am thinking about getting a ferret

nikki81 · 25-02-2013, 05:20 PM

am thinking about getting a ferret has anyone any experience with them do they make good pets?

pagan queen · 25-02-2013, 05:26 PM

I know they need lots of space but apparently they make good pets.

EJ · 25-02-2013, 05:45 PM

They are cool animals... very smelly and need to be bathed often... which they don't like. They are hunters related to cats and act as such. When they play they can get rough. They have clean habits in that they can be trained to use a cat/litter box to do their business. They can be very frisky.

I used to feed mine the occasional mouse for the fun of it. They really love it but I'm sure that wouldn't be looked upon well in your neck of the woods. They used to be used as mousers in the UK.

I love em but can't keep em where I live unless they are neutered.

They are not for the faint of heart. They are totally wired.

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Originally Posted by nikki81

am thinking about getting a ferret has anyone any experience with them do they make good pets?

Fred123 · 25-02-2013, 09:27 PM

We had some when I was a child and all I can remember is the smell...... they stink. In later years we had sugar gliders and had a similar problem

pagan queen · 25-02-2013, 09:53 PM

I have a childhood memory of Ferrets. A friend had some and took me into his garden to show me. All I remember is the stench and that there were maggots everywhere in the hutch. Obviously they hadn't been cleaned out enough but it put me off them.

EJ · 25-02-2013, 10:26 PM

They are wild animals no matter how much you think they domesticated. They can be a great deal of fun if you know what you are getting into.

rocio · 28-02-2013, 02:17 PM

I had a ferret in the UK. he was a beautiful golden,honey colour and as I got him as a weanling he became very tame and never,ever bit. He had a large cage in the garden and I used to feed him on road kill---rabbit, pheasant that sort of thing. I bought him a small harness and would take him out for walks in the woods with my german shepherds who had accepted him as another human failing in the pet department. He loved these walks. I also allowed him in the house daily and he was great fun to watch, never still unless it was time for a cuddle on my lap. He had a great "nose" and could smell food on the kitchen counters and would rush about trying to find a way up to get at it. He loved water and would put his whole head under the water in a bowl to try and get hold of a toy on the bottom. Ferrets do smell,it's their glands. Also being fed a natural diet tended to make his cage smell no matter how clean I kept it.but he was clean in the house and would use a litter tray in the kitchen which he'd run to if he needed to go. I loved him dearly. A male ferret,neutered is the best to go for as females,I believe, tend to become ill if they are not mated. Great pets but you need an understanding set of parents or partner if you are thinking of having one. They need lots of stimulation and things to do and a big cage and you need to forgive their smell which is akin to male goat in its intensity!!

sa123 · 01-03-2013, 01:59 PM

I do think the smell would put me of , unless i lived on a farm and they were way down the garden , but lots of people do have them as pets , the females are a bit like female cats if you dont get them done, they can become very ill and die if not mated .

nikki81 · 01-03-2013, 10:14 PM

The smell has put me off because it will have to live in the house they do sound like they make nice pets they just need to not smell

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25-02-2013, 09:53 PM	#5
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	I have a childhood memory of Ferrets. A friend had some and took me into his garden to show me. All I remember is the stench and that there were maggots everywhere in the hutch. Obviously they hadn't been cleaned out enough but it put me off them. __________________ 1.0.1 TG Ibera 1.0.0 Chinese Frise dog 0.1.0 African Grey Parrot 0.1.0 Hahns Macaw 0.1.0 Pearly Conure 0.2.0 Guinea Pigs 0.2.0 Chickens 1.0.0 Bearded Dragon 7.4.0 Budgies 1.1.0 Cockatiels 1.3 Kids 1 Husband

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sa123 Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Dorset Posts: 150	hi I do think the smell would put me of , unless i lived on a farm and they were way down the garden , but lots of people do have them as pets , the females are a bit like female cats if you dont get them done, they can become very ill and die if not mated . __________________ Horsefields Pygmy Hedgehogs babies ready now

25-02-2013, 09:27 PM	#4
Fred123 Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 407	We had some when I was a child and all I can remember is the smell...... they stink. In later years we had sugar gliders and had a similar problem

28-02-2013, 02:17 PM	#7
rocio Member Hatchling Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 595	I had a ferret in the UK. he was a beautiful golden,honey colour and as I got him as a weanling he became very tame and never,ever bit. He had a large cage in the garden and I used to feed him on road kill---rabbit, pheasant that sort of thing. I bought him a small harness and would take him out for walks in the woods with my german shepherds who had accepted him as another human failing in the pet department. He loved these walks. I also allowed him in the house daily and he was great fun to watch, never still unless it was time for a cuddle on my lap. He had a great "nose" and could smell food on the kitchen counters and would rush about trying to find a way up to get at it. He loved water and would put his whole head under the water in a bowl to try and get hold of a toy on the bottom. Ferrets do smell,it's their glands. Also being fed a natural diet tended to make his cage smell no matter how clean I kept it.but he was clean in the house and would use a litter tray in the kitchen which he'd run to if he needed to go. I loved him dearly. A male ferret,neutered is the best to go for as females,I believe, tend to become ill if they are not mated. Great pets but you need an understanding set of parents or partner if you are thinking of having one. They need lots of stimulation and things to do and a big cage and you need to forgive their smell which is akin to male goat in its intensity!!

01-03-2013, 10:14 PM	#9
nikki81 Member Hatched Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester,uk Posts: 363	The smell has put me off because it will have to live in the house they do sound like they make nice pets they just need to not smell __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/turtlenikki/ 0.2.0 Red Foots george and freda 1.0.0 Rusty dog R.I.P 0.1.0 Mice R.I.P gus gus 0.1.0 guinea pig piglet

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