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===Office=== | ===Office=== | ||
*Office has two ferrets in a pen. [[Persephone]] with special needs and [[Morticia]] as her companion. | *Office has two ferrets in a pen. [[Persephone]] with special needs and [[Morticia]] as her companion. | ||
==Food/Water== | |||
*All ferrets are on a mixed blend of Ultimate Instinct Chicken / Wysong. | |||
:*This is typically mixed together in advance (both individual pour container and bulk container) for the smell to blend together but on the off chance that both run out, the individual containers are in the pet supply closet and a scoop from each. | |||
*Both an individual pour container as well as gallon refill jugs are in the pet room fridge. They should always get chilled water and preferably not from the tap to help regulate their temperature. | |||
:*The ferrets in the main habitat often dig some of the water out so both bowls are '''always''' needing topped off on each visit. | |||
==Medicine/Health== | |||
The temperature of the pet room should '''not''' exceed 70F. Windows should never be opened in the summer. During the winter the screened window can be opened to help chill the room if it gets too warm. | |||
===Morticia=== | |||
*Morticia has Adrenal and is well controlled with the implant. No concerns to note at this time. | |||
===Persephone=== | |||
*Persephone has Adrenal and Blood Sugar issues and she has the implant as well. She takes Prednisolone '''twice daily''' as well as a "dollop" of chicken baby food (found in pet room fridge) immediately after medicine. The food after the medicine is not only important to help augment the medicine but also to associate receiving medicine with eating "fun" food immediately after. | |||
:*Due to the taste of the medicine she will attempt to spit it out if it is not mixed with food. You should draw up the medicine first in a 1ml oral syringe and then fill the rest up with the chicken baby food. | |||
:*An open chicken baby food jar '''MUST BE THROWN OUT''' after 5 days of being open. New jars can be obtained from the pet room supply closet. Please indicate the date opened with the nearby sharpie. | |||
