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From: George McMullen
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Real life skunk encounters... for better of
for worse.
Because, as I explained to my friend in NJ (whom I wish to move in with),
someone suggested Chinchillas or ferrets. Now, I've been around chinchillas
a little as my aunt had a couple of them when I was younger. They're WAY too
energetic for my liking (and yes, I know skunks are that sort of way when
young, but at least they grow out of it, chinchillas don't). As for
ferrets... well... they scare me. They're too slinky-like and agile. My
mom's friend had a few and I've never got on with rodents (rabbits, mice...
gerbils... etc). Ferrets are just as creepy to me as anything like that.
Skunks on the other hand are more cat-like, in both size (compared to a
ferret) and cuddle-ness. I wouldn't trust a ferret to sleep next to me
without a barrier of some sort being between us.
Reply:
Wild animals, (and that includes skunks,) can *NOT* be fully domesticated,
anecdotal stories to the contrary.
Get a cat, ferrets are ok if you don't mind hyperactive kittens that go into
a coma. <G>
Received on Tue Dec 05 2006 - 16:55:56 CST