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From: snuggliepets
Date: 2002-05-07 19:50:00 UTC
Subject: want to adopt a 3 year old ferret in am

I am thinking of adopting a 3 year old male ferret in the morning
from my local shelter. The difficulty is that he has a tumor above
his eye and that was the reason he was given up. Does anyone know if
it is a serious or expensive surgery? I realize we're just guessing
because we haven't seen "Jasper" yet. Also does anyone have an
opinion on adopted ferrets. Are they trustworthy if you treat them
well and love them up! My ferret recently died and we would love to
give a homeless one a second chance. I have 2 children ages 1 and 8.
We won't let the 1 year old be alone with a ferret or handle her but
ferrets and little ones are very curious. We had no problems with our
ferret that we had from when she was under 2 months old. Whenever she
would get nippy we were able to easily get her to stop. Are there any
ferrets that are mean or fear biters? My ferret was an angel but I'm
worried about a ferret I don't know. Thanks!