Ferrets
 

Does anyone have them? My son wants them, will they attract rats if we keep them in an outbuilding?
Will they get fleas and give them to the dog?

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No ferrets hunt rats they wont attract them.

And any animal that caught fleas could potentially pass them onto a dog.

I bought 2 with a friend a few years ago, we build them a house and everything but the ****ers stunk so badly. You could smell them from a mile away and they bite like little bitches. They are pretty fun if you can stand the smell and biting. Their ****s are disgusting too.

Ah, no way then I don't want a smelly garden :/

We kept them as clean as possible, cleaned them out every day and washed them regularly, the smell is impossible to get rid of.

Get him a guinea pig

Drew not looking afterhis ferrets right, they only bite if you don't get to know them properly.

Yeah I normally find if you ask a ferret its favourite colour and which team it supports it usually buys you a few rounds instead of biting you

I had some vicious smelly beast once...... but we broke up :joker:

Just get him a staffy, thats a good boys animal

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No, we have a dog thankyou.

yes but is it a proper dog and not some vile little furball?

What the hell would anyone want one of those vermin for

quite, its a posh rat

To keep Rats Away forever

But they stink
so a outside area built for them is wise.



Some kids have White Rats
as pets - amazing.
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He looks after them at college, he likes beasts :shrug:

its normal

Some Dogs do not get on with Ferrets

It would be cool if they did keep rats away, my neighbour said she saw some in her garden ( she has a huge pond) And it is a concrete shed so they would be safe, I just thought the food and smell might attract them:/

I hate those red eyed ones :eek:

my dad used to keep ferrets, they can bite quite nastily and they do smell. I wouldn't advise it personally :laugh:.

Oh flip no idea what to do now... It's different looking after them at college and doing it at home, I know someone who used to keep them will have a word thanks for the advice :)

Don't you have to do stuff with ferrets, like take them out ferreting around at night, and don't they live on mice and small mammals, I think they would be alot of hard work and if they smell well that's an end to it.

what about some chickens?

I would agree with this :amazed:

Walking down to collect your own fresh eggs in the morning is amazing.