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justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 480
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 1:06 pm: | 
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I seem to have a family of ferrets living under my porch. Are they wild around here or do you think someone's pet got loose? I figure I should call the animal control people or Mem. |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1619
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 1:10 pm: |
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Laura, we could probably use them at Vinny's candle party tomorrow night. Why don't you all stop by around 8? |
Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 1077
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 1:11 pm: |
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How do you know they are ferrets?
I always thought the natural habitat of the ferret were the plains regions? I have never seen one in the wild though. Sounds like someone's pet. |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2812
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 2:08 pm: |
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are you sure these are ferrets and not a long tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)?
ferrets are a member of the weasel family
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joy
Citizen
Username: Joy
Post Number: 420
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 3:18 pm: |
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Yeah - this isn't ferret country. It's either am escaped pet...or something else.
Can you describe them? |
justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 481
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 12:23 am: |
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Have to tell y'all, I spent over a minute and a half f2f with this one. I was about to do some rat bait under the porch because the husband kept on complaining about vermints. Then this cutie came crawiling up to me today when I was watering the plantings. Glad I didn't, but now what do I do? Definitely a ferret and really adorable. (googled some pics, really cute face, long bushy tail...) We were really close, but I didn't want to pick him up, because I didn't have my gloves on. I will post a picture when I can figure out how to do it. Any ideas?
justmeconservationist |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2817
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 1:34 am: |
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I still bet it's a weasel  |
themp
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Username: Themp
Post Number: 2798
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 11:19 am: |
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Zoesky1
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 1436
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 11:45 am: |
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Just read a big story in the New York Times yesterday (Science Times section) about wild ferrets. There are no wild ferrets in North America other than black-footed ferrets, which are EXTREMELY rare, as in, almost extinct (that was what the story was about). So you either have weasels or escaped domesticated ferrets. You might want to call Animal Control. |
Tom N
Citizen
Username: Tjn
Post Number: 104
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 12:50 pm: |
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"Domestic pet ferrets, Mustela furo (sometimes called Mustela putorius
furo), are not wild animals. They have been domesticated for a very long time, perhaps two or three thousand years. They're not equipped to survive for very long on their own; escaped pets suffer from dehydration, starvation and exposure, and usually don't survive more than a few days unless someone takes them in. Unlike cats and dogs, ferrets aren't even
large enough to push over garbage cans and scavenge."
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/pets/ferret-faq/part1/section-17.html |
Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1778
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 1:58 pm: |
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I want a ferret so badly. TS won't let me have one. So I'm sorta envious JustLaura. |
justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 483
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 3:09 am: |
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This little cutie is/was definitely someone's pet. We have left food and water by the porch for him and he comes out to eat it. Tonight I lied down next to the food dish and he kept on coming out and sniffed me then crawled on me before taking a bite of food before running back under the porch. I am sure that in the next 24 hours we will be able to pick him up and take him inside. I would love to try to find his owner if he is an escapee. Any ideas on who to contact? Also, I will try to post his pic tomorrow.
AlleyG, are you sure you couldn't take him because he really is the sweetest thing. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 13754
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 7:25 am: |
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I saw a "lost ferret" sign on Plymouth or Madison Ave. Do you live near those streets? I'll check for the signs again today.
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justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 484
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 9:22 am: |
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Thanks Tom, I am near Clinton School, so not too far from there |
Parkbench87
Citizen
Username: Parkbench87
Post Number: 4087
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 9:34 am: |
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Laura,
I hope you are able to ferret through all this information and find the creatures owner
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justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 485
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 1:12 am: |
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So, now the cutie is a squater in my house. He let me pick him up today and I brought him inside and put him in a pet carrier. He did spend an hour sleeping on one of my boys. We have fallen in love with him. Unfortunately, he got loose and now he is a free roaming ferret indahouse. Really want to find his family, but now my kids love him. What to do?
PS. Still trying to figure out how to post the pics from my camera. |
justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 488
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 3:21 pm: |
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Tom, did you find the poster about the ferret? I drove around and didn't see it. The little guy is quickly becoming a part of the family. I've checked the lost and founds, but no luck. Anybody else have an idea who I should call? |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 13817
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 9:19 pm: |
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No, the signs are gone. I can't guess why.
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