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Are your ready for a significant other? Are you prepared for a give and take relationship? Are you willing to sacrifice your personal time to provide for the happiness and well being of another? Can you commit to sharing the good time and the bad? BUT you don't want a dog or a cat, and you've decided that birds aren't for you, and goldfish are boring. Okay, don't despair...have you considered a FERRET? Talk about cute! All that fur in such a manageable package. More and more, FERRETS are becoming popular household PETS. Beside cute, they have being small and not requiring much food as pluses. And, they learn quickly to love you.
Just as with any other PET PGAA™ advises you to look before you leap. Don't make a spur of the moment, impulsive decision to acquire a FERRET or any other animal. Give it careful thought and research. Consider what should be obvious...can you have a FERRET where you live? Your landlord won't object? Can you afford a FERRET? Not just the initial purchase, but the cage, the food, and the medical bills? Do you have other PETS that may be put in danger by a FERRET, or conversely a natural like a dog or cat? If you love small children you may have to reconsider. Children love animals, but FERRETS come without a lot of patience but with a lot of curiosity. So toddlers and FERRETS may not be such a good mix.
Once you've made up your mind there are a few other facts to consider. First and most importantly, Pet Guardian Angles of America™ recommends that you try to obtain your FERRET from a bone fide breeder. Pet stores may have FERRETS, sometimes at a cheaper price, but; often pet stores acquire their animal stock from "mills" that are more concerned with rapid and frequent breedings than with the health of the animals involved.
Remember watching those cowboys and Indians on TV when you were a kid? Remember when somebody called somebody else "an ornery old polecat?" Well hundreds of years ago FERRETS were polecats. Well, not exactly, but there is a polecat in the FERRET family tree. Before becoming so popular, FERRETS were used to hunt rats, mice, squirrels and other similar pests. Thirdly, FERRETS are nocturnal. That means they work the graveyard shift, sleeping in a cool dark place, some or all of the day. When the sun goes down...out come the FERRETS to do what they do best of all..."FERRET things out!"
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