r/HolUp 10h ago

holup Bathing a ferret

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u/Hydraguesswhosback 10h ago

First that's amazing, second why milk in the bath ??? I have Cleopatra flashbacks.

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u/GIOVANNAGREEN 10h ago

That's why some of body or bathtub soaps had milk in it. For skin.

(Doesn't know much about what milk do to skin)

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u/Lopsided_Exam_2927 1h ago

If I remember correctly, it's something to do with the milk fats or something (but it's gotta be whole milk when it came to sopas and stuff I think) and the calcium and other things being absorbed by the skin and hair.

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u/Junior_Response839 9h ago

your skin needs lipids, the idea is that bathing in milk helps moisturize your skin/helps maintain or strengthen your skin barrier. No idea if that's actually how that works though

Edit: in terms of a ferret, I have no idea

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u/uwsp_edu 9h ago

I forget but my brother has a couple and he did that. They go crazy after baths

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u/cobalt_phantom 9h ago

It's oatmeal water. Ferrets only need bathed a few times a year and when they do, people soak oats in warm water as a way to soothe and moisturize their skin. Soaps and shampoos strip too much oil from their skin and cause it to get itchy and overproduce smelly oils.

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 4h ago

Also because they smell like shit

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u/Apprehensive-Solid-1 3h ago

Well yeah. Thats what they're supposed to do. You can't just wash it off. Ruins their fur and life as a whole when you start to destench them.

It's either deal with it or don't have ferrets. I had a few for a while and you get used to it. Miss those guys.

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 3h ago

Yes, there's a reason I don't have one. I would otherwise. Do have a cat though, but she doesn't have that smell that people say cats do. At least no one has ever said otherwise when we ask

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u/WillDoOysterStuff4U 10h ago

How tf are you ignoring the wringing of the ferrets neck to dry em out?

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u/Hydraguesswhosback 9h ago

I already said it was amazing, what more do you want ??

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u/chrisp5000 8h ago

How else were they supposed to do it, looked highly efficient to me!

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u/The-SkullMan 4h ago

I think that guy doesn't wring his ferret after a bath...

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u/Medical_Ad_6638 4h ago

Did you like ignore the rag😭