I have two ferrets that I can't keep anymore because of my housing situation. They are both about a year old, descented and neutered (standard for all Marshall Farms ferrets). I handpicked them over several months of visiting pet shops, and they are both very friendly and love to play. I need to place them by Sunday evening, so email if you are interested and tell me a little about your living situation (room and opportunity for them to play, other pets, etc.) and your familiarity with ferrets, and preferably a phone number and time to contact you, although email is okay. I will include their cage,hammock, bedding, and food. I am asking a nominal fee of $50 to be sure that the owner is committed. (They were over $100 each when I bought them, and their cage was over $150) Please email me soon so I don't have to put them in a shelter. They are really great fun if you have a situation that allows you to keep them. Thanks a lot!

5/20/2006 2:33:58 PM

New ferret owners are welcome too, so don't be shy if you haven't had a ferret before. I should also add that my ferrets don't bite (contrary to the great Hollywood myth a la Bright Lights, Big City, etc.) and are completely quiet (except for a soft chuckle they make when they are playing).

5/20/2006 5:20:19 PM

do you know where i can get ferret fur gloves?

5/20/2006 6:48:08 PM

Pics?

5/20/2006 9:38:52 PM

Wow $50 is cheap for all that!

^I'm soon to become their foster parent and I have a digital camera so I'll get pics up tonight, asap!

Someone needs to jump on this deal. I wish I could keep them, and who knows what may come of fostering them in regard to my husband.

5/25/2006 9:40:00 PM

Alrighty here are a couple pics. The male is Cubby, and he was pretty still for the camera. The female is Scampers and she was too interested in playing to sit still for the photo. So she's a little blurry. Scampers is smaller, being the female. Their cage is a really good size.

They do love to find little places to hide and get under and behind, etc. They're extremely playful and very friendly as stated above. Scampers at one point picked up my puppy's toy that is probably twice the size of her head or larger. It was cute. My puppy had fun playing with them, but I didn't trust my foster puppy he would be too rambunctious. If you have a dog that gets along with cats (esp. kittens) or rabbits then it'd probably get along with the ferrets. A friend of mine has a husky mix that played with her roommate's ferret all the time.

Please spread the word! They are easy to take care of but take plenty of patience when it's time to gather them up for the cage after their free time around the apt/house. You'll have to let them out to run around for exercise a couple times. Like any small animal if you don't change the litter it'll stink. I don't find them any smellier than the rabbit I used to have.

5/25/2006 11:26:59 PM

arggg i'm so ready to be in a situation where i can have animals! these guys are adorable, i bet they would be so much fun! hope they find an awesome home.

5/25/2006 11:53:01 PM

I wish I could take these guys, they are so cute and ferrets are so much fun to play with. Good luck finding a home for them!

5/26/2006 9:47:38 AM

Thanks, I hope they get a really great one.

Please feel free to contace either Joeanon or me! He's still the one taking the money

5/26/2006 6:21:37 PM

I just decided upon a preferred addition to the $50 adoption fee. I will front half of the cost of a new cage, if the adopter pays the other half. We'd go to the store to pick it out together. After cleaning the cage out today I found the litter tray is pretty corroded. The cage is basically sufficient but I'd like to see them in better living conditions. Joeanon I think you got screwed over by whoever you bought the cage from. Whatever company makes that kind needs to do something to improve upon them if you paid that much and only a year ago.

5/26/2006 7:38:50 PM

So great to see pics up! Thanks NCSUTiger! (I don't have a digital camera.) The cage bottom tray does need to be replaced; don't know why they didn't make it from a less corrosive material. Thanks for you offer re. the cage, too, NCSUTiger. I will be happy to donate half of the $50 towards a new cage for the owner too. They have a huge selection out there. Ebay has a lot available too. The ferrets definitely take catching when they get the sense their play time is up Ferrets are some of the biggest clowns of the animal kingdom, and stay bouncy and playful even when they are grown. Anyone interested, feel free to ask any questions and/or read up on them on the internet.

