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TRICKS AND TREATS RESCUE is not accepting new intakes at this time due to reconstruction of H. Ike damage When our rebuild construction is complete we will again be open for new intakes

Fall 2010 IS IN FULL SWING
Please consider making your pet a full family member
Pets are not disposable
Teach your Children that pets are a commitment
Not something to ignore, neglect or abuse
A Forever Commitment!
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Who We Are

Tricks and Treats Rescue is a private pet rescue dedicated to the education of anyone who wants to learn about dogs and ferrets and their care.
We ask that anyone wanting to adopt a pet first learn about proper care before requesting an adoption application.




Our Featured Pets..


Every single pet we have right now has come from a home where the pet was abandoned - left on his or her own to die. See our adoptable list to see whose life was discarded like so much trash.

You can help us save these ignored sweet souls with a small donation to our needy-pet fund through PayPal.com. To help buy food, or pay for vet care, PLEASE send a donation to ferretfrenzy@yahoo.com

NEWS

Our main structure was severely damaged by Hurricane Ike in the early morning hours of Sept 13, 2008. It has been a very long, very hard haul, but we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for Recovery.

Good Treats for both dogs and ferrets are MEAT treats. Try chicken wings or turkey necks for a tasty snack and a bit of tarter removal from their teeth. A tasty treat for your fuzzies is a meat product. Try making this

Chicken Smoothie for your fuzzies...

Boil some chicken in lightly salted water;
  • When tender and cool pull the meat off the bone and place, along with lots of chicken broth and liquid fat from the cooking process, into a food processor cup or blender jar;
  • add about 1 - 2 tablespoonsfull of ferretvite (or ferretone) to every 1 to 1 1/2 half cups of chicken and
  • process/blend until you have a milkshake smooth mixture...
  • Add broth and fat as needed to maintain moist environment and to reach the smooth stage.
    If your ferrets already know the joy of licking up this concoction put some in a bowl and ring the dinner bell. If they don't -- try this... Hold your ferret like a football with your non-dominant hand/arm, and with your other hand scoop a bit of the blended chicken mixture onto a finger and hold gently under your ferret's nose/mouth area. (Do not shove this stuff up his nose - he will NOT thank you)
    Now, if you get a poor response, which would be actions like wiggling, twisting, intense clawing to get down, shredding and flaying of all exposed skin (yours) with his teeth, attempts to roll over and scream intensely, or fainting, then just let your ferret look at the glob on your finger, sniff it, and then sniff the mixture in the bowl.
    After he has had a chance to sniff the chicken mixture, gently try again... if he again reacts uncooperatively, use the thumb and forefinger on your "football" hand and gently pry open his mouth. Quickly place the glob (gee I hope it's small or you're going to wear most of it) in his mouth.. gently hold his head with his nose pointing at about 2 Oclock or if you're left handed maybe 11 O'clock. Place your thumb and index finger tips together creating an O and place this over his muzzle.. this is to try to keep him from opening his mouth and flinging the meat everywhere. If you managed to get some of this mixture to stay in his mouth and he actually swallowed it, great!... now try again and again and again... between every second or third force feeding let him sniff and lick. When he has decided that you are not trying to poison him and that he does like boiled chicken and vitamins -- QUIT FORCE FEEDING HIM and let him lick it up himself. Oh and this should be done with all ferrets - sick, injured, and healthy... that way when someone does get sick or has surgery, you already have him liking the stuff and you won't have him tearing his stitches fighting you, who, of course, is only trying to save his life.


    If you have any other questions please call 713-472-6599 to discuss a pet's needs and care procedures.

    Tricks and Treats Rescue
    Greater Houston/Galveston, TX
    Phone: 713-472-6599
    Email: ferretfrenzy@yahoo.com



    So you want a ferret? But you don't know what a ferret really is or how to care for one.
    But you really love animals and a ferret looks like so much fun!
    Some people God made just for ferrets!
    Lets See If That's You!!
    1) Ferrets are obligate carnivores! They are MEAT eaters and need special diets! Even high quality cat foods don't offer enough of certain nutrients (i.e. taurine).
    They need a GOOD QUALITY ferret food to be healthy.
    Also, with a fast metabolism, they need access to food and clean water 24-7 (bowls are best with back-up bottles hung over the bowls) - all of the time!
    2) Ferrets are extremely intelligent. You DO want to keep your ferret mentally stimulated.
    Also, many ferrets end up dead or in rescues because not enough care was taken to keep them from escaping.
    But - ferrets are NOT cage animals.
    If you can't guarantee at least 4 hours per day, everyday, for your ferret to get out of a cage to socialize, then a ferret is not the best choice of a pet for you. Their intelligence has been measure to a level with chimpanzees. It gets BORING in a cage, but you must watch them when they are out.

    3) Ferrets are quick and sneaky, sneaky, sneaky!!! Again they get out fast - and easily. HOW?
    a. Open doors not watched every second they are open. Children. visitors,and workmen often inadvertently let ferrets out. Dogs, cats, cars, kids, wild animals, even the non-animal caring humans can seriously hurt a ferretl!
    b. Open windows. Those screens are absolutely NO PROBLEM! Scratch, slice.. gone!
    c. Indoor clothes dryer exhaust hoses = same as a window screen. GONE AGAIN!
    d. Taken out with the garbage or the laundry.

    4) Ferrets are social animals not solitary animals. Two are better than one, and a lot more FUN.

    5) Ferrets are indoor animals. They barely tolerate temps over 80 F and they will die of heat-stroke in prolonged temps over 85 F.

    6) Ferrets will use litter boxes, please keep it clean by scooping several times a day! Large corner boxes!

    7) Ferrets do get diseases and illnesses. Most of these can be handled with medications and/or surgery; but medications can be required for years and surgery can be expensive. Make sure you can afford to get a pet medical help before you get that pet. FERRET HEALTH CARE! right click to get back

    8) Toys need to be strong. Take a ferret toy tester (staple remover) and tear at a toy. If the staple remover tears pieces off the toy then a ferret can and it is not a good toy.

    9) Shuffle your feet when walking to make sure you do'nt step on a ferret. They get in and under anything on the floor. A cloth item on the floor is a bed to a ferret.

    10) NEVER take laundry to the washing machine without shaking every single piece to make sure your fuzzy isn't clinging inside.

    11) Other sites www.ferret.org, www.ohioferret.org, www.miamiferret.org, ferretcentral.org

    12) Good books? Ferrets for Dummies or Pet Ferret's Owner's Manual by Dr Judith Bell

    Any questions? Please ask us. We love to talk FERRET!



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