Post by K10Widow on Nov 18, 2005 15:15:26 GMT -5
Jingle Jangle
Article from F.R.O.L.I.C Newsletter Volume VII Issue II
Written by Club President Laura Palmer
We advise people NOT to use collars, mainly because the little cliffhangers like to club up but sometimes have a problem getting down. Some of the higher IQ ferts (usually girls – sorry, guys) have figured out how to go back down, using the hand over hand method, but more of them than not, it’s the slide method that’s employed. Unfortunately, we’ve heard of a few who got hung up on the collars and were strangled.
The primary reason most people use a collar is so they can find them little rugrats because of the BELL attached. In the case of a deaf ferret, this can be a lifesaver, especially if they should decide to go AWOL, assuming the collar has the breakaway elastic insert so they can’t strangle themselves. In the case of ferret s who can hear, consider this: tie a bell the size of your ear either at the base of your throat or the back of your neck, collar style, and see how long it takes before the jingle starts to jangle your nerves. There was a post on the FML by someone who said she’d bought a pair of earrings that had teeny tiny bells, so small that unless you right next to her, you wouldn’t have heard them. However, after just a few hours, she had to take them off because even that tiny tinkle had given her a smashing headache. Image f those bells had been as big as her ears, which is how big the bells on collars are to our furbies – and then, unless your little fuzzy is deaf, take the bell off their harness if there is one on it.
Liz’s 2 cents: I don’t have any trouble finding awake ferrets because they are always into something, creating noise or chaos. And if they are sleeping, a bell wouldn’t make any noise, so it wouldn’t do you much good at that point. Just learn your ferret’s favorite napping places and you’ll find them – a fuzzy treasure hunt
Article from F.R.O.L.I.C Newsletter Volume VII Issue II
Written by Club President Laura Palmer
We advise people NOT to use collars, mainly because the little cliffhangers like to club up but sometimes have a problem getting down. Some of the higher IQ ferts (usually girls – sorry, guys) have figured out how to go back down, using the hand over hand method, but more of them than not, it’s the slide method that’s employed. Unfortunately, we’ve heard of a few who got hung up on the collars and were strangled.
The primary reason most people use a collar is so they can find them little rugrats because of the BELL attached. In the case of a deaf ferret, this can be a lifesaver, especially if they should decide to go AWOL, assuming the collar has the breakaway elastic insert so they can’t strangle themselves. In the case of ferret s who can hear, consider this: tie a bell the size of your ear either at the base of your throat or the back of your neck, collar style, and see how long it takes before the jingle starts to jangle your nerves. There was a post on the FML by someone who said she’d bought a pair of earrings that had teeny tiny bells, so small that unless you right next to her, you wouldn’t have heard them. However, after just a few hours, she had to take them off because even that tiny tinkle had given her a smashing headache. Image f those bells had been as big as her ears, which is how big the bells on collars are to our furbies – and then, unless your little fuzzy is deaf, take the bell off their harness if there is one on it.
Liz’s 2 cents: I don’t have any trouble finding awake ferrets because they are always into something, creating noise or chaos. And if they are sleeping, a bell wouldn’t make any noise, so it wouldn’t do you much good at that point. Just learn your ferret’s favorite napping places and you’ll find them – a fuzzy treasure hunt
. I am glad I read this post and it looks like I will not be getting them collars. Thanks
An expensive vet trip, x-rays and pain meds later - she healed up fine but I will never, ever, step again - even when there's nothing on the floor, I shuffle if ferrets are out.
Daxy is SO happy the weather is cooling off! He doesn't like the AC - it limits him to one room but when I let him go other places, he just flat ferrets cause it's too hote