A ferret, whose owner had shown flulike symptoms, tested positive for swine flu on Oct. 8. The owners took the ferret to a veterinary clinic in Portland on Oct. 5 (DeBess said the clinic asked not ...

It lists the following signs of a sick ferret: a “dull rough hair coat, an animal that is too thin, potbellied, or sluggish.” If the area below the tail is damp it may indicate the animal has ...

Ferrets play in a "day care" at the University of Pittsburgh to simulate transmission of flu viruses among kids. Courtesy of Seema Lakdawala (Emory University) and Nicole Rockey (Duke University).

Sable ferret accommodations. When it comes to your ferret’s cage, the bigger, the better! The smallest cage recommendation for a single ferret is six cubic feet.That's about 18 inches tall and ...

That was a week after two kids in the Roseburg family — a teenager and a child younger than 10 — got sick with the swine flu. Like the kids, the ferrets developed high fevers, red eyes, runny ...

Each sick ferret had been infected with one of the four virus strains previously tested. Though the ferrets had no direct contact with each other, ...

Arizona Ferret Rescue, specifically, has 88 ferrets. ... Diane says most cases are for sick ferrets or surrenders, from across the country. "New Mexico [is] ...

Ferrets are fun, energetic members of the weasel family. They’re small, which means they don’t need a lot of room. Before you get a pet ferret, though, there are some things you should know.