animals so they still have wild outside traits with them..take her outside and let her dig around in the dirt..leash train her and take her for walks..you will be the new rave..I almost caused a car accident!!

haha nice but I don’t think it’s that nessasarily it’s as if somethings bothering her and she acts like she’s out of it I don’t know it’s hard to explain

this actually sounds like it could be a mental thing… but it could also be a mouth problem. first though, try switching what he eats (soften his food) and keep an eye on him. try and give him more out of cage time as well. this should help with boht any psyical and mental issues

I deff. dont think it’s a mental things, shes fine other than that.