Reddit reviews Grizzly Omega Health for Dogs & Cats, Wild Salmon Oil/Pollock Oil Omega-3 Blend

PM aid a private message on here, no worries! Takes time to get the jargon if you’re new to reddit lol. And you’re very welcome, I know how much of an adjustment and commitment these animals are.

I’m glad he likes the yolk bc it’s a good healthy treat! They say once a week is good and during the shedding season (October-November in fall, March-May/June in spring) you can feed them yolk twice a week and it helps reduce hairball blockages.

I am also OCD and the smell is something I’ve been trying to work around. I have cage wipes and Kaytee Cage Cleaner and I use those whenever I feel is necessary. I have a playpen for mine and after they’re done playing and I go to work for the day I spritz it so it can dry and it helps the smell of their pen. For the cage, I use blankets/towels and I change them daily sometimes twice a day if they’re wet or smelly (mine love to tip their water bowl and get everything wet so there’s that)

I use care fresh for litter, I tried yesterday’s news for them, and I would use the pellets at the bottom and use care fresh at the top, (I felt the pellets weighed down the box so they would move it less) they ended up burrowing with the pellets more than using it for litter but when I would use pellet the pee would break it down so much it started smelling like ammonia. It was HORRIBLY STINKY, so I stopped using the yesterdays news and only use care fresh now, it honestly doesn’t smell that bad but I’ve read that walnut shavings (I would be careful if you do this and Deff look into it and make sure the walnut shavings are a good/safe brand meant for ferrets before just buying any old shells) help reduce smell tremendously. Something about the natural aroma and the ferret smells mask it well, that might be something to consider if the smell is bothersome for you. But just be really on top of cleaning the basics ! 3x a day I clean their litter and before I put them back in their cage I take everything out and clean up any water, food, amiss litter and all of that and honestly you can’t even tell I have ferrets when you walk into my room. I’ve also read an air purifier is a godsend for the smell as well (which might be something I have to do in the winter when my room is stuffier, I have my air conditioning on all day for them so I think that helps the air flow for my situation)

Hope all of that helps!

Edit: I should also add I vacuum at least twice a day around their cage too. I used to be more of a slob during my day to day basis but the ferrets have kept me on top of all their cleaning needs and I spend like an hour before work and 2 hours after work cleaning after them, so it’s like 3 hours a day I spend on making sure they live a perfect life lol, just a part of the beauty of having these lovely creatures sharing your home!


Edit 2: with the salmon oil what brand is it? There is a person on this sub who recommends a certain brand, grizzly omega, that animals up to 12 pounds can have half a pump of that one (details on amazon if you want to see for yourself I’ll link it here: Grizzly Omega Health for Dogs & Cats, Wild Salmon Oil/Pollock Oil Omega-3 Blend https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074N4XWVQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_n5krDbB4HAW8M)

If he hates it, he hates it! They are notoriously finicky eaters. I definitely need to buy a bottle bc my babies do not respond well to scruffing and my boy is very anxious about nail clipping and baths, so I need to distract him. You should see my hands, they are covered in scratches from his nails, my good friend is a vet tech and she has cut their nails for me about 2 weeks ago but she went on vacation and now I’m struggling bc I want to do it but I’m scared of hurting them ! Especially bc he’s fussy as heck