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[savannahmay1011]

Hello my name is Savannah, I am now the proud owner of to male ferrets Arctos and Bladen(my husband named them lol). They are rescue ferrets, which is a story on how I ended up with them. So here on Okinawa there is a huge U.S. military presents for those who didn't know that and that is why I'm here I'll be here for another year anyways on Facebook there are severely re-homing pages for animals (cause a lot of pet shops here sell puppies and kittens) because people come out here for a few years and get a cat, a dog or another pet and then find out either how much work it is to have a living creature in your care or oh crap they actually have to figure out how to get this animal back to the states and that can cost a lot of money so the abandon the animal here on the island to be pasted from family to family. It's very sad and breaks my heart every time I see another animal on those pages. So I was looking through one of the pages(I work with a local dog rescue so I check the pages to see if anyone is trying to rehome one of our dogs that got adopted without contacting us) and I happened to see these 2 ferrets being rehomed cause the owner didn't want them anymore but I wasn't fast enough and someone else got them. About a week latter I see two more ferrets being rehomed and I'm sitting there like are these the same ferrets, showed them to my husband and he was like yes they are same pictures and everything. I contacted their new owner to see why he was rehoming them and that I would take them, he messaged me back saying when he got them he didn't know he had a horrible allergy to them and that he couldn't keep them and said he was trying to get some of the money he gave to the first owner back so they were $100 and came with all their stuff sadly at that time I didn't have the money but told him if he couldn't find anyone to take them I would. So I didn't hear back from him I figured that he had found someone but about 2 weeks go by and out of no where he messages me asking if I still want them, I said h*ll ya I'll come get the right away and that's how I ended up with my ferrets

They are my first ferrets so if anyone has any advice they would like to share with a noob that would be awesome!    

[Sherry]

Hi and welcome Ferrets are a HUGE learning curve tbh. Think toddler combined with teenager You can scroll through a lot of the info on this forum. You can also access almost the same info on our website, but it is easier to navigate holisticferretforum.com/

[lee]

Hello and welcome to the forum.  Thank you for giving them a home, it's so sad when animals get passed around. As sherry said they are a big learning curve. The best thing to do is do plenty of reading up about them on forums like this as there is so many people on here with so much knowledge. All I can say is your in for a lot of fun with them, once the have settled in they become a so much fun to be around, they get in to everything d keep you on your toes. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Enjoy and good luck 

[unclejoe]

Welcome to the group! I am a history buff and I know a bit about Okinawa. I have known a few ferret owners in Japan through the forums.
Ferrets are hunters and meat eaters, not rodents ( I guess you know that( Diet is a primary concern.
Tell us a little about them, like how they behave, what they eat now, etc, if you would. Feel free to ask questions. We's love to help, and we'd love to see pictures!

[abbeytheferret6]

Hi and welcome to the forum and congrats on becoming ferret owners


Your story reminds me of my good luck in college. I was given my Tipsey with his 2 story cage for free. First day of class the professor wanted us to tell something about ourselves. I happened to mention my 3 ferrets. Afterwards a lady asked me if I wanted her daughter's ferret--she had grown disinterested in him. I almost took my little Didi in a carrier to ride with him back home. For some reason I didn't, which was a good thing. She did not like him at all neither did my male. Only my gentle Sissy liked him. That is when I learned ferrets sometimes do not accept newbies. So I had to have two businesses. Even today, I have two businesses with other ferrets. 

Do enjoy your little ones and may they have many happy days with you both.

[Charlie]

Hello and welcome!! You are in for a ride with ferrets!! They will steal your heart!!!

[okojosan]

Welcome to the forum! Good luck with your new friends.