Advice please, my daughter has a ferret that is sneezing, has diarrhea and generally lethargic,he is 9 weeks old.
The people they had him off were feeding him on cat food !! Any suggestions what could be wrong with him? Thanks

I can't give any advice other than take the animal to a vet. They will know what to do.

second vote for a vet

but cat food is actually fine for a ferret, ferret foods are a relatively new thing, before this came about ferrets were fed commonly on road kill or cat food as their needs are very similar, almost identical to a cats.

ferrets can contract canine distemper
sneezing, lethargy and diarrhoea can be symptoms of this.

or it could be a cold, or flu.
being so young i would get him to the vet ASAP. it may not be anything quite so serious, but such a young animal with diarrhoea can get into trouble very quickly.

Thanks for your responses,
I never knew they could get distemper.
My daughter is taking him to vet .
Thanks again.

That's good to hear. Please come back and tell us how he gets on.

Aw hope he is ok. They are gorgeous friendly wee creatures, love them.

Hope he's ok, I love my 2 house ferrets Fatty and Nippy!, just checking you haven't been giving him cows milk?

Any update?

Ferrets can also contract the common cold - in fact they're used in labs because of that

So do we get to hear what happened to the poorly ferret, or has the OP gone away?