5/26/2006 9:47:27 PM

I got some really good video of them today. Taped my puppy playing with Scampers and then I saw Cubby sitting by the door and I was like whoa he's staying still, I can get some good footage! And then he walked away and he had actually been crapping since I had left the cage outside after cleaning it lol.

5/26/2006 10:29:49 PM

Do they have their rabies shots? I've had ferrets in the past (My b/f ended up taking my 2, Bimmer and Mercedes, when we broke up just to be spiteful) and right now have 2 chinchilla, a dog, fish, and hamsters.

What is the problem with the cage?

5/26/2006 10:39:38 PM

The cage's litter tray that you pull out to clean is corroded/rusted through in parts. Some of the wire of the sides is rusted. It seems more suitable for a rabbit than ferrets, especially the bottom, which doesn't allow the ferret droppings through very well. Overall I think Joeanon got a bum deal with it.

5/27/2006 10:46:33 AM

i can take 1 if they can be split up

i dont think my cage can hold 3

5/27/2006 1:07:10 PM

They are Marshall Farms ferrets, so they came with their initial rabies shots. In a couple months they would need a booster, and I believe one of the large pet chains now has a day of the month when they have a visiting vet, and you can take them in for that.

5/27/2006 2:22:14 PM

I would like to keep them together, since they grew up together, and are buddies.

5/27/2006 2:23:59 PM

i miss my ferrets (i too had to give them to people who could spend time with them once my living situation changed)

5/27/2006 4:22:22 PM

Ew.

5/27/2006 9:49:47 PM

Haha actually the stinky part is their waste. They themselves don't really smell unless you don't keep the cage clean. But the waste is definitely strong. That's most of the reason I want them to have a new cage - the bottom doesn't let it through to the litter tray very well. They may even do well enough with just a litter box since they go in the same spot every time.

They're really cool If I could I'd keep them myself. Cubby is really calm and lets you hold him casually. Scampers is more interested in running around and playing. She loves taking the dog toys and dragging them to her hiding spot, but they won't fit behind the couch so they pile up in the corner.

5/27/2006 10:58:20 PM

well best of luck finding them a home

5/27/2006 11:58:40 PM

I just am not a ferret person. Every single one I've ever met has smelled, and don't even tell me they don't. They bite and they shit everywhere. I am so tired of people saying their ferret is potty trained, only for it to be taking a big dump behind them while they're saying it.

5/28/2006 2:49:17 AM

I could see them being litter trained but definitely not potty trained. And that means putting a litter box in an easily accessible spot while they're playing around. I won't deny both of them have crapped in my living room, but they did so in the exact same spot both times, hence why litter training may be possible.

Scampers bites b/c she'll then try to drag you like she does with the toys. She doesn't bite out of malice, and Cubby hasn't bitten at all. He's amazingly calm.

I'm sorry you've had such negative experiences. I made a point of smelling each ferret's body to see if it's them or the cage, or equally combining for the smell, and it's most definitely the cage. They of course have a particular smell to them but it's not an overwhelming bad smell. Every animal has a smell. These guys just happen to have the worst-smelling waste of any others I've had in the past (including rabbits, mice, hedgehog). Which means the owner needs to be diligent in cleaning the cage regularly.

5/28/2006 10:39:05 AM

You are right, NCSUTiger. With ferrets, you can usually put a newpaper out in the spot they have picked and they will stick with that spot. Also, their "biting" is not the kind that will hurt you. They just want to play fight/wrestle with you, like they do with each other. Finally, Lutra, you or anyone like you are not getting my ferrets, under any circumstances, so take your mincing negativity out of my thread.

5/28/2006 4:22:15 PM

pwnt?

5/28/2006 6:08:04 PM

Seriously, why would someone (Lutra) post negative things about an animal that needs to find a home? I feel bad enough for them that they have to be rehomed for whatever reason. I don't think your negative responses will help their adoption. I guess in this case it will weed out those who don't need to own animals. Yes! All animals are smelly at times!

