Seriously, can they?
ferret: a stretch weasel.
Let ‘em have their f’n ferrets and their pot and their abortion clinics and their Marxist leaders. Bunch of freaks.
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.
I say legalize them. Then make the Weasel the new mascot for the California democratic party.
SAVE TEH SPORKWEASELS!
Legal in Hollywood, you can even send one to Congress.
Police: Ferret Bit Off Baby’s Fingers
Officers Called To Grain Valley Home At 2:30 A.M.
POSTED: 4:05 pm CST January 10, 2011
UPDATED: 7:49 am CST January 11, 2011
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Grain Valley police said a pet ferret bit several fingers off the hands of a 4-month-old boy early Monday.
Officers said they were called to a home in the 200 block of Young Street at about 2:30 a.m.
Investigators said the boy had severe damage to his hands from the pet.
“The family ferret had actually gotten into where the baby was asleep and began to take off the fingers of the child,” Police Chief Aaron Ambrose said.
Ambrose said the child’s father killed the ferret after discovering what happened.
“The boy ends up with seven fingers lost, three left, being the thumbs and on one hand a pinkie left,” Ambrose said.
Sharon Cannon of the Kansas City Ferret Hotline, a ferret rescue and care group, said ferrets are not recommended in homes with babies.
“If you get a ferret who’s just exploring, and they bite the baby and the baby cries, it might see that as play,” Cannon said.
Ferrets are domesticated, but their play can be rough. Cannon questions how this could have happened.
“(I want) to know why the ferret was not locked up properly, secured, especially with an infant in the household,” Cannon said.
Police want to know the same thing.
“(It’s safe to say we’re looking at this more intensely than we would just your average animal bite,” Ambrose said.
The Grain Valley Police Department and the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said they’re investigating the case.
My oldest daughter is the only one of the family that isn’t allergic to cats, and she wanted one desperately.
We settled on ferret and these little guys are AMAZING.
Playful as hell, claws that aren’t that sharp (tickle but don’t hurt) and their bite is playful and not bad (we’re training them out of it).
I spend an hour after work playing with them and it’s a great way to unwind. They play like crazy and then they crash hard for hours. They use a litter box, too.
Love the little bastards (Butch and Sundance).
First the crimaliens, now the stretch weasels!
The illegal Ferret Ranchers in Northern California won’t allow legalization. You haven’t lived until you’ve been in a ferret-roundup. Those little critters are hard to rope and when you do catch one, watch out! They buck and snort and paw the ground! I remember one time when old Tex roped a free-range ferret and barely lived to tell the tale. Then you have to bring in a ferret-whisperer to train them. Let them be illegal and free! Free the ferrets! Free the ferrets!
Jail their owners!
usless rodents!
I believe it’s important to state, for the record, that stoats are ‘usually’ less prone to troublemaking and we have considerably better taste in steaks and whisky than do ferrets.
They are distant cousins, but I am heartened by the preponderance of pro-ferret commentary in this thread.
Carry on ;-)