I slept with my ferret all the time.
Wait.. that didn't sound right...
Reguardless. Ferrets aren't the loveycuddly type in the same way as
skunks. But they are very emotional, affectionate, and unquenchable curious
critters.
On 12/6/06, George McMullen <byere254_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My reply...
>
> ALL animals were one wild. If I want a pet skunk, I'll get one. I know
> it's a lot different, and that's fine, but I've had enough experience with
> cats (like, all 21 1/2 years of my life), so I can do all the neccessary
> loving techniques required for raising and looking after them.
>
> Another thing about ferrets... females die if they go into heat and can't
> find a mate and (from what I'm aware) they can't be defanged, lest they're
> unable to eat (which is usually quite a bad thing)...
>
> *Ross Sauer <archae_at_charter.net>* wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: George McMullen
> To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com <SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Signed by your friend and mine,
> The Cat =^.^=
>
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Received on Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:59:29 CST