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I read that some time ago, true or not, and if not true, what would be the 3rd most popular?
I've had 7 ferrets over 25 years, and have met any number of ferret owners, even in CA where they are illegal yet.
I just moved to a 55+ senior mobile home co-op here in Tucson and I'm the first to have one here, and I take him on leash walks every night in the community (they're nocturnal, can't walk them in the day time) and he's become the darling of the community. Most are surprised you can walk them on a leash. In my 22 years in Las Vegas, I regularly walked one of my ferrets on the Las Vegas Strip, and that where I'd run into any number of visiting Californians who told me of the ferrets they had over there.
I read that some time ago, true or not, and if not true, what would be the 3rd most popular?
I've had 7 ferrets over 25 years, and have met any number of ferret owners, even in CA where they are illegal yet.
I just moved to a 55+ senior mobile home co-op here in Tucson and I'm the first to have one here, and I take him on leash walks every night in the community (they're nocturnal, can't walk them in the day time) and he's become the darling of the community. Most are surprised you can walk them on a leash. In my 22 years in Las Vegas, I regularly walked one of my ferrets on the Las Vegas Strip, and that where I'd run into any number of visiting Californians who told me of the ferrets they had over there.
Not so much now. As amusing as they were, they stink and bite. So not so great.
If I had to guess now, they're way way down in the noise after dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, rats, hamsters, etc.
Today when you buy a ferret at a pet store, they come de-scented.
I would be leery of handling any ferret that's been caged, and all 7 of mine over 25 years wouldn't even know what a cage looks like. When I'd walk my ferrets on the Las Vegas Strip at night, with any number of tourists picking him up for a selfie, never a bite. I walk my ferret downtown and around my 55+ community, people holding out heir hands to pet them, and never a bite.
I took in a ferret, one time, who had been caged for a couple years, and for the first month, he bit and bit, fearful, perhaps, I was going to put him into a cage. He finally got over it and trusted me.
One of the reasons I have ferrets is the bark of a dog goes right through me, and I wanted a pet I could take on leash walks, that didn't make any noise, and I like the fact that my ferret sleeps at least 20-21 hours a day and they're not demanding at all.
I live in California where ferrets are, indeed, illegal, and though I have known a few people who have them, birds and fish are far more common as pets than ferrets.
I had a friend who worked at one of the Disneyland hotels, and one day he found a ferret running down a hallway. He caught it, but it was never claimed--no doubt because they are illegal!--so he kept it. It was a spayed female, and she was cute and funny.
When I walked my ferret on the Las Vegas Strip, many a year, naturally, you're going to run into visiting Californians, and I met up with a great number of them who had ferrets in California, legal or not, and they were envious that I could walk my ferret openly and they couldn't.
I was asked a number of time where to buy them in Las Vegas (Tropical Pets on Tropicana always carried them) and I told them where and a number of them were planning to buy one there and transport back to Southern California.
From my understanding, it's Big Ag that's opposed to their legality, fearing they'll get loose and run rampant through the agricultural area, but that hasn't happened elsewhere in this country.
If a ferret is confiscated by the police in CA, they're generally sent over to Phoenix to Ferret Rescue Centers, which is where I bought one of mine when living there.
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When I walked my ferret on the Las Vegas Strip, many a year, naturally, you're going to run into visiting Californians, and I met up with a great number of them who had ferrets in California, legal or not, and they were envious that I could walk my ferret openly and they couldn't.
I was asked a number of time where to buy them in Las Vegas (Tropical Pets on Tropicana always carried them) and I told them where and a number of them were planning to buy one there and transport back to Southern California.
From my understanding, it's Big Ag that's opposed to their legality, fearing they'll get loose and run rampant through the agricultural area, but that hasn't happened elsewhere in this country.
If a ferret is confiscated by the police in CA, they're generally sent over to Phoenix to Ferret Rescue Centers, which is where I bought one of mine when living there.
They're all spayed when you buy them, aren't they, so there's no real risk of them getting loose and populating an agricultural area.
Not so much now. As amusing as they were, they stink and bite. So not so great.
If I had to guess now, they're way way down in the noise after dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, rats, hamsters, etc.
Some folks just can't get over the fact that all wild animals have a musky odor and even though the skunks I used to keep had their the scent glands "snipped", they still had a musky odor. I remember when Arctic Blue Foxes became popular. Folks thought they could be house broken and there was that musky odor. Most were turned into shelters or rescues within 6 months.
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