good ventilation – Manitoba Ferret Association

Congratulations. You are on your way to pick out your baby ferret. You will need to invest in a carrier to bring your baby ferret home. Ferrets grow very fast and that baby ferret at 6 or 7 weeks will be full grown size wise by 16 weeks or 4 months! So plan ahead and purchase a carrier that will be suitable for your full grown fuzzbutt!

Some carriers are not suitable even for a baby ferret of 6 or 7 weeks. There is not enough floor space and very poor ventilation.

suitable for a hamster; not big enough for a rat, guinea pig, hedge hog and definitely not big enough for a single ferret never mind 2 ferrets!

This is an inside view of the space your ferret would be forced to endure

The ventilation on the side and back is a tiny mesh and does not allow much air flow. Now cram 2 ferrets in there and the ferrets will overheat from being squished together. I know this from personal experience with 2 surrendered ferrets that went into heat exhaustion and almost died.

So, now you know not to purchase this carrier. If you have one or two ferrets but NO MORE than 2 ferrets the next carrier would be very suitable. Good floor space and best of all great ventilation!

Width is 7 1/2 to 8 inches, suitable for one or 2 ferrets

hard plastic carrier suitable for 2 ferrets, good ventilation

hard plastic carrier for 2 ferrets, back view

Hard plastic carrier suitable for 2 ferrets, inside view

Hard plastic carrier suitable for 2 ferrets, 16 inches in length

Hard plastic carrier suitable for 2 ferrets, width is 8 and half inches

Hard plastic carrier suitable for 4 ferrets, has great ventilation

Hard plastic carrier suitable for 4 ferrets, back view showing great ventilation

Hard plastic carrier suitable for 4 ferrets, length of 18 1/2 inches

Hard plastic carrier suitable for 4 ferrets, width is 14 inches

This is a what ferret owners call their travel cage. Sold as a critter cage; ferret owners, can put in a litter box, food and water clamp on dishes and they can hang a hammock as well. Suitable for an outing for 2 or 3 ferrets! Have more than 3 ferrets? There are several sizes of critter cages that easily fit in the back seat of a car and are very portable.

view of travel cage with blanket and litter box

Travel cage suitable for 2 or 3 ferrets; length is 23 1/2 inches

travel cage suitable for 2 or 3 ferrets; width is 15 inches

You will notice I have not shown carriers made of cloth with plastic mesh. We have found ferret owners complain that the cloth carriers do not retain their shape. Worst of all, a bored ferret can easily chew the plastic mesh and escape into the car.

Bottom line is that you want the largest carrier possible so that your ferrets have plenty of ventilation and will not overheat.