{"id":9770,"date":"2012-05-24T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/living-with-a-ferret-light-is-essential\/"},"modified":"2012-05-24T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T10:00:07","slug":"living-with-a-ferret-light-is-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/en\/living-with-a-ferret-light-is-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with a ferret: light is essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/hur%C3%B3n-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-744\" src=\"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/hur%C3%B3n--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a>Those who live with a <strong>ferret<\/strong> should take into account an issue that is fundamental for its development and that, if neglected, can cause our pet serious health problems. It is the <strong>photoperiod.<\/strong> Although humans are animals that have been losing this habit, ferrets, as photoperiodic animals that they are, govern their vital functions by the hours of light and darkness.<\/p>\n<p>If the ferret lives in a permanent state of luminosity, its organism will not be able to manufacture  <strong>melatonin<\/strong>a substance that controls their hormone level, and whose deficiency can lead to  <strong>serious medical problems<\/strong>  such as hyperplasia of the adrenal glands, or, in other words, disorders in sexual development which, on more serious occasions, can lead to cardiac arrhythmias and dehydration, and even cancer.<\/p>\n<h2>Precautions<\/h2>\n<p>In the wild, the <strong>ferret<\/strong> hides in its burrow and the sun serves as a clock to its own biology. But what about ferrets living in a house? Light, even if we don&#8217;t realize it, keeps altering our rhythms everywhere: not only electric light, but also television, computers, etc.<\/p>\n<p>To alleviate this constant brightness, try to have a cover or a blanket for your ferret&#8217;s cage, taking care, however, that it can breathe. Another option is to place boxes, houses, cubes or tubes as a cave for them to rest. It is also useful to lower the blinds of the place where you are.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrets need <strong>12 to 16 hours<\/strong> of continuous total darkness, whether they sleep or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who live with a ferret should take into account an issue that is fundamental for its development and that, if neglected, can cause our pet serious health problems. It is the photoperiod. 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