Meet Raisins!

This is Raisins. He is a 2 year old Sable ferret. I got him about a month ago from a friend of a friend who was moving out of town and couldn't take him. I have never had a ferret before, and had only seen one once before since they are illegal in California. Which is absurd by the way. I like how they even sell ferret food at my local Wal-Mart, yet ferrets are illegal! SOOO silly! He is my little baby and I love him so much! Taking care of a ferret is actually harder than you would think! It takes a lot of work to clean up after this messy little guy! Let me address the concern everyone has about ferrets: Yes, they do smell. But if you clean their cage regularly and bathe them with ferret shampoo and conditioner about every 3-4 weeks, your ferret shouldn't smell bad. They also make ferret sprays for in between baths, and I use Bi-odor which is an additive that you put in their water and it neutralizes their poop, pee, and body oil smells! It takes a few weeks to start working and I just started using it, but honestly, I don't think he smells that bad in the first place. Raisins motivates me to keep my apartment clean too, because he will steal any small object that is left on the ground! He has a stash of all his little toys under the couch. And on a few occasions, I will come home from shopping and set my bags on the couch, let him out of his cage and will come back and start putting away my stuff, and then a few days later I will think to myself, I swear I bought two new eye-shadows...hmmm...and then I will look under the couch and find them! Haha. They will get into anything left on the ground. Raisins will climb in Brendan's work boots, into the couch, behind any little crevice, under the rug, he will try to get under doors, he will climb into my purse or grocery bags, and he almost tried to get into my acoustic guitar on a few occasions! They are very nosy and curious little guys. I can only think of 2 cons to owning a ferret. One is that their digestive tract moves so fast...every 3-4 hours he poops! That is why it is important to keep their cage clean, cause that can get stinky fast. And the second one is that they are difficult for me to train. I am having trouble getting him to poop only in his cage. But when he is out, he only poops in 2 corners. (Ferrets love backing into corners and pooping or peeing). Also, I am having trouble getting him to stop biting toes. He is only doing it to play, but gosh dang sometimes it hurts! But he is very loveable and I absolutely love him to death! They are so unique too and have their own personality. Raisins is so silly! Here are some more pictures of Raisins!

His crazy eyes! He reminds me of a little skunk when he arches his back when he walks and plays! So cute!

See what I mean about being nosy and getting into everything?! I don't even know how he did that, but he is literally inside the drawer! I don't even know how he got up there!


I will post more pictures of Raisins in the near future!