Hello from Ontario!

[Little Wise Owl]

I'm Shannon from Canadia-land. I've been keeping mostly snakes and some lizards for about 5 years now.

I'm currently in college for Animal Care/Vet Assistant and have taken deep interest in domestic/exotic animal nutrition. Especially fresh, natural, holistic diets.

I also care for ferrets, dogs, and cats.

Here are some photos of myself and my animals.








Yours truly,

[infernalis]

[Sapphyr]

Absolutely gorgeous snakes you've got there~ Loving your beardie and crestie as well <3 And your ferret is adorable c: Reminds me of my sable ferret, Panda~ Looks exactly alike I've actually got 4. 2 sables, an albino, and a silver.

Anywho, welcome to the forums, I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here :>

PS: You're pretty~ c:

[Little Wise Owl]

Thank you.

I only have two ferrets. The female pictured with the mouse is Alessa and this is my Sable Point male, Maynard when he was a kit.


And now

[Sapphyr]

They sure do grow up, huh? <3 Always love the males since they're just big, lovable oafs~ I started out with my albino and silver. Albino is a female named Phoebe, silver is a male named Flande(female french name my friend picked... we made the typical beginner's mistake of thinking his genital bump was a belly button LOL). Have had them for maybe... 3 - 4 years now, still love 'em to death. Just this past year we added Sid and Panda, the two Sables. They were up for adoption at the Lexington Humane Society and well... ferrets are addicting~ So goofy and just a blast to watch them play with another -and- to play with. Mine absolutely dook like mad when I wave a blanket in the air or an article of clothing~

I say I love the males, but if you took the two pairs of brother/sisters, I couldn't tell you which out of the two pairs are my favorites. Males have that big old belly and lax behavior that sometimes results in funny situations(like Flan will slink around on the floor, just lay his front on the floor and slide along), but females have a petite cuteness~

At any rate, do yours love wiggling sheets of fabric and stuff? What are some funny stories you've had with them? c:

[Little Wise Owl]

Just the other day I was holding a towel and I yanked it up, not thinking and then there was a ferret in the air at like... eye level. She landed safely but man, I laughed. I guess she decided to bite it when I wasn't paying attention.

They like to stick their heads in the vacuum hose (when it's on) too despite not liking it, they keep doing it over and over... lol

Maynard's also very lazy... He'll fall and slide from his hammock at the top of the cage down to his litter box. WALKING IS FOR FOOLS, I guess. It's amusing to see an animal basically melting over ledges and kerplunking on the floor below just because they're too lazy to walk.

[Sapphyr]

HA! xD Oh I know how that goes. My boys are too lazy to walk to the litter, as well. Just kinda slip over the edge and I'm just over at my desk grinning like a Cheshire cat. They're so funny <3

And I'm guessing that's a definite yes for fabrics xD I've never seen mine jump -that- high, but they've jumped about knee level, before, trying to catch a fleeing piece of fabric. You ever tried dragging a towel or something on the floor? Mine love to chase the moving towel and will occasionally hitch a ride on it xD

Never had the vacuum hose issue, though, but it sounds like quite an amusing stunt~ Reminds me of how hedgehogs will intentionally stick toilet paper rolls on their head and then spend hours trying to get it off. They call it 'tubing', common behavior in hedgehogs.

[Corni_snake]

hello there Little Wise Owl, shannon

Love the picture that you have put up! _._ reading both your discussions now i want a ferret......flippin eck?! lol

How are the ferrets witht he snakes and lizards o.o :S

p.s AND WELCOME

[Sapphyr]

Originally Posted by Corni_snake

hello there Little Wise Owl, shannon

Love the picture that you have put up! _._ reading both your discussions now i want a ferret......flippin eck?! lol

How are the ferrets witht he snakes and lizards o.o :S

p.s AND WELCOME

NEVER EVER let your ferrets get -anywhere- near your reptile buds. I learned this the hard way. Went to school, left the ferrets out in my room, came back to my blizzard leopard gecko, Tryphosa, dead. Back then I just had the two, but one or both got into Tryphosa's cage and bit her in the head, probably killed her instantly.

