Here at ferrets of new england we are proud of our facility. All of our ferrets are members of the family.

All of our hobs are housed singly in 21/2ft x 3ft bi-level cages with solid plastic bottoms. They have plenty of space for there food, water, litter box, hammocks, sleep sacks, and toys. They enjoy time out of there cages every day in our play pens and we place tubes, dig boxes and other fun items in the play pen to keep them physically and mentally stimulated. We rotate the toys in the play pen on a regular basis to try and prevent boredom. All breeding hobs must be housed separately because they will fight and can injury themselves or other ferrets. Keeping them apart is the only way to ensure there safety and well being.

Our jills are housed in several very large multi leveled cages. This allows them more freedom to choose where to sleep and who to play with. They have access to a multitude of toys, games, sleeping hammocks, cubes, tubes, etc.. We rotate the toys in the cages weekly to try to stave off boredom. We match our jills' personality to the group that they will be kept with. The jills get out every day to run in my kitchen and eating area. This space has been ferret proofed and they can play to there hearts content. This is our favorite time of day; playing with our furry family.  It is not only fun but relaxing to watch their silly antics and funny ways; it makes all the hard work worth it.

Our breeding pairs are carefully picked to improve conformation, health and personality. Once a Jill is pregnant she is given a supplementary jill mash and weighed regularly. About 2 weeks before the due date she is moved into a birthing cage, she is provided with clean water, dry food, mash, litter box and a nest box or mommy sack. At this time she still gets a chance to run in one of the play pens every day. We place a baby monitor near the cage in case of a night birth. Not all births require our assistance, but it is important to monitor the jills progress to be able to determine if medical intervention is needed. The Jills and kits will stay in that cage until about 8-9 weeks.  The jill and kits continue to get there mash and  once they become mobile and there eyes open, lots of hands on love from us. Towards the end of this time they all get some time out of the cage in one of our kit play pens. 

All of our ferrets have access to clean food and water. Their litter boxes are scooped daily and completely changed weekly. We handle our ferrets daily this allows us to check for any possible medical problems and evaluate overall health.  We are a small breeder and enjoy getting our hands on them every chance we get and give them love, kisses and treats of course.

We encourage anyone who may be interested in getting one of our kits to make an appointment to come and visit our facility. Playing with them and seeing the care involved in owning a ferret will help you decide if this is the right pet for you.