Girlfriend wants a ferret - but we have other pets

[x2xtreme360]

The cage we have has plastic bottom trays on top of the wire. Don't get wire bottoms as food, litter and crap will fall out the bottom of it.

What I meant was do you have the specific cage you pictured? Because those have wire on top of the plastic tray. Ferrets aren't supposed to walk on wire like that. I was thinking about maybe buying some ABS plate (same one in this writeup) and using it to cover the middle shelf, since it is wire and that's not good for them. Then on the bottom I would just remove the wire and just use the bottom tray.

[Zaroth]

GL with the big cages. I had the hardest time trying to keep mine clean and eventually went back to a smaller cage.

[x2xtreme360]

I would feel really bad if the little guy had to live in a small cage. I want him to have a decent amount of room to play around while me and my girlfriend are at work.

[dbest671]

wtf do you think a ferret is? it's a wannabee dog. a chihuahua will be much more loving anyway. trust me.

I have had a ferret and had a room mate that had chihuahuas (3 to be exact).... I would take 4 ferrets, 3 cats, and 2 big dogs before I got a chihuahua... I hate those little yappy rats.

[Zaroth]

I would feel really bad if the little guy had to live in a small cage. I want him to have a decent amount of room to play around while me and my girlfriend are at work.

Most of the playing mine do is wrestling with each other, so they have lots of room at the bottom to do that and they sleep up top in a hammock.

[IPD]

I have had a ferret and had a room mate that had chihuahuas (3 to be exact).... I would take 4 ferrets, 3 cats, and 2 big dogs before I got a chihuahua... I hate those little yappy rats.

april, you should come visit. you'd change your mind.

chihuahuas have a bad rap. people who don't know how to train/raise them end up with territorial, bad-tempered pets. just because it happens to be a chihuahua doesn't detract from the fact that it would happen with practically ANY dog under the same circumstances.

p.s.
my kylie doesn't bark. she barely even squeeks. and she's the most social animal you can possibly imagine. not territorial at all.

[j2k4]

april, you should come visit. you'd change your mind.

chihuahuas have a bad rap. people who don't know how to train/raise them end up with territorial, bad-tempered pets. just because it happens to be a chihuahua doesn't detract from the fact that it would happen with practically ANY dog under the same circumstances.

p.s.
my kylie doesn't bark. she barely even squeeks. and she's the most social animal you can possibly imagine. not territorial at all.

She probably has objectionable politics.