Ferret First Aid Kit

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Ferret First Aid Kit

  • Cotton Buds
  • Gauze swabs / cotton wool
  • Digital thermometer (Normal temperature of a ferret 102° F)
  • Water based lubricant (KY)
  • Iodine based wound cleanser (Betadine, Providine, Tamodine, etc.)
  • A small fleecy blanket
  • Savlon Cream
  • Tweezers
  • Vitamon/Nutritional supplement (Ferretvite, etc.)
  • Glucose syrup
  • Your ferret’s medical history
  • Your vets phone number
  • Any medications your ferret is on

Useful stuff to have to hand

  • Heat pad (microwavable snugglesafe/wheat bags)
  • Highly palatable semi solid / liquid feed (Oxbow carnivore care, Royal Canin Waltham recovery diet, Hill’s, etc.) and feeding syringes
  • Small curved, blunt ended scissors
  • Gauze bandages
  • Lollipop sticks
  • Sterile saline wound wash (e.g. Stericlens)
  • Small secure box to transport ferret to veterinary surgery (preferably top opening)

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