Ugh!
So...we're in the market to buy Rikki a bigger cage. I thing...beautiful idea...ask the ferret comms on here for advice.
Did you know a certain brand of cages must be made of gold and shit rainbows and sunshine?
Oh gods...
The general thought on the intarwebs is that if you live in north america, own a ferret, and don't have a Ferret Nation cage you're a bad pet owner, and if you can't drop $200 down "RIGHT NAO" then you don't deserve the ferret becuase you simply can't afford it. Someone acually told me if I wasn't going to buy that brand, not to buy one at all. Why? Becuase it's "easy to clean"
Uhhh...Rikki had a little pathetic cage...and it's super easy to clean. How freaking lazy our people that they need an ENTIRE half of the cage to open up to clean? Ferrets...at least our little guy, uses an old towel as bedding...which gets tossed int eh wash, is littler trained, and...oh wait, that means there's no wood mess to clean, or stray waste to remove! The only other thing is random ferret stunk which...well, a wipe down in vinager cures.
Now sure, if it's the best of the best I could see...but...to me those cages look...well...ugly. Gum metal gray! It jsut looks very...industrial.
"But it's the most ferret proof!"
...Seriously...people own a pet thats as bad as a toddler on crack and they don' treat it as...well...a toddler? Most cages can be made extra secure by bending one bar a hair...It takes an extra half a second and doesn't damage the cage any.
But then agian it could be be getting pissed off at that one thing is getting so much rabid attnetion, or that people are insulting me and insuating that I;m a poor pet owner becuase I;m not bending to thier whims.
Did you know a certain brand of cages must be made of gold and shit rainbows and sunshine?
Oh gods...
The general thought on the intarwebs is that if you live in north america, own a ferret, and don't have a Ferret Nation cage you're a bad pet owner, and if you can't drop $200 down "RIGHT NAO" then you don't deserve the ferret becuase you simply can't afford it. Someone acually told me if I wasn't going to buy that brand, not to buy one at all. Why? Becuase it's "easy to clean"
Uhhh...Rikki had a little pathetic cage...and it's super easy to clean. How freaking lazy our people that they need an ENTIRE half of the cage to open up to clean? Ferrets...at least our little guy, uses an old towel as bedding...which gets tossed int eh wash, is littler trained, and...oh wait, that means there's no wood mess to clean, or stray waste to remove! The only other thing is random ferret stunk which...well, a wipe down in vinager cures.
Now sure, if it's the best of the best I could see...but...to me those cages look...well...ugly. Gum metal gray! It jsut looks very...industrial.
"But it's the most ferret proof!"
...Seriously...people own a pet thats as bad as a toddler on crack and they don' treat it as...well...a toddler? Most cages can be made extra secure by bending one bar a hair...It takes an extra half a second and doesn't damage the cage any.
But then agian it could be be getting pissed off at that one thing is getting so much rabid attnetion, or that people are insulting me and insuating that I;m a poor pet owner becuase I;m not bending to thier whims.