I have a Maximus problem!

by Geraldine Trobee
(Wenatchee, WA, )

Hi -- I have a Ferret named Maximus, Max for short. He is my first Ferret and I got him at 15 months (just got him too).

Daddy got Max for me cause he's gone for a really long time, sometimes all day and night, and I get real lonely.

Now Max is great and all but he smells bad and the lady Dad got him from said he's a true Canadian Ferret. I'm not sure what that's suppose to mean by much (I just started looking for answers & your site came up) and when she tried to get him descented they wouldn't.

I'm not sure what that was about. Is it that if they are true pure bred Canadian Ferrets they won't descent him? He is neutered though, (poor guy) and when I get to school, I smell funny and I'm not sure what I can do.

She had told Dad he can only have a bath once or twice a year, so is it the breed or whatever the ferret is, is what I'm limited to do?

He's a great friend though and do they eat frogs? I have a 9 year old blue white tree frog that I have had since she was a tadepole and I don't want him eating her or if they do.

He is my first ferret so I don't know too much, just the basic stuff. He's leashed trained and litter trained too.

If you can give me tips that would be awesome and well appreciated. I got him weighed and he came to 3.47 - is he suppose to be that big? He drags himself like a slinky or just slides around, instead of arching his back when he plays or walks. He has been that big since I got him about a week ago. Is that normal?

The lady gave him Alroy dog food which I'm weaning him off of cause they say dog food is not healthy for ferrets. It is bad for them, so I'm giving him boiled and rinsed chicken (I boil chicken breast and I rinse it so that there's not much icky oils an stuff to help make it healthier for him) and ferret food mixed with dry cat food that suppose to taste like chicken. Is that OK?

If you can get a hold of me at -- animaltrustonly_AT_yahoo_DOT_com -- I have more Q's needing A's.

I want to make my Dad proud that I can take care of him well, and to give Max a really happy life and to be a healthy ferret.