Does anyone here have ferrets?

[slackwater514]

To my knowledge, ferrets don't run wild in this area - was it caught in this area? If so, it was probably just someone's pet gone astray or worse yet, released...

Originally posted by RoseRed
If you found them on the side of the road, perhaps they were wild and didn't thrive in a non-wild environment? Just a thought...

Nah they don't survive in the wild around here, I can't remember the reason off hand I think it is the cold in the winter ???? maybe, But I suspect that someone dumped the poor fellow because it was nuetered and descented also.

The female I actually purchased when she was about 10 weeks old. She lived for 8 or nine years

[yoddle]

She was the best ferret ever.

[Jimbo]

One of mine developed this horrible habbit of checking on me while I slept. She would scurry up onto my chest and hover over my face to see if I was breathing, and occasionally she would decide to give my eyelids a bath.

I now know I can go from Deep REM sleep to Full-On, Wide Awake, Super-Adrenelin charged conciousness in about .034 seconds.

As much as I hated that, I miss those little gurls. They were the best pets I've had, and I've had quite a few. They need a buddy, so if you don't want another ferret, I recommend a kitten. Cats and ferrets can get along like peas and carrots if they grow up together. Alas, one died by Doggie, the other eventually by Adrenal gland cancer, which reminds me;

Anybody with a ferret should definatly check out Timmy's Tonic
Its not really a cure for the cancer, but a vitiman recipie \ diet advice that helps reduce \ prevent it. Its a free recipie, or you can actually order the stuff. After watching my ferret "Snarf" slowly loose all of her hair, get lethargic and dwindle away, I can tell you its a horrible thing, and it still eats at me when I think about it.

[slackwater514]

Hey, Jim! I didn't know you were on here! Go figure...I frequent these posts every (work) day, and today here you are (well, in the BB that I roam, anyway)! You'll have to get ferrets again someday - I want to, but I'm not allowed :( - one critter (other than snakes) where the line is drawn for my personal menagerie...