by Former Oceano » 01/11/09, 14:03
No one has talked about ferrets. They are small tame carnivores.
I had a couple of these lovely critters at home, and no worries about rats or mice. With the arrival of my daughter I separated from it for safety reasons for her and since then I had to use rat death in my garage, under the kitchen units, in the technical sheath and under the sofa to prevent nibblers to crack down.
The ferret is in fact a domesticated ferret which gives off a musky odor (it is recommended to wash it regularly or to operate it to remove the anal glands) not necessarily unpleasant (there is musk in many perfumes) but which makes flee from all rodents.
In addition, it has an intermediate character between the dog and the cat, is easily transportable (my partner and I had ours in our jackets when riding on a motorcycle), stand up. They eat cat food and cook in a litter box. We can walk them on a leash like dogs. They are vaccinated like dogs (rabies, disease of square) with a flat, they are sensitive to influenza and can die from it (they use it in the pharmaceutical laboratories for the flu besides).
By cons with children you have to be careful. The ferret can, if it is too annoyed by a toddler, release a smelly puff causing the escape from the house of bipeds.
Second, the most dangerous pawn is that when it bites, it does not let go of its prey. So if a kid is bitten, the ferret will not let go and it will be necessary to stub the beast so that it opens its jaws ...
Finally, the tapered shape and flexibility of the ferret allows it to sneak through small openings to track down its prey, while a cat will not pass.
So if your children are over 10, you can buy a 'gougou' (nickname from the noise they make) which will play with you, cats, dogs and chase your mice and rats.
Last point, shout like a polecat ... This expression is very real. Thumb-sized baby ferrets have a very powerful voice for their size. One day when I got back to my apartment, I opened the door of the building and I heard the screams of Pastis (albino ferret) who my partner was washing in the bathroom sink when he didn't want to. You could believe that we were slaughtering a pig! The doors to the apartment (located on the third floor) and to the bathroom were closed and you could hear it from the sidewalk !!!
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Peugeot Ion (VE), KIA Optime PHEV, VAE, no electric motorcycle yet...