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I got these two lil dooks last night. 14 month old neutered jills, India (sable) and Sierra (cream). My dogs are appalled.  They live outside in a big ol' rabbit hutch. We gon raw feed--and maybe look into ferreting (omg!!) Because of my area, they likely come from working stock; and at 14mo they're about perfect to fert with (though lacking in the basics, so fert flirtpole coming soon to a thread near you). itt poast ur ferts because these guys are just hilarious and I already love them (and have already been nipped by Sierra) Fraction fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Sep 11, 2014 |
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Ferrets are hella cool and hardcore little dudes. We've got an order of chicken necks and backs coming tomorrow, and this weekend I'm gonna hunt down my rabbit scent bottle and make up a rabbit-smelling toy for them to chase around to get them used to the idea. In the meantime: dook dook motherfucker 
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Sep 10, 2014 21:18
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^^^ My ferts are already proving themselves to be fat fucks too. I'm just defrosting a rat pup for them now - their first raw in a whiiiiile.Serella posted:Yay, ferts are back! These are very, very good weasels. Rip little weasels.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:32
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Sock Weasel posted:
 CompactFanny posted:Your house will smell like a ferret. If you don't clean like a LOT, it will smell like ferret poo poo which is way less tolerable. They poop about every 4 hours, so if you have 2 ferrets that's 12 poops every day! I really think that this is why people have trouble with keeping smells down. They just poo poo way more often than a dog or cat, in addition to getting diarrhea for seemingly no reason/any reason. To keep their space free of poops you have to be cleaning basically all of the time, at least twice a day, although I found that I had to clean more often than that (I was keeping 4-6 at a time though). I can't imagine how much crap 4-6 ferrets would pump out. I just go around the hutch corners and clean poop twice a day with a dog bag, takes ten seconds and it doesn't bother me much. It's more like dog poo poo than rodent, but again that doesn't much bother me. 2poop2care I opened up the yard more to the dogs today, and man it is hard to ferretproof 100%. I thought I had this poo poo down, then spent the whole time running after the ferrets as they quickly figured out the weak points in the system. Little assholes. It's a good thing they're cute  
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Where the hell do I get a harness small enough for my jills? I got a rabbit/guinea pig thin strap harness, which was obviously way, way too big; and a 'small n furry walk n vest' (rat size), which even my fatter dook was able to wriggle out of. I've taken them out to the grass without harnesses but it's very nerve wracking.    India is my favourite  eta: Dook castle 
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Sep 14, 2014 14:18
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^ I didn't manage to get anything quite so awesome/technical is that, but I did get my hands on a harness that, as yet, India hasn't wriggled out of. I've not tried Sierra in it yet because I value having fingers   Black and white polecat ferret by straygiraffe, on Flickr  Close up sandy ferret by straygiraffe, on Flickr Such cute, much mayhem
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Sep 17, 2014 20:48
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Get a fart. They are cute and flop around like spineless lil worms. I've decided Sierra just doesn't like it when I stop her from doing something she wants to do (i.e. go on floor, continue standing on a precarious object, climb something yet again). If I just reach into the cage/stroke them she's fine, but if I hold her too long or stop her doing something she gets all and bitey. Bitch.
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Sep 18, 2014 21:52
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2 reasons why u should get a fart; 
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Sep 25, 2014 20:43
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post moar farts India the polecat ferret by straygiraffe, on Flickr
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Sep 28, 2014 21:09
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welp I forgot to update itt but Sierra escaped on Thursday and I haven't seen or heard anything of her since 
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Oct 5, 2014 16:39
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Sorry if I brought the thread down Oddly enough, the sad post appears to have given life to the thread so it's all cool by my book. When I washed my ferrets they didn't seem bothered at all by the process but goddamn they loved attacking the towel after. ETA: vampyr fart  DSC_0031 by straygiraffe, on Flickr Fraction fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Oct 30, 2014 22:45
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^ Aren't allergies usually triggered by saliva? Lots of ferrets will lick themselves and you. You'd be best off seeing if there's a rescue with ferrets that'd let you hang out for a few hours. Maully that pic is adorable I had to take mine back to the rescue I got her from as my border collie was terrified of them. Stupid dog. 
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Cless Alvein posted:What kind of dog is afraid of ferrets? A very sensitive, delicate flower of a border collie
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I miss ferrets they're like better, more fun cats. And the smell is no worse than cat poop!
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Dr qq posted:are the ferrets from the op dead yet? ferrets only live like 6 weeks before succumbing to the millions of diseases that kill them right? One escaped or was stolen, the other I had to return to the rescue because my bitch rear end dog was terrified of her UK ferts way more own-some than USA ferts tho
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it's probably because UK ferrets are primarily bred for workers/pets, rather than just for pets. you guys dont have the same rabbits as us afaik, so no need to send a ferret down underground to flush them. no working breeders means it's all bybs and farms all the time! ferts don't come neutered or de-scented here either; I know a lotta people think de-scenting them is cruel, and tbh i can't see how much of a difference it would make.
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Apr 18, 2015 21:39
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omg 
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y'all should just fly over to England, we have solid working stock ferrets literally going for 
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May 20, 2015 09:54
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I still miss my ferts  One day I will have all of the time, and a massive outdoor shed/chicken run type setup for ferts. ONE DAY. stupid dogs being scared of ferret friends
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My prey driven dogs (jrt and bc) were scared of my ferrets, especially when India figured she could leap at the edge of the couch they were hiding on to nip at them. Unless you unfortunately "luck" out on getting a super prey driven cat I don't think they would parse an adult ferret as prey.
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