Pictures of ferrets

Welcome to the Rainbow Bridge of South West Ferret Rescue.
Here we hope to show ferrets that it has been our privilege to have known but have been sadly removed from our care. We hope they are all happy and waiting to see us again over the rainbow bridge

Tango has now passed over the rainbow bridge having finally succumbed to all the abuse she received early in the life.

Snags was the other ferret, along with Nobby, still in our care with teeth problems. He had one tooth outside his mouth but the other was digging into his top lip just like his brother. He had some dental work done and we hope this has resolved the problem. Waiting to be re homed with his brother Nobby. Both were in a very good home for 2 years 10 months but the family broke up and they came back here to us. Born March 2003.

One of a pair (Milo and Slush) that came because their owner could no longer keep them. This one is very old but still full of fun. He looks a bit strange doing the weasel war dance as he is getting a bit stiff in the joints but does not care how silly he looks just gets on and has a good jump around. Possibly 8 years old.

Dracula has gone to the Rainbow bridge to join his sister Amazon. Amazon had a big problem with Lymphoma and despite medication passed away in October. Dracula I now think was probably upset due to the length of Amazon's illness and he never seemed to recover. Still wanted to beat up the others but got very listless and passed on late November.

It is with a very heavy heart that we have to announce that Topsie has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. Our longest resident she was over 9 years old when she passed away.

Here we have Flash and Pew who came to us in a party of nine from north Cornwall. Flash was so named for her instant desire to "flash" over to a strange ferret and try to subdue it. Pew was at first thought to be blind due to her ability to walk into things and her penchant to bite when touched. Pew was from "Blind Pugh" the spelling from the comic strip "Footrot Flats". Both have now passed over the rainbow bridge.

Clyde had been returned to us along with Frodo who has since been re homed. Clyde had an accident with a 3 inch thick concrete block which fell of a wall onto his back. Well as you can imagine I was distraught and rushed him off to the vet. He was kept in for a week during which time he had X-Rays, both dorsal an lateral but there was absolutely no signs of injury. The only thing was bladder stones. He was back with us for about a week when he started passing blood so off to the vet to get them removed and now he is recovered and living with Max. It's difficult to realize what happened to him when he and Max are leaping around the garden. Unfortunately complications arose which had nothing to do with the accident but although showing no signs of any problems other than an a swelling, a biopsy indicated that there were problems unrelated to his accident. It was thought that euthanasia was prudent and we are now awaiting the autopsy to find out what had gone wrong.

Our very first ferret, purchased from a pet shop in Falmouth. She was very young and under nourished and had very little energy. That was the reason for her name as she would tear around the floor and then just fold up her legs and stop. Always a good sleeper, it was possible at any time to just pick her up and lay her in the crook of your arm and she would just "switch off".
Rodney was the reason for getting into rescue, at the time we used to be on the books for snake rescue and one day when the RSPCA came to do a check, noticed the ferret and we promptly received our first official rescue.

Rodney (named after Del Boys brother) doing what she liked best.

Brains. Our first rescue (see above). She was of unknown age but under 1 year old and during her stay suffered from growths all over her body. Unfortunately there was no ferret aware vets in our area (I tried them all) so then treatment was as much for the vet's as for the ferret. Her short life was very happy and as an anecdote when I drove into the driveway she would hear me and by the time I opened the front door would be coming down the stairs or already at the door waiting for me.

Brains proving that she could sleep as good as Rodney could.

Mabel came to us via a local vet. She had one damaged eye and was so heavily in season she could barely walk and was very infected. She had her left eye removed, was spayed and became a firm favorite with us.

Ugly. Came to us via the RSPCA and was in a terrible mess, no tail, damaged skull and so thin you could count the ribs from across the room, in fact he was so ugly that there was no problem with the name. He became a super ferret but was never the brightest and Barrel used to tease him unmercifully.

Barrel was our next rescue, got her name because of the symmetrical distance between either front to rear or left to right. She was full of energy, though waddled rather than ran, and never ate a lot. Her history was unknown but it was probably bad as she would take every opportunity to bite, and bite hard. This was my first introduction to a bad ferret and it took about three months before I could trust her not to bite at all. In the end she was so laid back it was like a different animal.

Dusty was next and was a super ferret. The only problem we had was her ability to problem solve. We watched her one day climb the wire inside the pen, get in through the open window, climb along a 2 inch wide ledge inside the shed, for about four feet and get out of the open top half of the stable door. She had very good homing instincts and on occasion we found her outside the pen waiting to go back in.

Dippy was a permanent resident of ours who had been a guest here for five years. He was found by a work mate when he got into her house (through the cat flap) and started to beat-up on her dog. Beautiful temperament but suffered from skin tumour's, had many operations to remove various lumps. After several years with us he finally passed over the Rainbow Bridge.

Teddy was a silver mitt sable who had been with us for a long time. Very poorly at first due to a dog attack, he had a large amount of skin damage down his back, but gradually recovered to become our 'ambassador' when we went to shows. His temperament was perfect and he never once made any attempt to bite, even after several hours of attention from children. Passed over the Rainbow bridge.

Princess and Majestic having a little snooze before the next meal. Princess came to us from the RSPCA and was in very poor condition, requiring a drip to combat dehydration. She was a permanent resident as she would never be completely well. Majestic was one of the nine from North Cornwall and the only ferret that princess would tolerate. Both have passed over the Rainbow bridge.

" My name is Kitten and I am now a permanent member of the family. I have been rehomed twice before but could not get on with the other ferrets. Mum and dad say I really need a single ferret home but after all I've been through they are going to keep me by myself. I am very happy but please dad can I have the bowl a bit closer?"

She had in her time with us many problems and had her spleen removed as well as part of her cheek. Hopefully at peace over the Rainbow Bridge.

Jules had been a long term resident at our centre, he was Topsies only real friend. In general good health but we had no idea of his age, judging by the signs (teeth, condition) he was probably 6 years old.

Bright Eyes trying to look all innocent, which she can do very easily. Of unknown age she and her companion, Lady, came to us as unwanted pets. Both are under size and so light that it is a worry picking them up in case you break something. As it turns out that is just our worry as the pair of them were absolutey mad when they are let out of the court to run around the garden. Bright Eyes wanted to be a car mechanic because no matter what I do she always got into the garage.