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None of my birds were been feather pickers either, when we were home they were out and apart of the family life. Having an aviary... one day on the list with my library with the swinging ladder :) . I love birds, miss having them but my son has been having far more fun with the mischievous ferrets so its a good switch.

Cute pictures, hope your little girl is doing alright, nice to hear that she has a great owner taking care of her in her time of need
 
champgarde;3925617; said:
I have a small parrot who is (according to the vet) extremely healthy. She's perfectly happy and has never even come close to being a feather picker. And I have a full time job which often brings in a lot of overtime. She still gets out 2+ hours a day.
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If you love your bird and I beleave you do you should consider giving him a partener, of the same species and sex if dont want breeding. Your bird may have a woderfull time with you but a human being presence can not replace a bird´s, they are so social by nature, they love to "chat", it will GREATLy enrich its life and make him more independent (but not less afectionate thoards you) wich will come usefull if for some reason the household becomes even more bussy. It wont make your life substancialy harder (get one from a rescue or a reputable breeder) and it makes all the diference for your friend:)
 
I love ferrets. And call me crazy but I actually like the way they smell. Obviously not a dirty ferret or a ferret with s dirty cage, but the musky smell of a well-kept ferret to me is no problem at all.

All they want to do is play. Mine is forever in my feet when he's out, running between my feet then hopping away trying to get me to chase him (a favorite game of his).
 
Ours used to love it when we'd take a towel or pillowcase or small blanket, and drag it along the floor. They'd race after and attack the trail end, or bite it and hold on and be dragged around the house :).

We also had an old papasan chair (you know, the bowl chair), and we'd drop all 3 in that and then get them riled up. They'd run around and around and around and around, and every now and then one of them would get going to fast and come flying out, and then we'd have to put them back in. The dog used to love to watch them in the chair...
 
I heard that three or more are far more fun then two, once these guys get settled in I'll think about adding another. The first night I had them I had an anxiety attack due to the smell, but I have since gotten used to it. It's really not bad, I'm just a fan of my house smelling like pine sol and lemon bleach.

It intrigues me how smart and at ease they are, they right away felt absolutely comfortable in their cage, when they are awake I leave the door open and when they are ready for a nap or hungry/ thirsty they just go in, the lighter sable does not like to jump into the cage so he alerts me that he wants to go in, incredible for three days in. The lighter sable wants to dig (i.e coach, my 20g mouse tank I'm trying to get rid of, rugs, etc) the darker sable is smitten with my son he follows him around when he's out however he's has also bitten him twice once on the neck and once on the ear, it was not instigated by my son at all (he was just sitting or lying down at the time) and the ferret (I don't think) wasn't being nasty but he did draw blood. The time he bit his ear I grabbed him by the scruff and he would not go, I think he was trying to play but it has shaken up my son a bit, he was very offended he kept saying I thought he liked me :( We talked about how just like puppies and cats play with their mouths so do ferrets.
 
yeah they are pretty smart, i think there are wipes you can get to wipe them with that kind of neutralizes the odor, n yeah ferrets do bite like that when they play, ferrets have super tough skin so they play rough with each other but they have to be taught how to play nice with people, you did the right thing just grab by scruff and if he doesnt let go try blowing hard on his nose and then if he continues to do it put him in the cage for a couple mins and try again, poor boy lol kids have a hard time not taking things like that personal, but as long as your consistent with the ferret and your boy doesnt get to emotional scarred lol everything should be fine

and yeah watch your couches, if they are pretty much free roaming like it sounds like yours are make sure to keep close eye on that as they will burrow into your couch (this is also a health hazard for them as many a ferret has died from being sat on when inside the couch or been caught in the gears of reclining seats)
 
did anyone else notice the pic that had the sign, saying "curb your dog"
waddafuxup with that?
 
no free roaming ferrets for me, they are confined to the living room and sun parch when they are out, and the cage is closed when I'm not home or do not have the rooms closed off.

Yeah some kids have really been traumatized by unfortunate encounters with animals. I've been bitten dogs (requiring stitches) and scratched/ bitten by even more cats (mostly from the animal shelter I used to volunteer at), sometimes it was the animal d-bag personality and sometimes it was my neglect to pay attention to warning signs (like the beware if dog sign at the junk yard we used to play in). Aidan (my son) seems ok after talking about the fact that he was just trying to play, hopefully I can correct the ferret's behavior, I know he was just trying to play, unacceptable behavior though. Looks like they have dirty mouths as well as the scratch (bite mark) swelled up even after an antiseptic was applied.
 
Bsixxx;3929512; said:
did anyone else notice the pic that had the sign, saying "curb your dog"
waddafuxup with that?
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I had a habit of collecting signs when inebriated as teenager... that and taking pictures with statues/ lawn ornaments
 
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