Has anyone ever had a ferret? Whats their temperment like? Are they dirty? do they bite? ....ect
Most would kill small animals if given the opportunity, but the food most pet ferrets eat comes right out of a bag.Originally Posted by Roimata
Oh odd. I also read that they eat mice and rabbits and other things....I couldnt feed any animal that, thats horrible
I could image with 4 rats that the smell would be hard to control. I only have one and I use the fluffy recycled paper bedding and she gets a bath now and then.Originally Posted by CrazyBird
I just lost my ferret Monday, to adrenal disease, insulinoma, and ulcers. And I miss her terribly.
She was between 7-8 years old, and on medications for almost a year. Costly vet visits, tests, relatively inexpensive to treat insulinoma but a pain in the wallet to pay for the lupron for adrenal disease.
I can't believe the way people complain about the way ferrets smell. As mentioned by a few other posters, a high quality kibble (with LOW fish oil content) will greatly reduce the odor. In fact, my Laser didn't have a smell at all. Her hammocks, cage, litterbox, toys, none of them smelled. She herself had no odor.
Ferrets are great pets, but require a lot of care. Yes, some of them (ok, a lot of them) are nippy especially when they get super excited. But the remainder of them are truly wonderful little animals.
I gotta agree with Enzoleya about rats too though. I have 4 females, and they are great pets! Though I find their smell more offensive than any ferret no matter how much I clean, and I am driving myself crazy trying to figure out how to eliminate it.