for the first time today and he is just fascinated by our entertainment center

9/11/2008 12:12:45 PM

he's going to crawl into a vent and die there because you can't get him out

9/11/2008 12:13:20 PM

naw i'm keeping an eye on him, not letting him get to the other half the living room until we clean it up and remove all the little boxes for him to get lost in

9/11/2008 12:14:51 PM

i am always amazed by what my cats find interesting when i take them to different places

currently the toilet and the shower are at the top of the list

9/11/2008 12:14:52 PM

he really wants over to the area with the boxes, and under the recliner so i've got to keep a close eye on him, but hes so damned adoreable, he'll occasionally gets stuck in a boot and have to topple the boot over to get out

9/11/2008 12:22:07 PM

New ferret = GREAT FUN!

They just run around like mad and fall over themselves trying to explore everything. It's amazing.

9/11/2008 12:22:57 PM

Quote :

"My ferret's is exploring the living room"

9/11/2008 12:23:48 PM

i miss my ferrett ...

9/11/2008 12:24:02 PM

^Same.

9/11/2008 12:24:30 PM

Quote :

"My ferret's nose is exploring the living room"

9/11/2008 12:24:58 PM

i miss my uncle charles

9/11/2008 12:25:06 PM

Quote :

"he's going to crawl into a vent and die there because you can't get him out "

hahahahaha!!! That is something a little kid would say. Very clever!

9/11/2008 12:27:34 PM

I love ferrets. They are so bouncy

9/11/2008 12:28:09 PM

named him indiana jones, because of his affinity for shiny objects, penchant for getting into and out of trouble, his aversion to snakes(assumed from size), and his love of exploring dark areas


i'm thinking i might try just putting him on his leash and teathering him to the entertainment center


anyone got any ideas for breaking him from biting and rattling his cage, i've been just spraying him with a can of compressed air and saying no, but i feel this isn't negative enough reinforcement to make him stop

[Edited on September 11, 2008 at 12:32 PM. Reason : .\]

9/11/2008 12:28:19 PM

You have just described all ferrets everywhere.

But good name anyway.

9/11/2008 12:31:13 PM

musky bastards

9/11/2008 12:32:33 PM

yeah i know i have, but i figured indy was like a human ferret so i named him such

he really doesn't smell that bad, no worse than having a cat or dog

[Edited on September 11, 2008 at 12:34 PM. Reason : .]

9/11/2008 12:32:50 PM

People tend to react differently to the ferret smell... I didn't mind it when I first got mine and I stopped being able to smell it at all after a week or so. Other people seem to notice it and react as though they smell foul, though. To me it's just neutral... not a good or bad smell, just a smell.

9/11/2008 12:37:31 PM

yeah, after living with cats and dogs, i didn't really find this smell foul, i barely notice it anymore, only when i come in from being away for a while
,

9/11/2008 12:39:22 PM

Quote :

"i'm thinking i might try just putting him on his leash"

good luck with that...I never found a leash/harness that mine could not escape from.

9/11/2008 12:39:47 PM

I thought you were getting a mongoose

9/11/2008 12:43:59 PM

The get annoyed/fidgety on a leash. They lose all the playful fun and just focus on getting out of the thing. Especially try not to use a leash the first time you expose a ferret to a room... it kind of makes them weird in that room from then on.

The solution to keep mine from exploring where I didn't want was to just close most of the doors in the house, especially in rooms with a lot of boxes or open ducts. The most important thing is to never, EVER let a ferret into the same room as your washer/dryer.

A good way to train them to roam openly around is to only give them access to one room at first, then when they seem okay there, open up more areas.

9/11/2008 12:44:36 PM

Quote :

"I didn't mind it when I first got mine and I stopped being able to smell it at all after a week or so. Other people seem to notice it and react as though they smell foul, though. To me it's just neutral... not a good or bad smell, just a smell."

oh, i didn't mind mine, either (i had two at one point)

they're a lot of fun, though i think my chinchilla and i got along better

9/11/2008 12:54:55 PM

I always thought they stunk.
And their meat is greasy as hell. It's like eating a possum, but worse.

