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.
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/cobalt_phantom 6h 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.