My Ferret and the Fish Tank

[Rusty]

Haha, fair enough.

Well try giving him an egg as a treat sometime then, it'll keep him occupied for a while trying to figure out how to crack it open.

Either that or knock it enough so it just starts leaking, and leave him to it.

[starsplitter7]

I can't even imagine the mess.

[Crissyloach]

Does he have a cage,or is he loose when you are home?

[starsplitter7]

There's a picture of his cage -- I think it is the last one. I wouldn't dream of letting him roam the house when I am not home. I have enough problems keeping him out of trouble when I am watching him. I do not allow him to do any of these things, but here's some of the stuff he does: He can get on the kitchen table to look for food, in all the cabinets (they are taped shut), get in the kitchen drawers through the cabinets, pop doors open (my smaller ferret could go under the door crack), flips drinks over, steals food and hides it under the bed, digs up plants, pushed the cats out of their food and eats it (the cats know they are not allowed to eat him, so they do their best not to kill him when he does that), . . . with ferrets you have to check the fridge, toilet, . . . fish tank and make sure they are not stuck inside. You can't imagine where I have found ferrets.

Sorry to the Mederators. This was supposed to be fish oriented. I should have put it in the offtopic section.

[Crissyloach]

Missed that!

I used to know someone who let their ferrets out, pretty much all of the time! They would find them in the weirdest places! I cant believe they stayed out of trouble!

[starsplitter7]

I also let the ferrets out when I am home. They aren't animals that should live in cages. Mine sleep in the cage, and go there when they are tired. But they are very smart inquisitive animals and need to be kept busy and intellectually stimulated. If not, they entertain themselves.

I found two ferrets curled up sound asleep in a pot in the drawer at the bottom of the stove. They slept in there all the time.

My first ferret was super smart and could open his cage, so at night I would hear dishes being pushed off the kitchen cabinets.

[Crissyloach]

I agree- totally! I mean- they had them out at night, when they were out of the house etc...I can see the little guys getting into A LOT of trouble!

That first ferret of yours...!