9/11/2008 12:55:38 PM

how long does a ferret live?

9/11/2008 12:56:36 PM

supposedly 6 to 8 years, or so i've heard

9/11/2008 12:57:45 PM

Mine lived to be 7, and from everything I've heard/read they tend to die from medical issues more than other pets... with cats/dogs, they get old and just seem to die naturally of old age, but ferrets can live to be 10 or more if they manage not to get one of the many diseases or organ complications that can affect them.

9/11/2008 1:04:11 PM

Is that a marmot?

9/11/2008 1:06:17 PM

HAY GUISE WUTS GOING ON IN THIS THRED?

9/11/2008 1:07:52 PM

ferrets are fun!!!

my 1st grade teacher brought hers in lol, thats when i started liking them. then an ex of mine had 2. they were really cute!

[Edited on September 11, 2008 at 1:10 PM. Reason : d]

9/11/2008 1:09:41 PM

he is an awesome pet, its really fun watching him play with bottle caps, or getting stuck in a plastic bag and freaking out until he works his way out

9/11/2008 1:20:50 PM

indiana?

we named the dog indiana.

9/11/2008 1:24:19 PM

^hahaha

9/11/2008 1:29:13 PM

They are fun to screw with though, especially if you're wearing welding gloves. That ferret we had hated me so much. We'd open the cage and he'd run across the room to sink his teeth into me. If I'd bend too low he would go for the veins in my neck. Wonderfully ferocious.

9/11/2008 1:32:57 PM

Hes sleeping now, i wish i had a camera

9/11/2008 2:30:51 PM

my sister got hers trained enough to go outside and play. It hides under the deck and runs up the gutters. It found a mouse one time and then it killed and ate the mouse. My sister now knows what ferreting is. The ferret has the run of the house, it's awesome seeing it boss around the two dogs. Good luck with the ferret you need pics!

9/11/2008 3:15:29 PM

i plan to post some as soon as i get a hold of a camera

9/11/2008 8:00:15 PM

^^^^ hahah, wtf?

9/11/2008 8:11:59 PM

Quote :

"i miss my ferrett ... "

9/11/2008 8:33:59 PM

i want a ferret

9/11/2008 8:34:40 PM

^let's get one
we can share custody

9/11/2008 8:35:36 PM

ferrets are terrible animals

9/11/2008 9:04:57 PM

^If by "terrible" you mean "the best", then I agree completely.

9/11/2008 9:06:35 PM

Mayhorn LOVES FERRETS!!!

Keep an eye on yer ferrets, before that fat fuck GRABS EM!!

MAYHORN YOU SON OF A BITCH

9/14/2008 10:49:25 PM

ferretology 101 with mayhorn was the best fucking class i ever took! too bad the ferret fuck will probably pass out while trying to tie his shoe. maybe he can get his ferret to do it for him

9/14/2008 10:51:52 PM

FUCK YOU STATECOLE, u dont know shit about MAYHORN.

THAT fat son of a bitch is a DAMN WAR HERO, FAT AS HELL YES, FERRET FUCKER, YES, BUT HE IS A FUCKIN AMERICAN

AMURIKA, MOTHERFUCKER

A war hero is a war hero in my book, and as such he can fuck as many ferrets as he wants!!!!

9/14/2008 10:56:22 PM

suck on my moms cunt jce, you fucking bitch, you prob just mad cause you had a threesome with mayhorn and his damn ferret. boom

9/14/2008 10:59:38 PM

i have no clue what is going on in here BUT I LOVE IT

9/14/2008 11:00:53 PM

Quote :

"suck on my moms cunt jce, you fucking bitch, you prob just mad cause you had a threesome with mayhorn and his damn ferret. boom "

Quote :

"EPIC TWW QUOTE!"

[Edited on September 14, 2008 at 11:03 PM. Reason : FUK]

9/14/2008 11:03:03 PM

this is an A-B conversation so C your way out of it before my friends D and E come and F you up

jk

fuck ferrets and mayhorn

9/14/2008 11:04:06 PM