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  • #16
    Damn, per wiki ferrets look fun as hell. I may have to get one.

    Ferrets are energetic, curious, interested in their surroundings, and often actively solicit play with humans, having a repertoire of behaviors both endearing and difficult for some human owners. Play for a ferret will often involve hide-and-seek games, or some form of predator/prey game in which either the human attempts to catch the ferret or the ferret to catch the human. They also have a strong nesting instinct and will repeatedly carry small objects to hidden locations. It is difficult to predict what objects ferrets will attempt to hoard, with owners reporting play toys, socks, bags of onions, pizza slices, keys, calculators, silverware, aluminum foil, shoes, sponges, toilet paper rolls, textbooks, video game controllers, footballs, etc. Ferrets will seemingly form attachments to certain objects and will repeatedly 'steal' the same object and bring it to their hiding place.

    Ferrets are easily entertained and do not require pet toys; however, most kitten toys work well with ferrets. Ferrets love playing tug of war with toys and stuffed animals. Ferrets will also tear open packages and other containers to see what is inside or explore the inside of the package. Ferrets are interested in holes, pipes and other small enclosed areas, and seem compelled to explore holes. Thus a cardboard or plastic tube will be appreciated. Ferrets are especially fond of variety in their toy selection - bell-balls, crinkle tubes, and paper bags will work well. All toys should be mixed up regularly, as ferrets will often grow bored of playing the same games repeatedly.

    Ferret playing tug with his hair pick

    When ferrets are excited, they may perform a routine commonly referred to as the weasel war dance, a frenzied series of sideways hops. This is often accompanied by a soft clucking noise, commonly referred to as dooking. It is often an invitation to play or an expression of happy excitement and is not threatening.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret#Ferrets_as_pets
    Unbelievable!

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    • #17
      Does everyone here own a cat? Anyway here is my dog. His name is Blondie.

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      • #18
        Damn, I guess ferrets are smarter than cats too:

        Unbelievable!

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Darius871
          Damn, per wiki ferrets look fun as hell. I may have to get one.
          They are absolutely adorable as pets. The wiki article mentions the "weasil war dance" which never failed to put a smile on my face. Ferrets get so excited they start hopping around uncontrollably (often falling over or falling off furniture) and emitting what can only be described as a "chuckle".

          Warning - Ferrets are quite cute but the are also high maintenance animals. The cages (and ferrets) get dirty in no time at all and require constant cleaning. In addition they are extremely social animals and will get depressed (stop eating) if they don't get enough attention. I am unlikely to own ferrets again as the time commitment is too high for my liking.

          Here's a good YouTube video of ferret video and stills. The war dance can be seen aboutr 1.5 minutes in (the white ferret falls over with excitement).

          "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
          "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Darius871
            Damn, I guess ferrets are smarter than cats too:

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_vtM...eature=related
            How does that prove ferrets are smarter than cats?

            ACK!
            Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Tuberski


              How does that prove ferrets are smarter than cats?

              ACK!
              Did you watch the whole thing?
              Unbelievable!

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              • #22
                awww cuteness

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                • #23
                  My first pet was a Husky. His name was Kishka. When I was a kid, my brother asked me to sit on my tricycle, he tied the dog on it and then cried "Yah". And we were off... My grandma almost had a hard attack...

                  Not an actual photo:
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Darius871


                    Did you watch the whole thing?
                    Yes I did.

                    Are you referring to burrowing under the blanket? It's not like it confused the cat.

                    Or the running under the bed?

                    Now, if you had posted this video, which was linked in yours, then there would be a case:



                    ACK!
                    Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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                    • #25
                      I used to keep rats, but now it's just tropical fish.

                      Rats were always fun, but they don't live long.
                      The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Tuberski


                        Yes I did.

                        Are you referring to burrowing under the blanket? It's not like it confused the cat.
                        I dunno, to me it looked like the cat was very confused by the whole thing, like it was contending with some supernatural force. If the cat hadn't been outsmarted, it would have gone under the blanket too.

                        Originally posted by Tuberski

                        Now, if you had posted this video, which was linked in yours, then there would be a case:



                        ACK!
                        Then I rest my case. "Where'd he go???"
                        Unbelievable!

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                        • #27
                          This was one of my favorotie pets, Waldo (named after the character in the Van Halen Hot for Teacher Video) circa 1987
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
                            I used to keep rats, but now it's just tropical fish.

                            Rats were always fun, but they don't live long.
                            Why would anyone keep a rat? I still haven't forgiven them for the Plague.

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                            • #29
                              Here's my pet. What? They would understand me in Japan

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                              • #30
                                Ratooney, our Cat now, was born in our house and has lived almost her whole life indoors
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