>From:    Marta <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Several Post Replies
>Seriously, cleaning up ferret poop is part and parcel of owning a
>ferret.  If you can't stand that, then maybe you should reconsider
>being owned by a ferret!
 
Because I have a low tolerance for animals crapping in my living quarters
I should "reconsider" my choice of pet?  That's harsh and judgemental.
 
I never said I couldn't stand cleaning up ferret poop.  I've been a ferret
owner for more than 11 years.  I've trained four ferrets to be 99%-100%
accurate in their cages and a fifth who has only an occasional lapse.
Brickbat, however, has stumped me for nine months, defeating every method
that worked with the others.
 
If my first ferret had been 60%, as you say yours are, I never would have
adopted a second.  An animal that craps all over your house with no hope of
being trained otherwise isn't the kind of animal one should have as a pet.
 
The next time you have nothing constructive to offer it would be better to
withhold comment instead of telling someone you don't know personally to
get rid of their ferrets.
 
-mel
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[Posted in FML issue 2747]