Guinea pig or Rabbit?

[satomi325]

None of the above.
Ferrets.



But IF I had to choose, the rabbit. We had a lionhead rabbit who thought it was a dog and hung out with the shepherd at all times. And he always ran back to his cage to poop in the litter box when he was free roam.
G-pigs are so boring and really noisy. Not so bright...





Whoever said rabbits are for eating, Guinea pigs are for eating too. Delicious little buggers.

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[ChrisS]

Need more famous guinea pigs?
How about wonder pets
http://www.nickjr.com/wonder-pets/

[Quantum Constrictors]

None of the above.
Ferrets.



But IF I had to choose, the rabbit. We had a lionhead rabbit who thought it was a dog and hung out with the shepherd at all times. And he always ran back to his cage to poop in the litter box when he was free roam.
G-pigs are so boring and really noisy. Not so bright...





Whoever said rabbits are for eating, Guinea pigs are for eating too. Delicious little buggers.

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I would absolutely LOVE having a ferret like you dont even know Nikki!!!

I have been crazy for them.

But I cant convince my mom to ever let me have one

[Mike41793]

Yea nikki has a point. My neighbors are ecuadorian and they eat guinea pigs lol.

[I-KandyReptiles]

Skinny pig.
Changed my mind.

[RobNJ]

My neighbors are ecuadorian and they eat guinea pigs lol.

Guinea pig is good!

Anyway, I'd skip right past both and head right towards a chinchilla. A little more difficult starting off, but they are fun animals.

[Quantum Constrictors]

Guinea pig is good!

Anyway, I'd skip right past both and head right towards a chinchilla. A little more difficult starting off, but they are fun animals.

Damn I have wanted one of those too!

For the past 10 years I have wanted a ferret.

Nikki is making me lean towards one now lol.

And if my mom doesnt like it well. As my good friend Mike Lopez says "ask for forgiveness not permission" .... In other words... Get one and dont tell her until I have it home in my bedroom. LOL My moms a pretty laid back women who loves animals so I know a ferret would grow on her.

[Sita]

I'd go with a rabbit, but it's mostly because GPs are too noisy for me. Rabbits tend to be a little bit smellier, especially if you have a male, but you can litter train them so they don't go all over the place like GPs. Bunnies are usually bigger also, easier to cuddle with.

I wouldn't get a ferret. They stink! Even if you clean up their poo/pee as soon as they do it and bath them daily (which you wouldn't want to actually do), they still stink. I lived with a couple girls in college that had two, and even though they took excellent care of them, they were just too smelly for me.

[DooLittle]

Chinchilla's are cool. We had a pair along time ago. Funny watching them take dust baths.

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[satomi325]

I wouldn't get a ferret. They stink! Even if you clean up their poo/pee as soon as they do it and bath them daily (which you wouldn't want to actually do), they still stink. I lived with a couple girls in college that had two, and even though they took excellent care of them, they were just too smelly for me.

Ferret odor can be controlled. They have a unique scent. But most offensive smelling ferrets are icky because of a poor diet, unclean bedding, or too many baths.

Lots of commercial kibble diet contains vegetative matter and fiber. Some even contain fish. Ferrets are obligate carnivores. They cannot digest plant material or carbohydrates, which also promotes their odor and disease (insulinoma). Fish will increase their odor as well. A poor quality diet will also make huge stool since the ferret cannot absorb any of the carbs and plant fiber. So a lot of waste. 90% of ferrets in the North America are bred by the commercial breeders, Marshall Farms. They start all their kits on their own personal diet, which is very unhealthy (and fishy). The Many pet owners never switch foods because it negates the health guarantee on the animal. And sometimes the animal imprints on food and never wants to eat anything else...

A ferret fed on whole prey will have very little odor. They will also have a huge decrease in stool size. As obligate carnivores, they absorb all of the meat and organs. Basically the only thing that comes out is fur.

My youngest ferret was fed Marshalls food. The kibble itself smelled awful and it definitely made the ferret stink. I switched him to a quality high protein diet/whole prey and the odor and waste decreased immensely. I sleep feet away from my ferret cage and can't smell them. In contrast, I've been to apartments where I could smell the ferrets before even entering due to poor diet and bedding that hasn't been washed in a while.

And personally as someone who has handled hundreds of ferrets, I really believe their bedding and litter smell more than the animals themselves. It's important to wash all bedding and dump litter weekly or less. The oils from the ferrets get trapped in the bedding without frequent washed and can build up.

Also you wouldn't want to bathe a ferret daily. Or even monthly and yearly unless the ferret gets poop on them or something. Baths will make a ferret smell more. They are self groomers like cats. Bathing a ferret will strip them of their oils. They have oil glands all over their bodies to keep their fur in good condition. (They don't feel oily though.)
Striping the oils will make the oil glands go into overdrive to try to replenish itself. The only time I bathe a ferret is when I bring them home for the first time and when they get poo on their fur, which is rare. Some of my ferrets have gone years without a bath. They simply don't need it.


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