Post by Heather on Jan 16, 2012 2:32:57 GMT -5
I've had over 30 ferrets call my place home. They have ranged from kits (I've actually had 3 that would count as that, though Napoleon was the only one I paid for.....the other two Minion and Nicodemus were petstore rescues). I"ve lost little ones as young as 18 months...Porthos to juvenile lymphomas....I've had a number of senior rescues who've really surprised me and lived to ripe old ages of 10 and 11 or more. Some have come from less then perfect beginnings. I loved every last one of them and wouldn't trade them for the world. Right now, my youngest ferrets are my sickest...go figure I have to admit though, my oldest in house ferret right now is Odin at 10 yrs of age...he's also a breeder's ferret, but Babushka a wee marshals, reached 11 yrs of age, she was turned in when she was 9. Mischief was about 10 or 11, he was turned in at age 7. I rescued Nicodemus in a similar episode as was just done on the forum from a pet store who had left him in the back with a small scribbled sign...failure to thrive do not sell. He only lived to be 5 yrs old. Napoleon my little sweety and my only purchased ferret lived to be 6.
Keeping ferrets is a crap shoot, no two ways about it. You gamble on getting a healthy one that has a good long life. It's that way with any pet, really. You hope that you do all the right things and that they get all the right breaks and live forever. I've had ferrets who have been fed nothing but garbage, lived in conditions that would make you sick and they've lived forever. I've had ferrets that have had all the right breaks and .....it's the breaks...you love them anyway ;D
ciao
Keeping ferrets is a crap shoot, no two ways about it. You gamble on getting a healthy one that has a good long life. It's that way with any pet, really. You hope that you do all the right things and that they get all the right breaks and live forever. I've had ferrets who have been fed nothing but garbage, lived in conditions that would make you sick and they've lived forever. I've had ferrets that have had all the right breaks and .....it's the breaks...you love them anyway ;D
ciao