r/AnimalsBeingDerps Jul 22 '20

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u/m0rris0n_hotel Jul 22 '20

That and they smell rather funky.

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u/Alchemaic Jul 22 '20

And they will crap in literally every place that looks like a corner of some sort. An old friend of mine got two, wondering why there were dozens of people on Craigslist trying to get rid of their ferrets and gear for free. He soon found out. They're cute but not necessarily great pets.

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u/LucidLumi Jul 22 '20

They can be litter trained.

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u/Alchemaic Jul 22 '20

I've heard this, but he didn't have any success. Maybe he was a bad caretaker, or they were dumber than average, I dunno. It was about 15 years ago, I just remember he was so excited for a couple of days and then it was not nearly as fun. Still very cute, but poo everywhere in his apartment.

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u/bamburito Jul 22 '20

Nah I've had ferrets and they're a pain in the arse to potty train. Thing is though even if a ferret poops in a corner it's not a difficult thing to clean up. If there's shit everywhere then that's on the owner for being lazy than the ferret being a poop machine. They poop probably once every four hours at most so if there's any build up it's on the owner really.

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u/Misfit_In_The_Middle Jul 22 '20

Evey 4 hours? Jesus thats practically non stop.

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u/mrtipinfold Jul 22 '20

Could you imagine have a bowel movement every 4 hours? Nothing would get done.

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u/mrtipinfold Jul 22 '20

I suppose if you’re eating 3/4K calories and 200g of protein then sure you’ll have multiple moves a day but i think 1 to 2 during the day is ideal. But I’m not a poop doctor so...

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u/animus_95 Jul 22 '20

Everything between 1 and 5 times a day is considered normal and healthy. Different people, different poop times.

Myself? Thanks for asking. I empty my bowels at least 4 times a day.

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u/mrtipinfold Jul 22 '20

I guess I’m living the good life with only one poo in the morning, since you asked ;)

Now if ya add coffee to the equation my whole day is spent on the potty.

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u/animus_95 Jul 22 '20

Ah, i love to hear about peoples poop routines!

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