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Hiya! Currently we have 5 dogs: Pete, Maddi, Gorgi, Roxy, and Mimi 3 cats: DiO, Fishstik, and Iggy 3 ferrets: Toby, Tori, and Hoss 6 rats: Templeton, Nuttz, Homey, Cracker, Chunk and big Gurl My husband says NO MORE but he said that after each addition!! ;D
Hey Ya’ll!! I’m new here but I happen to be the proud mommy of 3 ferrets…Toby, Tori, and Hoss. The easiest place to find ferrets is a pet shop they run anywhere from $89.00-$120.00. I got my first on a whim and ended up leaving the pet shop with my pockets about $400.00 lighter!! Recently I’ve seen ferrets in the pet sections of local papers usually in pairs with cages and accessories for around $100. So just keep your eyes peeled. I got Hoss absolutely free, as a guy at my husband’s work found him playing with his dogs in the back yard. I also share my home with 5 dogs, 3 cats and 6 rats. The ferrets wrestle with the dogs and cats. Many times you’ll find a ferret waiting at the edge of a wall to sneak attack my lab! My rats are a new addition to the family but I am very unsure about letting the ferrets and rats play together as ferret instainct is to bite a rats head until it pops….something I’m just not willing to risk! I change their cage every other day as with 3 of them there is ALOT of waste! And one suggestion that would have saved me a good deal of money…get a cage WITHOUT a wired bottom!! Ferret poo is NOT peeletized like rabbits and rats…it is more like little cat poo with a dab of superglue…needless to say getting it off wire is NOT EASY! The best bet is a plastic bottom cage that you can remove the top and wash out like a cat litter box. Ferrets love to run and play. They make up their own games and you MUST participate…I get my ankles nipped if I don’t! LOL They will also not hesitate to curl up in your dresser drawers and fall asleep when playtime is over. They also WILL steal anything they can reach that strikes their fancy i have found slippers, dog toys, and even a rice krispie treat my step son had forgotten about and left on the floor in a baggie stored in my ferrets hiding places!! They are a great deal of work and demanding of your time but a ferret is the best friend you’ll ever have!! Even when you’re mad at them for stealing your favorite earring…you see that lil pink nose wigglin’ and those shiny eyes twinkling at you and you have to smile. That right there makes the money and time spent well worth it!!
