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Post by comadrejaloquita14 on Jan 17, 2011 14:31:54 GMT -5
When I first adopted Kahua she had god-aweful fur on her body (her tail was bald), body fur was so coarse and breakable and .. ugh it was bad. The first thing I did for the tail issue was get 8 in 1 ferretone skin and coat (http://www.petco.com/product/10622/8-in-1-FerreTone-Skin-and-Coat-Daily-Moist-Treat.aspx?CoreCat=FerretHPOnSale) Now if we click on ingredients we see that this is not very good stuff. At the time I was unaware of that. I also had her on Nutriphase gold high protein low fiber ferret formula, both things have been kicked out of her diet, quite a long while ago. She is on Zupreem GF and Evo cat (we've just cut out the last of the MF over the weekend, we were doing mix percentages) while we're switching her to raw. So is Mojito, who has big fluffy soft beautiful fur. Kahlua's fur.. its fluffy (the more meat she eats the fluffier it gets) but its not as soft as it was while I had her on the 8 in 1 treats + nutriphase, nor is it as soft as Mojitos. Her fur also used to be long, so long that my mom used to joke that MF must've been experimenting with Angora's when she was born. Honestly as soon as i took both Nutriphase and the 8 in 1 skin and coat out of her diet (so around the same time) It was almost an over night down grade. Her fur is not as corse as it was when she came home, though it is still corse, and its not as long as it was before- Is her body trying to tell me something? Is there a way I get the softness back to her coat with out putting dangerous substances into her? Mojito is eating the same thing and his coat hasnt changed  |
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Post by bluemoose on Jan 17, 2011 14:39:28 GMT -5
Try fish or salmon oil. Mine get daily doses of fish/salmon oil and extra virgin olive oil. The fish oil is great for omega-3s and promotes a healthy, shiny coat. The olive oil works as a natural hairball remedy.
Fish oil is also great for nail clipping. Most ferrets love fish oil so just put a bit on their belly to distract them and then clip away.
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Post by comadrejaloquita14 on Jan 17, 2011 15:07:40 GMT -5
Try fish or salmon oil. Mine get daily doses of fish/salmon oil and extra virgin olive oil. The fish oil is great for omega-3s and promotes a healthy, shiny coat. The olive oil works as a natural hairball remedy. Fish oil is also great for nail clipping. Most ferrets love fish oil so just put a bit on their belly to distract them and then clip away. Sweet, thank you! I will!! How much do you do use/how often? Also thanks for "Most ferrets love fish oil so just put a bit on their belly to distract them and then clip away" <-- that and the fact that I use ferretvite to convince Mojito to eat things he doesnt like, are the only reason i have ferretvite anymore. He likes sardines so maybe hell like this stuff enough that I wont have to have ferretvite at all anymore- WOOT X} |
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Post by bluemoose on Jan 17, 2011 15:17:38 GMT -5
I make a 25% fish oil, 25% salmon oil, 50% extra virgin olive oil mixture that I give every 1-2 days. Some ferrets don't like olive oil so I mix it with the fish. I give each ferret around 2 CCs of this mixture. You don't really need both fish and salmon oil. A mixture with 50% fish or salmon and 50% olive would work fine.
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Post by bluemoose on Jan 17, 2011 15:18:38 GMT -5
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Post by comadrejaloquita14 on Jan 17, 2011 15:28:08 GMT -5
Thank you so much, you are a doll! <3 |
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Post by comadrejaloquita14 on Jan 18, 2011 11:30:40 GMT -5
I hope you see this, I gave Kahlua a bath last night and afterwards her fur was super softer than its been in a while. Could it be oils or maybe fur thats shedding but not fallen out that is making it feel rough? Last time I gave her a bath was early december and I wasn't planning on giving her another so soon but Tequila was trying to play and he nudged her a little to hard causing her to fall face/chin first into her soup. She was pretty covered so I thought a bath was in order. I am still going to get them the oil but I was just wondering if the shedding could partly be at fault since she left a nice hair ring in the tub and she was way poofier and softer when she got out and dried off. |
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Post by bluemoose on Jan 18, 2011 13:17:18 GMT -5
Fur can definitely be coarser right before a shed so I wouldn't be surprised. You can also brush her daily to remove loose fur and distribute her oils.
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Post by comadrejaloquita14 on Jan 18, 2011 14:18:59 GMT -5
Fur can definitely be coarser right before a shed so I wouldn't be surprised. You can also brush her daily to remove loose fur and distribute her oils. Ive heard that, is it a particular kind of brush? I thought a soft-ish boar hair brush may do but I'm not sure.. This is her after the bath:   I need to bring my real camera downstairs- its in my car. Ive been taking pics with my itouch which takes great pics but not with the lighting in our apt  |
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Post by katt on Jan 19, 2011 13:05:04 GMT -5
A soft bristled brush works great.
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Post by bluemoose on Jan 19, 2011 18:10:18 GMT -5
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 19, 2011 20:21:02 GMT -5
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Post by comadrejaloquita14 on Jan 26, 2011 16:08:33 GMT -5
Thank you thank you everyone, hopefully we will be seeing a smoother more shiny coat soon! So you get the salmon oil at the health food store or will i have to order it online? Also, she has a "golish/orangy/yellow" stripe on her that seems to get darker/ more noticeable the longer she is on raw (we are going on three weeks, whoot!) You can kinda see it in the pics i had posted before but not incredibly well. Before her bowel issue started last night I took pics with my real camera where its more noticeable-   Im not worried at all, btw, I just think its kinda cool to see how much darker its gotten |
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 26, 2011 17:10:34 GMT -5
That's interesting  With a couple of my sables, they got a really rich, amberish undercoat after transitioning, but I never noticed it starting with a stripe! |
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Post by bluemoose on Jan 26, 2011 21:15:43 GMT -5
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