TriFL Meetings and Healthy Ferrets

Attending a TriFL meeting with your ferret can be a lot of fun. Everyone at the meetings enjoys watching the fuzzies interact and play. And who doesn't enjoy meeting new ferrets? We'd like to ask that everyone take a few precautions that will help allow us to continue to have meetings open to ferrets. TriFL cannot guarantee that all ferrets brought to meetings will be free of disease.

ECE, or Green Slime
Nobody would knowingly bring an ill ferret to a ferret club meeting. Most ferrets in our area have not been exposed to ECE. Ferrets who have had ECE can recover fully and become carriers who can pass this disease along to other ferrets. Kits are especially likely to make a speedy recovery from ECE and become carriers. Older or weakened ferrets are at a greater risk of an extremely serious bout of ECE, and these are the ferrets that are at a greater risk of actually dying from the disease. If you suspect your ferret has had ECE at some point, even if they are completely recovered, please do not bring them to a meeting. If you have questions about ECE, please check out the links on our medical page.
ADV, or Aleutian Disease Virus
ADV is of critical concern to the ferret community right now. It is an insidious virus that is contagious; ferrets can apepar healthy and still be carriers capable of passing the virus along. The good news is that affordable testing is available. Ferrets visiting TriFL meetings should be ADV negative. When possible, quick saliva tests will be on-hand. For more information on ADV, including ADV testing, please check out the links on our medical page.
Other Concerns
All ferrets brought to meetings should be healthy and need to have current vaccinations against canine distemper and rabies. They should also be non-aggressive, and owners should bring a carrier, food, water, and a litter pan with them.

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