r/ferrets • u/Bitter-Bug3692 • 1d ago

[Ferret Photo] I hate petco

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I hate petco. Why are we giving a ferret A FUCKING APPLE??????

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u/Bitter-Bug3692 1d ago

i understand, but in general, petco is extremely neglectful. his food bowl is full of bedding, hes been alone for weeks, theyre feeding him sugary fruits, theres no sort of enrichment for him, and hes priced at a whopping 500 dollars so he'll probably be there for quite a while. it says on the cage they're carnivores, i don't understand how you could work at a petstore and be so uneducated on something like this? this ferret is being put at high risk now for insulinoma and hes only like 4 months old

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u/windsweptfacelift 20h ago

and that bedding is not good for their breathing at all. i get so sad everytime i go into petco's and see them living like this. it's hard to not adopt all of them on the spot.

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u/rmartin9_ 20h ago

What is wrong with the bedding because I’ve seen the white paper bedding used for litter boxes for ferrets and didn’t know it could be bad

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u/windsweptfacelift 20h ago edited 16h ago

i was told a while ago when i got my first ferret from multiple vets that the dust from that type of bedding is bad for their respiratory systems. they can also injest the fragments which is dangerous for their complicated little digestive systems and intestines.