I decided to post this here so that the ferret elite wouldn't ream me for it.
I don't vaccinate my ferrets. Unless you keep your ferrets outside and have a lot of wild animals running around, they aren't going to get it. I asked 5 ferret vets in my area and none of them have EVER seen distemper OR rabies in a ferret, and 3 of them don't even recomend vaccinating. The companies that make the vaccines have a lot of bull too, they claim you need them every year, but studies show that they don't wear off for something like 3-5 years. How are they going to make money if people aren't getting their pets vaccinated?
My ferrets get a vaccine when they are very small while still in the hands of the people that breed them, and as far as I can tell, that's all they need.
I take them around with me, but I don't let strange dogs meet them or anything.
My point is that in 15 years of owning and rescuing ferrets, I've never seen distemper or rabies in ferrets, and neither have the vets I've talked to. The vets having been vets much longer.
Sooo... unless you are planning on leaving them unattended outdoors for extended periods of time where feral foxes, cats, and dogs live, I wouldn't worry about distemper or rabies.
I decided to post this here so that the ferret elite wouldn't ream me for it.
I don't vaccinate my ferrets. Unless you keep your ferrets outside and have a lot of wild animals running around, they aren't going to get it. I asked 5 ferret vets in my area and none of them have EVER seen distemper OR rabies in a ferret, and 3 of them don't even recomend vaccinating. The companies that make the vaccines have a lot of bull too, they claim you need them every year, but studies show that they don't wear off for something like 3-5 years. How are they going to make money if people aren't getting their pets vaccinated?
My ferrets get a vaccine when they are very small while still in the hands of the people that breed them, and as far as I can tell, that's all they need.
I take them around with me, but I don't let strange dogs meet them or anything.
My point is that in 15 years of owning and rescuing ferrets, I've never seen distemper or rabies in ferrets, and neither have the vets I've talked to. The vets having been vets much longer.
Sooo... unless you are planning on leaving them unattended outdoors for extended periods of time where feral foxes, cats, and dogs live, I wouldn't worry about distemper or rabies.
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