*** The Ferret Thread ***

[zoe6660]

i was thinking this last night, basicly people say get adult ferret as your 1st time but alot of people say they only nip and u have to learn them and show them the world like they mother would, but there is also saying if u got time and more than one adult in your family a kit may be best for the family and if u got time coz they need more play most the time but some adult ferrets can be nippy and stuff but why is it people say adult as 1st?

and dont say coz they nippy and need training if u can do this what is the other down side? thanks

[fern]

generally people will reccommend an older ferret because of the nipping, although usually the breeder should have this well underway if you buy a kit.. but adults are slightly less challenging than a kit as if a kit is let to get away with the odd nip it will keep doing it, just like a puppy who isnt trained early enough.

there are also things like litter training which for a firt time person may be hard whereas getting an adult who is already trained may be the easier choice. oh and smell, by time ferrets ae adult they would generally have been neutered so you wont have the smell problem or the behavioural problems some ferrets can get as they hid teenagedom! although neutering has done nothing in this case with one of my males

another thing is also commitment time, for a person who hasnt had any ferrets before they may get a kit and find them quite challenging, and with a kit you generally have the comitment to the animal alot longer than with an adult ferret.

[zoe6660]

okay thanks. sooo the good chance is if the parents are friendly and the kits been handled alot they tend to be okay but still need to be trained.

im still dreaming lol and researching

[zoe6660]

there loads of kits about now anyone got any new family members and wanna post pictures?

[BISH9098]

I should have some babies in about 3 weeks i'll get some pics up then!

[she is:]

Pick up our little guy in the next 2 weeks

[dragonjoanne]

hi everyone

i grew up with ferrets and cant wait to get 2 or 3 !!!

i still miss my ferret who was my best friend when i was a teen.. iv never had another best friend like it and i hope now my children are a little bit older nows the time to get back in to keeping these lovely animals
cage is ready bits and bobs are on order now i just need to find my new friends
i was really thinking of getting kits but its been a good ten years since i looked after a ferret myself do you think an adult might be better to restart tho i do have 20 years of growing up with them and looking after them

[she is:]

Personally I think it's up to you and your confidence in training etc.

I kept ferrets for 5 years. I haven't had any for 4 years now but we're picking up a kit not this Friday but next. Going to see them tomorrow so will try and get pics

[Shadowz]

Kits really should be kept in pairs.
Not really fair to keep one on its own as they are so social.

[she is:]

We've always kept single kits and they've been more than fine. I'm in the house pretty much 24/7 and they always have free roam of at least one room with literally hundreds of toys. I'm confident he'll be more than fine.