Excessive Grooming?

[whiskers387]

Ever since i put Whiskers in her new FN142 she has been excessively grooming herself. Could she maybe have gotten a disease from it? When i got it i hosed it down really well and scrubbed it but it had ferrets living in it before her.

Thanks.

 

[whiskers387]

Could she possibly be allergic to blue cloud cause i gave it to her for the first time like 10 minutes ago

 

[Claire D]

Can you define "excessively grooming"? Is she scratching all over or on a specific part of her body or just cleaning herself?

Chins do tend to groom quite a bit after a bath - it is perfectly normal.

 

[whiskers387]

Well this is the first time i gave her a dust bath in her cage, and this is the first time i saw her groom anywhere but her stomach or side, she is grooming everything she can touch like her tail etc.

 

[Claire D]

LOL she's making the most of her bath time by the sounds of it

 

[whiskers387]

Ok i was a little scared. So she sounds fine? I mean she was standing on her ledge for 5 minutes doing that, the most i have ever seen was a little stomach or side licking or rubbing her face, it REALLY scared me because i thought she coulda gotten a disease from the cage.

 

[addictedtochins]

I have 4 ferrets and they are rather smelly, I was thinking just maybe, even though you cleaned, she may smell the ferrets odor on herself.

 

[Claire D]

I think you can relax, whiskers, your chin just sounds like she is enjoying making herself clean