Hey there Delilah! (new non-herp pet)

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sooo cute

Thanks! She caught our attention!

that is because the more you wash them, the worse they smell. i NEVER wash my ferrets unless they get into something. when you bath them, you strip their skin of essential oils, so their body goes into overdrive to replace them, which makes them smell worse.

This I didn't know. Thanks for the tip!

Dang, I missed this thread! She's so cute, and so typically ferret. That video was hysterical, even if Jason got nipped there at the end. lol.

I'm finding I'm very allergic to our girl, but I just can't bring myself to give her up. She's such a little ball of laughs.

Yeah, she's a little crazy! I got a horrible headache when we got home last night so I thought maybe it was allergies but I'm fine today so hopefully it was a false alarm!

***GUSH*** She is soooo flippin' cute! That vid cracked me up!

Yeah, we took a few other vids but they had nothin on that one!

WANT!!!!

Too cute

Well then you should get!

Yea, ferrets are relatives to skunks, and as such have a natural musky odor to them. Having them descented is like removing the anal glands from a dog. It'll still smell like a dog, just not nearly as strongly as when the glands are expressed. At most, no more than one bath a month. Repeated washing isn't the solution. Having them descented, using spritzers (if you care to), and keeping the litter box clean are the most effective means of scent control. There are alternatives, but that has to do with red hot metal probes being shoved up your nose, and most people find that offensive... so we'll stay away from the intricate details of that method.

Jason, I about died of laughter concerning the last second of the film, priceless! Delilah is a lucky little girl, and a true ferret. lol

Thanks for all the info, Ben! We'll have to pick up some of the spritzer junk next time we're in a town that's big enough to carry it... Haha!