I kid brought a ferret to class once. it ran around. I pet it. My hand STUNNNKKKKK afterwards.
like. STUNK. I tried hand sanitizer to quelm it and that smell of sanitizer overpowered by ferret stink will never leave my brain. lol!
it was so cute though. Worth it! @99reasons4truth
@Armchaircouch Yup, I had a friend who had one. Weird dude...
And confirmed. They smell awful.
it's almost bizarre. I can't imagine what it IS. @kel
@Armchaircouch @kel not really a mystery like many animals the natural musky odor of ferrets comes from their scent glands (most notably the anal glands) and is used for territorial marking
That said commercially available ferrets in the United States are โde-scented,โ which means that they have gone through a surgical procedure to remove their anal glands
@Armchaircouch They *are* pretty flexible... ๐ณ @ecksmc
this site says it could be skin and fur.
a. Let's go with that and
b...
@kel @Armchaircouch lmao
Yeah although it should be noted that if owners don't clean their cages and toys and blankets regularly the stink is worse
if you pick a ferret up and sniff it you might find that they actually donโt smell that much at all. However, the most common causes of offensive smell in the household are the build-up of oils, from their skin glands which stink out their blankets, toys, cages etc....
Blame the owners if you come across a stinky one ๐
@Armchaircouch @kel I've none a lot of ferret owners
We used them for hunting down the local glens send them down holes to flush other animals out etc....
noooo not you! *scritches* @cmskiera
@Armchaircouch I had two. They were fixed pretty young so didn't get the major stink, and you get used to the musk smell.
The problem to manage though is poop. The poop was terrible!
@Armchaircouch Both. The better quality food seems to make the stinkiest poops. The poos are very squishy and the poor things don't have much time between "I think I need to poop" and "Must go now" so a mess is inevitable.
They have an instinct to back into a corner, but it's going to be the nearest corner and they might not make it to the litter box.
There's just so much of it too, at least it seemed that way. I can't remember my cage cleaning frequency but it wasn't enough.
oh no GOODNESS ๐ญ
poor darlings!! theyโre not cut out for that hooman life you know!
lmao ๐ฉ๐ฉ @sheseala
@Armchaircouch I cleaned enough so they weren't dirty, and I tried scooping the cage litter box a bunch, but it was not enough to keep that room from being stinky.
I honestly don't know how a friend of mine kept 4. They didn't tell me their secrets.
interestingโฆindeed.
โฅ๏ธ The things we put up with! I have cat litter. my girl always drops a bomb in the worst moments. lol! it tis what tit is. @sheseala
@Armchaircouch ๐