Julie Stevens  sez:
>I have a question about Air Cleaners or Purifiers, does anyone use these
>appliances for their ferret rooms?  Do they help with the marvelous aroma
>that our wonderful critters have?  Don't get me wrong I love the smell, I
>constantly stick my nose in their soft, precious coats and ears to get a
>big sniff of the stuff :-)
 
Yes!  Before we had whole hobs (required another level of equipment all
together) a regular HEPA air cleaner, made by Honeywell and available at a
home supply store for about $100.00 did the trick.
 
>Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same way about it as I do, so I was
>wondering if these machines help to take away the odor!
 
I still can't convince my husband, who loves the 'Merry Three to the Second
Power,' that the smell of ferret is just as wonderful to his clients who
might visit for dinner as to me.  The HEPA filter was adequete with the
girls and the gibs until we had the level of odor associated with whole
rutting hobs.  Prior to having whole hobs, you could smell ferret if you
were in the room with them, but not in other parts of the house, which
worked well.
 
The best solution (IMHO) was an ozone air purifier.  Alpine makes a nice
unit that looks like a bookshelf speaker, is well made and easily
adjustable.  I haven't bought it yet, but I've been in several homes with an
Alpine air filters and more rutting hobs then I'll ever have here, and was
really, really impressed.  If I remember right, the Alpine was about
$400.00.  Oh yeah, Alpine salespeople will let you test it too.  Sort of a
'puppy dog close' or perhaps the 'one more kit close' sales technique
 
Ann
[Posted in FML issue 2373]