Lizards and other reptiles are natural prey to a ferret in the wild(yes, even some snakes). Granted, domesticated ferrets are so domesticated that they can no longer survive in the wild, should you have a pet ferret and release it, but that doesn't mean the instinct is no longer there. Ferrets are very determined, cunning, and will try their best to fiddle their way into anything that's been attempted to be blocked from them, or even things unattended.

I've had them knock over several drinks in my absence, destroying quite a few keyboards, tore the keys from my keyboards, chewed holes in gallon containers of fresh spring water(something about plastic drives Phoebe mad), chewed up entire plastic bowls, plates, tupperware, etc., still managed to get into the dog food supply despite moving it into my closet(squeezed under the door, got in the closet, thus hoarding food under my bed and causing a bug problem), got on several tabletops despite trying to create a big enough gap between accessible surfaces and removing anything they could cling and climb(mainly fabrics).

They're lovely pets, but you have to -really- check places and try and think of any possible way that could get up onto up there, into that, etc. because I guarantee that whatever you do think, they will try. When they want something, they're very determined and will try and try again 'til they get tired of it, get distracted(sometimes this doesn't work, they'll get distracted and go right back to it. Relocating them away from whatever it is they're trying to get to may not work, either. Mine just run straight back to whatever it was and keep going for it.), or just get too lazy to do anymore.

Pretty much, they're like a kitten and a puppy mixed into one, and neither mix too well with any reptile, but they're still great pets, nonetheless. You've just got to be careful and, of course, responsible. I've said things about chewing, but they don't chew like rodents, nor are they rodents. Their teeth are designed very similarly to a cat's jaw(of course, just a smidge different), so they really don't fit the category to compare to a rodent's gnawing. It's more of like.. a puppy teething, and no, not teething on -you-, mainly objects. I've never been bitten by any of my ferrets. Phoebe -really- loves to chew on plastic. If there's plastic anywhere in the room, she's going to hunt it down like a heat seeking missile and there's no stopping her. It's like an uncontrollable urge to chew on plastic, don't really understand it but she -loooooves- it. She also loves rubber, but you've really got to be careful with both, seeing as how both are really bad to ingest, as are most foreign objects.

[Corni_snake]

ahhhhh! Im glad you mentioned that. I was looking into care sheets online, and they ""seem" expensive to keep as well. Vet bills, neutering (i had no idea that jills can be in season spring-summer ever year) and well the replacement cost for what ever they destroy.

I'll still consider it, but will definitely wait i think =] look into my options abit more.

THanks for that!

sorry to hear about the little leopard gecko =[ poor thing

[whoaxmary]

Hello and welcome. Love your pictures~
We're neighboors. ;p
And wow, sounds like ferrets are quiet the interesting pets. ;o
Sorry to hear about your gecko though. ;/ That's no good.

[Little Wise Owl]

Originally Posted by Corni_snake

hello there Little Wise Owl, shannon

Love the picture that you have put up! _._ reading both your discussions now i want a ferret......flippin eck?! lol

How are the ferrets witht he snakes and lizards o.o :S

p.s AND WELCOME

The ferrets are unaware of the reptiles though I'm sure the reptiles are aware of them.

They're never out together, just like how my cats or dogs are never in the same room. I've had more trouble with my cat trying to kill the reptiles than I had with the ferrets. They're pretty oblivious. lol

I don't doubt that if the ferrets did come in contact with my snakes that they'd kill them immediately though. Just like my cats would as well as our dogs. The snakes just look like tasty treats to our other animals. lol

Long story short, don't let ferrets mix with ANY small animal. The only other animal they can get along with are the cats and sometimes the dogs.



Sapphyr: I'm sorry to hear about the gecko ): that's really unfortunate. Ferrets are pretty nasty little hunters when it comes to killing. Their teeth are razor sharp and almost exactly like a cat's. Just in a smaller package. Luckily mine have never attempted to bite me hard. lol

[presspirate]

Hello and Welcome aboard! Thanks for sharing the great pics!

[mld]

Welcome to the site! Great looking animals you have.

[danarchy911]

what an adorable collection you have!