5/28/2006 11:27:32 PM

ncsutiger you are very nice to take these ferrets and foster them until a home can be found

5/29/2006 2:16:08 AM

^^Thanks for criticising me. Your other pets did not have as much of an odor because they were not carnivores. Carnivores have the worst smelling poop on earth. I'm just thinking of my chinchillas, and I can honestly say they don't have an odor. As for ferrets, you're correct, I have had nothing other than negative experiences with them. So, just like sugar gliders and coatimundis, I do not think they make good pets. Just want to put it out there so that someone knows what they are getting into. Just because an animal needs a home does not mean anyone with a good heart should take it in.

5/29/2006 5:06:48 AM

I agree with your opinion on sugar gliders. As for ferrets, they are a pretty popular pet, but many people probably don't realize what's in store for them, as they do require more care than one might think. My husband was interested in ferrets until we started fostering these. They love to play with you, but they also love to hide/burrow, as well as play independently like cats. My husband far prefers animals like dogs that want to be with you all the time.

Thanks everyone. There is some interest, and I think the fee deters those folks that won't take good care of them. I got an email from a woman that had encountered all types of people that wanted her ferrets, and had outright said their previous ferrets had died from mistreatment. Then when she told those people that there was a fee, they lost interest.

These cute little guys are currently still available! I'm going to try to get better pics later.

5/29/2006 12:04:32 PM

bttt

5/29/2006 11:03:48 PM

These guys still need a home! I was cuddling Cubby earlier. He's so mellow. Then Scampers is his counterpart and loves to play. She kept attacking my feet to antagonize me to play with her. They're really cute and fun.

5/30/2006 9:47:24 PM

I remember when I picked Cubby out. A lot of the ferrets were nippy, but when I picked him up he rolled over, yawned, and then thoughtfully nibbled my finger. He definitely has a mellow side after he has had some exercise. (Although he gets very spry when he thinks he's going back in the cage.)

5/31/2006 8:47:34 PM

I have a ferret (Wolfie), and he's great!

If you contact Triangle Ferret Lovers, they can list your ferrets for adoption on their website.

http://www.trifl.org

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5/31/2006 10:20:44 PM

*swoon* I wish I could take these guys.

You work at the C-store?

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6/1/2006 8:24:12 AM

bttt for the cuties.

^Yes

6/1/2006 9:49:12 PM

Come on now, someone must be able to take these guys in, or know someone that could...

6/3/2006 2:57:46 PM

just take them to a park and let them go. All these college kids, and they move and abandon their college pets

6/3/2006 7:19:41 PM

BEASTMASTER

6/3/2006 7:21:31 PM

i do wonder if ferrets, being a completely human-bred species (never existing naturally in anything but a domestic environment) could/do survive in certain places

6/3/2006 7:32:24 PM

^That's why they aren't allowed in some states. If they got loose they could potentially decimate a population.

6/3/2006 8:41:02 PM

bttt

6/4/2006 5:18:55 PM

More likely they'd just curl up and die. Ferrets usually won't eat food they're not used to. Ferret laws are mostly based on unfounded fear. Hell the wild species can barely even survive.

If you've really got a mild-mannered ferret, I'd suggest someone jump on it. In my experience they're usually viscious and hateful little critters, but still plenty of fun.

6/4/2006 5:45:58 PM

I actually took a couple months picking out these ferrets because I wanted to be sure to get ones with good personalities. I specifically avoided the congenital nippers

6/5/2006 5:29:03 PM

I really wish I could, but right now, I can't. Maybe in a couple of weeks >.<

6/5/2006 5:32:03 PM

^Same.

If you still have them in august I could possibly take them.

6/5/2006 6:00:21 PM

Cool, well at this rate they may still be here.

6/5/2006 7:15:37 PM