ok im convinced please stop being mean to ferrets now Ferrets are so cute and funny and I love ferrets. Please convince me not to buy a ferret.

Only downside is the smell, as everyone complains. It seems like everything in the weasel family smells like shit. Wolverines (which are just big weasels) are called stink bears. Honey badgers stun their enemies with their butt odor. Etc.

The weird upside to that odor is that you'll never ever ever have a mouse or rat problem in your house. Rodents hate the smell of ferrets, presumably because they see ferrets as predatory.

Hi! I am sorry that I am just now seeing this.

My thoughts: ferrets are very high-maintenance. You should not get one and just keep it in a cage all day. They need 6-8 hours of playtime every day. They sleep 18-20 hours a day, though, so that's a bonus. If you find you don't have the time to play that much, then I suggest not getting a ferret.

Ferrets also thrive with a buddy. So, if you get one ferret, you should probably get another. This helps with bonding and with tempering their bites, as they learn how to play correctly with each other.

Ferrets from pet stores are typically already de-scented and neutered/spayed. Therefore, their only real stink is their natural musk, which doesn't get too bad so long as you wash their bedding every week.

Their poop absolutely stinks and they'll destroy your carpet with poop and pee if you don't put down a pad or a bin in their favorite corner. Ferrets only poop in corners and hate filth, so again, they are high-maintenance and require lots of cleaning if you want to ensure no stink.

But ferrets are the most special, ridiculous, precious creatures with powerful personalities. They are loving and can be very cuddly if you play with them a lot. They chirp ("dook") when they are happy and they bring a great deal of joy to my life. Always remember that a ferret's favorite toy is you!

I hope this helps somewhat. But it probably didn't.

Throwback to all six of my babies at Thanksgiving. A weasel roast.

You can't get rid of the stank frfr

Ferrets piss on everything and they stink. You don't want ferrets. I'm sorry to break it to you

They are white trash beyond belief. I know you're a self-cutting juggalo meth head with a greasy goatee so listen when I say a ferret would be the trashiest thing about you, by far.

Correspondingly, they're magnets for trashy chicks. Don't read this part though.

Have you ever seen a post where someone cries about their ferret dying? Me neither. They aren't fun like dogs, they just exist as an obligation 99% of the time.

Ferrets are stinky piss covered expensive foid repellants

They can get bitey, the house always smells like ferret, they chew everything.

A couple decades ago I talked to a guy who owned a ferret and you'd be amazed that the two things I remember distinctly from that conversation are:

• they stink

• don't ever get a ferret

Only thing I know about ferrets is that they smell really bad and require a lot of maintenance. Cute animals though.

Even when de-scented they still have a strong smell. And they have very small brains and are basically r-slurred except for certain ferret tasks

Source: I've babysat one before for a friend:

ask resident expert @Sneaky though

The last time I went to a girl's house that had ferrets was 10+ years ago and I still remember the awful smell. Maybe if you're a lonely person

I like otters

@Sneaky

Please buy a ferret. The drama meltdowns from owning one would be such good content.

If people hear you own a ferret they will think you are a white woman.

Ferrwts are so nice and floofy and i would say wtf just get one

But THE STANK.

^ THEY NATURALLY SMELL LIKE FART.

They have massive peepees and jizz everywhere. You will spend 1 hour a day cleaning semen out of carpets and tiles. They crawl into small spaces and just start spraying. You have to use a special tool to scrape it out like a dental scraper.

if they shit in the house even once in their life it's impossible to train them out of it.

Finally, they only live 4 years but have echo ghosts. Their phantom forms return and repeat their past life. So you will have to deal with everything twice.

I dont get why breeders haven't tried to create a mustelid that doesn't smell like piss

They smell, you cant mask it and you will never get laid

I knew* a woman who had ferrets. Her apartment floor had literal feces everywhere and smelled like butt. The ferret is a fancy floopy long rat and you do not love them. You love white trash women, which the smell of a ferret reminds you of them. That's all. Sober up and re-read this thread tomorrow morning, trust me.

*in the biblical sense

If you get a ferret there is a decent chance you will end up watching PirateSoftware videos about taking care of ferrets. That is a fate worse than death

Those arent ferrets

I'mn really thinking of getting a ferret too. Let's make this (maybe terrible?) decision together. Honestly you wont know until you own one. Maybe the local animal shelter has a ferret u can borrow and return if you don't like it? Like foster is the word I think. Like I'm adopting this animal but bringing it back if it sucks

Don't get a ferret, get at least two. Ferrets literally die from loneliness.

Buy a ferret and genocide rats with him

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