feisty ferret

[tinytippytoes]

I have a SP and its driving me bananas!!! The FN is really out of my budget. I'm looking at the feisty ferret. I know its a few inches smaller and all but is it really that bad? I get different people telling me all kinds of bad and good things. My rats are slobs and I really cant keep up with cleaning them. I feel like a circus monkey trying to cleaning pee with small doors LOL. HELP!! I also want to know if they will be good for 2 girl ferrets. I'm planning on a Playpen also which will be modified so no escapes will happen(hopefully). Thanks and if you do have a feisty please show some pics!!!

[Sherry]

I've never had one, but understand the doors are very small on these as well.

[wtferret]

IMO they are junk to the second power. One of the ca underground shelter uses them so I've seen them in action. They are now upgrading to fn 142. I'd suggest watching craigslist or saving for a FN.

[Deleted]

I saw a FN 142, like new - on my local CL the other day for $62 so it never hurts to just keep looking. I already have a shoddy FN and a brand new FN so I knew I couldn't get another one. Was tempting though, but one of the ones I have isn't even in use anyway.

[tinytippytoes]

I am trying to buy 2nd hand it doesn't seem to for me work cause I have no van no truck and no friends LOL Ok I fibbed on the friends part . I do have one friend with a truck but its spanking brand new and no way is lending out his baby. He works nights so he can't pick up and on a moments notice. I saw some great ones on Csl but nobody wants to take them apart or deliver it. So I'm gonna be shelling out 200 bucks for it....new. I already bought a new bed this month. LOL sooo broke now but will be a happy broke person. I hate the SP ggrr very FUSTERATING cage to clean. I live in a studio so clean means no smelly stuff.

[maddiesmom]

OHH I can SO relate! SP cages are sooo hard to clean, I hate them I wish so badly I had just started out with a FN or a CN with my ratties, and then I would've never had a ferret in a SP either...

My advice would be to wait & save your money. I KNOW its hard! I can totally relate to your pain and agony
But it will be WELL worth it. FNs rock

ETA: I got my FN 141 when I was in a bind, and I got it really cheap from CSN, and free shipping. was going to buy an add on unit to make it into a 142 after I moved, but that's when I saw a 143 on craigslist.
www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=nsp6&xhr=t&q=ferret+nation&cp=2&client=safari&rls=en&bs=1&um=1&biw=1024&bih=441&bav=on.1,or.&ie=UTF-8&cid=1635955300964147346&sa=X&ei=uyVhTbLNHpDTgQe1wYnCAg&ved=0CFkQgggwAA#

Good luck on your cage search!

[tinytippytoes]

Oh that's what I'm thinking of doing! The rats now are getting older and don't make use of the whole cage( except for peeing ) so the smaller one would work for now then when I get my ferts I can upgrade.

[Deleted]

The Feisty is not as awesome as the FN, for sure. It only has one door on the front, not two like like the FN. And it has a wire floor grill, which can be removed, but the pan underneath is not as sturdy as I would like. All that said, I would rather have a Feisty than a Super Pet tub-style cage.

I found my reference photo! Here's an "actual size" comparison.


I'd save for the FN 141, if the bar spacing isn't too big for your rats. I always had female rats, and they could've practically walked through the FN bars!

[Sherry]

Hey, Candice- you should have gotten that FN. You could have used the sections to make yourself two 143's

[tinytippytoes]

I bought it! I ordered the 141 today. Yeah! Yeah my manrats are big boys. The SP now is 1 inch and they can't fit their whole muzzle out..so I'm not worried about that. Thank so much for the pics you can really see the difference! You can see the litterbox in the FF takes half of the floor room and also they don't have as much head room either. This way I can add another hammock or cube there.