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California ferret owners want their pets legalized
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Posted on 03/07/2011 7:46:56 AM PST by JoeProBono

SACRAMENTO, - California's ferret owners are tired of being criminals. They live in the only U.S. state besides Hawaii that bans residents from keeping ferrets as pets, forcing an untold number of Californians to keep their beloved weasels hidden from the public.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: california; ferret; napl
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1 posted on 03/07/2011 7:47:01 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Can ferrets be trained, walked on a leash, made to do tricks?

Seriously, can they?

2 posted on 03/07/2011 7:48:55 AM PST by Celtic Cross (Does your stream of thought have fish in it?)
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To: JoeProBono

ferret: a stretch weasel.


3 posted on 03/07/2011 7:50:11 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: JoeProBono

Let ‘em have their f’n ferrets and their pot and their abortion clinics and their Marxist leaders. Bunch of freaks.


4 posted on 03/07/2011 7:50:10 AM PST by albie
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To: JoeProBono

I watched a show on plastic surgery. One of the women had horrible disfiguration of her face. She said that when she was a baby her face was chewed off by her parent’s pet ferret.

Previously I never knew why California made ferrets illegal as pets.

They clearly are a danger to some.


5 posted on 03/07/2011 7:51:42 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: JoeProBono
Didn't they just elect a ferret as Gov. in CA? I thought they were already legal.


6 posted on 03/07/2011 7:52:59 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: JoeProBono
keep their beloved weasels hidden from the public

I say legalize them. Then make the Weasel the new mascot for the California democratic party.

7 posted on 03/07/2011 7:53:15 AM PST by TexasPatriot1 (I am unique, Just like everybody else.)
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To: Celtic Cross
Can ferrets be trained, walked on a leash, made to do tricks?

From what I've seen they can do those probably about as well as a cat, except a ferret never seems to develop the feline contempt and apathy. I've never owned one and I've only been in a ferret owner's home a couple of times to see the tube rats.

8 posted on 03/07/2011 7:53:18 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
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To: JoeProBono

SAVE TEH SPORKWEASELS!


9 posted on 03/07/2011 7:53:33 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Celtic Cross
Ferrets can learn to understand commands and phrases.

The key to training a ferret is being persistent and using repetition for short periods of time in an area free of distractions, and treats as rewards. Once they learn the trick, gradually take away the treat.


10 posted on 03/07/2011 7:56:10 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Celtic Cross
I've owned ferrets. They make a good pet, unless you have small children.

They also attack catz, which can be pretty funny. Every ferret comes with a complete large and healthy ego. They will attack just about anything, vacuum cleaners, large dogs, walls.

I'm allergic to the dander from them, or I'd probably have one just for the entertainment value.

/johnny

11 posted on 03/07/2011 7:59:14 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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12 posted on 03/07/2011 7:59:30 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Celtic Cross
Ferrets are actually very smart little critters. I considered getting one when we moved out of CA but found out that despite being cute they are very destructive. You pretty much have to have a ferret-proof room for their daily exercise sessions.

Another strike against them - they STINK. I don't care what anyone says, these little critters smell horrible. Yuck!

13 posted on 03/07/2011 8:00:01 AM PST by ninergold3 (Let Go and Let God - He IS In Control)
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To: Celtic Cross

Ferrets can be taught some rudimentary commands. Where they really come into their own is rodent control. They can easily pursue mice into places where a cat can’t go, and rather than play with a mouse like a feline will, they get straight down to business.


14 posted on 03/07/2011 8:00:49 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Celtic Cross

“forcing an untold number of Californians to keep their beloved weasels hidden from the public.”

Seriously - sounds like a public lewdness charge is only one weasel away.

Colonel, USAFR


15 posted on 03/07/2011 8:01:34 AM PST by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: KarlInOhio; Celtic Cross

I had a pair of them once- They would be the best pet ever, if you could litter-box train them

I have heard that you can, but I was not able to. They back their butt into any corner and go there. (always in a corner, though) if you have a square room with a litter box in every corner, you should be good.

If it wasn’t for that I would get a dozen more- they are the most fun pet I ever had. I had one who would attack my leg then run away whenever I came into the room.
And they play with each other all day long. (you have to have at least two, one will be bored and cause all kinds of damage)

They get into EVERYTHING though. I found one inside my air condditioning ducts, and another on my roof, inside my stove, inside my desk drawers (no idea how it got there)


16 posted on 03/07/2011 8:02:49 AM PST by Mr. K (Job #1 DEFUND THE LEFT then Palin/Bachman 2012 -Unbeatable Ticket~!)
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To: Celtic Cross

Yes. They are VERY intelligent.


17 posted on 03/07/2011 8:08:14 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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18 posted on 03/07/2011 8:08:45 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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19 posted on 03/07/2011 8:10:08 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Mr. K

I agree that they are ooodles of fun, but I was able to litter train mine, so long as the litter box was in the bathtub. Take the box out of the tub and put it on the floor and there was no deal.


20 posted on 03/07/2011 8:10:37 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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