Well..... Isn't that a little ignorant to say?Originally Posted by MasonC2K
Ferrets stink even when "De-scented." They also have a tendency to bite everything and anything. People keep comparing them to cats but I just don't see letting the free roam.
May I ask how many ferrets you have owned or come into contact with to arrive to that statement?
I understand that the smell is subjective and not everyone can stand it.
But its a ferret smell, just like how dogs have a dog smell and cats have a cats smell.
De-scented just means they have had their scent glands removed. These glands are similar to a skunks and allow ferrets to "poof" (not spray) when threatened or overly excited. It doesn't actually change the smell of the ferret's body. Their skin is what produces oils that have the 'odor'. De-scenting just prevents a ferret from 'farting' every once in a while....
Intact males smell much much worse than any fixed ferret. And contrary to popular belief, bathing a ferret makes them smell worse.
My ferrets are free roam when I am home. I haven't had a problem with anything. My dog at my parents' house gets into more trouble than them.
As for biting? Dogs bite. Cats bite. Rabbits bite. Chinchillas bite. Snakes bite. etc etc...
But do all dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, whatever bite? NO.
It depends on the individual. Just like ferrets.
The only things that have to worry about my ferrets biting are teaser toys, feeder animals, and pairs of socks.
If you said, "Dogs have a tendency to bite everything and anything" or if I said, "Cat's have a tendency scratch everything and anything" then don't you think those statements are a little ignorant?
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