Please contact us at: (510) 579-1558 for more information about the Golden State Ferret Society for information about ferret care, information on local vets that care for ferrets or if you know of a ferret needing care or rescuing for any reason. If you have an emergency situation involving medical care for or pickup of a ferret please call:

For the Greater Bay Area, call: (510) 755-9532, (510) 583-0799, (510) 695-0512, or (510) 278-6274.

For the San Jose/Silicon Valley Area, call: 1-616-328-5711

For lost or found ferrets, please call and leave a detailed message as soon as possible. If you cannot get through please try our other numbers.

For confiscated ferrets (if your ferret has been taken by authorities) please let us know so we can contact rescue groups out of state to transport your ferret out of state.

Finding a lost ferret is not a lost cause, nor is it hard to help a found ferret. Lost ferrets will not bite you, just bring them inside and place in a large box with the top open or a carrier with some cat food and water temporarily. If you have trouble getting a ferret to come to you, squeak toys and whistling are usually good.

All information we receive is strictly confidential.


Click here to email our President, Vice President, or our Secretary

Or by the U.S. Postal Service:
P.O. Box 2856
Fremont, California 94536-0856

The following are three files that may be helpful to ferret folks. The first is for posting around your neighborhood in case you have lost one of your ferret friends.

The second you can use in case you find a ferret. Because ferrets are illegal in California, it is best that you call us to pick the ferret up for safe keeping until you can find the owner. That's why we don't put the word ferret on the FOUND posters. If you did you would have someone from Fish and Game knocking on your door. If for some reason you do not want to use your cell or home phone number as the contact number, we can provide one you can use. If you do find a ferret and you decide to keep it, please call us with any questions. We just want to be sure you feed it the right food and to answer any questions you may have.

If you decide that this ferret is not for you and you are not going to keep it, please don't just put it back outside and think it will make its way back home. Some neighborhood dog, red-tail hawk or even a raccoon will kill this helpless little critter. Call any of the ferret people listed on this website and we will come and take care of the ferret. Please remember: this animal cannot survive on its own! Thank you.

The third is to post in your home to alert people to free running ferrets that may attempt to reenact scenes from Born Free and make a break for the great outdoors. These are pdf files. We have a link to Adobe Acrobat to download their free reader for pdf files in case you don't have it already loaded on our Newletters Page.

 
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And finally...our Webmaster can be reached: Webmaster@goldenstateferretsociety.org