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More like a few drops of baby oil in a sink full of water to help moisturize. You don't want to dunk your whole ferret in it. It also works well for cleaning ears, a very slight amount of baby oil on a cotton swab and clean out the ear area carefully. Also, it can be used straight on to get out mats and any sticky stuff in the fur.

Really though, in the long run, a good diet is the best way to improve a ferret's odor. Diets too high in fiber or consisting of meat-meals or biproducts instead of real meat almost always cause an increase in odor, but you are right, bathing more than once every month or so is going to also cause dry skin and an increase in odor. Though, if you have ferrets like my four, frequency of bathing usually depends on what they've gotten into recently. Regardless, ferrets do have a distinctive odor... so do dogs for that matter.

When they get fixed, it is not uncommon for ferrets to also have their anal scent glands removed. This does not stop their generalized musky odor which comes from their normal skin secretions. It merely stops their ability to 'spray' somewhat like a skunk does - which most ferrets don't really do anyway.

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