Hi all i usually use drontal for my ferret but are there any other brands that are safe for him??

Thanks

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All the commercial ones are poisons IMO. I prefer Diatomaceous Earth.

Most on here will probably disagree though.

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I use a kitten wormer although unless mixing with other ferrets that do not belong to you or walking out on the street it is only necessary twice a year.
Marina

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Ooooooo...... i use DE on my bunnies' litter trays to keep flys off, and have been wondering to myself recently whether it would be a good snake mite solution, but not looked into it at all. How do you use it as a wormer? PM me if you'd rather keep it off thread!?

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You need to get the food grade stuff firstly, then just mix it into the animal feed. With ferrets, about a half teaspoon in with some chopped liver does the trick. If they get fussy, throw in a little ice cream or ferretone in with it. For a cat, double it (I add to a pouch of wet food).

Then use cheaper, non-food grade and dust it very lightly through their coat.

Not sure about snake mites I'm afraid. I think it probably would work, but would ask a good vet first.

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sorry - double post

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Thanks Barry, I'll give it a try. Hate using chemicals on anything if it can be avoided. How often do you treat them? Same frequency as the tablets or does it need to be more often?

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It really depends. I used to work them a lot back when I was a broke kid, and feed them pigeon, so would worm them very often. I don't have any currently, but last time they lived in the lap of luxury and went no-where near live food or wild caught stuff, so I did them about once a year, maybe twice.

Perhaps ask a vet, or post another question up here.

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