Close Up Please!!

[Vio&Juni]

Piglet is so funny here

[Former User]

Ohh, Piglet is cute!!!!

Here's another close up of Kitty

[popcornbird]

Thanks for the information Chinadoll! I thought they looked like weasles and wild animals too! I guess I was mistaken! They do look like great pets. I've never seen any at Petco, Petsmart, or any other pet store. Where do you get them from? What kind of odor do they have? Is it similar to the odor skunks give off, or do ferrets always smell? Please enlighten me some more! Thanks!

[Chinadoll]

Hi popcornbird!
Ferrets do have a slightly musky smell. As long as you change the bedding regularly and feed proper foods, ferrets really don’t have too strong of an odor. It’s not like skunks that spray…the odor comes from glands that produce oil for their coat. Therefore, if you bathe them too much, the skin becomes dried out and the glands work overtime to produce more oil for their coat and you have a smellier ferret. Most ferrets from a petstore come altered and descented. Descenting does not remove all the scent glands, just the ones in the rear. The other scent glands can not be removed. From what I’ve heard from breeders, descenting doesn’t really make a difference in the way they smell, but altering does. I’ve heard there is a big difference between the smell of a whole ferret and one that’s been altered. Most ferrets in petstores are sold altered because of the smell of unaltered ferrets and problem with females that go into heat. If a female ferret goes into heat and is not taken out of heat by the vet or bred to another ferret, she will develop anemia and could very likely die.

Most ferrets are sold from petstores. Petsmart does not carry ferrets because they will not sell an animal if it is illegal in any state. If one store can’t carry it, none of their stores do. Ferrets are illegal in New York City, California, and Hawaii. I think those are the only places where ferrets are illegal. Most Petco’s have ferrets. I really recommend getting a ferret from a shelter. There are so many ferrets that get dumped because people can’t stand the smell(they only smell if you don’t take care of them properly), they didn’t realize how much work they are, it bites(yes, ferrets need to be nip trained and if you try to train the fuzzy by hitting it or flicking it’s nose because you don’t have the patience of course it’s going to show more aggression to you because you are showing aggression to it!) and for many other reasons. www.ferretcentral.org has much more info as well as a list of ferret shelters by state…they may have listing for outside the US, but I’m not sure. Another good resource to check out if you’re interested is Ferrets for Dummies by Kim Schilling. It is a truly awesome book with tons of info. Hope that answers some of your questions. If you have any more questions, just ask…I’ll try to answer them as best I can.

[Miss Meow]

Taking close-up pics instead of doing housework

[Miss Meow]

And one of Mini.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Miss Meow those are beautiful pics of your cats. Thanks for sharing.

Well to be honest , this is THE BEST THREAD EVER on Pettalk !!!!
So many lovely pics !!!! Wish I could take closer pics of my pets ....
here is one of our bunniy Billie (a bit blurry ..)

here is Maya !!

and ,I cannot resist my sweet RB-cat Sydney !!!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Here's a new close up of Sunny.


Here's a new one of Storm.


Here's a new pic of Pepper.

[Rachel]

I too love closeups. Here's one of Hannah.

[Rachel]

And a pensive Tucker

[Chinadoll]

Originally posted by popcornbird


No wonder I haven't seen a ferret before..............why is it illegal in California? There are no ferrets here at Petco or Petsmart. Are they dangerous?

No they are not dangerous. They remain illegal in CA because of misinformation. Those that wish to keep ferrets illegal say that if people let them go, or they escaped that they world form vicious packs and damage native species and agriculture. What they don't understand is that ferrets have been domesticated for hundreds of years and they would not survive very long at all if out in the wild...very few would be able to feed themselves etc.. Here are some websites you can read about organizations for ferret legalization in CA.

http://www.ferretnews.org/

http://www.ferretsanonymous.com/index.html

http://ferretsanon.com/

Actually, many people have ferrets in CA illegally. On these websites are vets in CA that will treat ferrets. Those that own ferrets run the risk that if they are ever reported, the ferret can be seized and either PTS or sent to a shelter in a neighboring state. HTH.