>From:    Amber <[log in to unmask]>
>Now I'm wondering if anyone who happens to have both rats and ferrets has
>ever had any particular problems with scent crossover; it isn't that hard
>to keep the critters physically separated, but they're sure to smell each
>other.  How much stress is that likely to cause, and might individual
>animals really freak out over it?
 
I have 5 ferrets and 4 rats (as well as other fuzzy critters).  My rats
live in the bedroom which is ferret-free so they never really come into
contact with each other.  When I was a one-ferret household the rats were
in the livingroom near Loki's cage.  They would sniff at each other, but
that was about it.  They never seemed to be upset by it.  Even now if I
hold the rats after holding the ferrets (or vice versa) the do sniff around
a lot, but it never seems to be in a way that indicates they are upset.
They're all used to our big crew here and everyone gets along pretty well.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 3182]