Blood Transfusions for Ferrets

Ferrets don’t have different blood groups so it's possible for any healthy ferret to donate blood; however males are usually the preferred choice of donor as they are larger.

Ferrets can safely donate 1% of their body weight so, for example, a large ferret weighing about 900g can donate around 9mls of blood.

I know when Scully was hemorrhaging, the vet asked me to get Chucky as they were going to try and transfer blood from him to her but for some reason they chose not to do that at the last minute.

You can read more on Blood Transfusions for ferrets on these sites ...

Blood Transfusions in Ferrets (FIRST)

Clinical Techniques in Ferrets by Heidi L. Hoefer, DVM (scroll down to Blood Transfusion)

Transfusion (Schalm's Veterinary Hematology) by Bernard F. Feldman, Joseph G. Zinkl, Oscar William Schalm

DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this page is not meant to replace seeing a veterinarian if you think your ferret is ill. It’s only meant to supply general information on a particular illness which was obtained either from personal experience with my sick ferrets, or from books and/or the Internet.

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