Fruits and vegetables may be offered in very limited quantities. It is not necessary to offer vitamins or vitamin-mineral supplements to your ferret as long as it is fed as outlined above. Your veterinarian may recommend these dietary supplements, however, under special circumstances or for aged ferrets. Fresh, clean water should be available at all times. Housing Ferrets must be confined within the home and when their activities cannot be adequately supervised.
Most ferrets prefer to sleep within a relatively small, enclosed area.
Wood shavings or a few towels can be used on the bottom of the enclosure. Ferrets are especially fond of tunneling under towels and prefer to sleep in this manner. The objectionable odor of pet ferrets is primarily the result of the influence of sex hormones on normal skin secretions. Consequently, castrating male and spaying female ferrets is usually sufficient to control this problem. It is usually done at around 8 months of age.