FERRETS ARE NOT RODENTS!

RatMaster999: FERRETS ARE NOT RODENTS!

Just about to say that. Ferrets are Mustelidae, and more closely related to wolverines that rats.

I'd be way more pissed if I tried to buy two ferrets and got poodles instead. If he got two ferrets for $150 he got a pretty good deal. They're still illegal in California for some silly reason:( Had two when I was younger - like hyperactive slinkys on crack.

"One retired man from Catamarca"

I honestly read that as "One RETARDED man...."

Ferrets are weasels, not rodents.  As a matter of fact a bunch of ferrets together is called a business.  The business that ferrets are into is always loan sharking.

This doesn't make much sense. At $75 dollars each the scammer can't have made much if any profit off of them. The cost of the ferret, food, and steroids can't have been insignificant. Argentina is cheaper than the US but not that cheap. They maybe made $75 off of this guy and that doesn't include time or labor. And how often can this scam possibly work? Maybe once or twice a week if you make selling a full time job?

I just don't see where this scheme would make much money. I think you'd have better luck purse-snatching.

boinkingbill: Ferrets are weasels, not rodents. As a matter of fact a bunch of ferrets together is called a business. The business that ferrets are into is always loan sharking.

This made me laugh out loud and and I don't know why.  And I'm still chuckling at it.  And my wife asked me why I was laughing and when I told her she started laughing too.

Now if you pumped up a gerbil and sold him as a miniature bull dog, or maybe some caterpillars and then sell them to Trekkies as tribbles. These mice I'm workin' on just look like huge, angry mice.

Did they actually test the blood of these animals for the presence of "steroids" or was that just a colorful embellishment to make the story better? I imagine a ferret on a true anabolic steroid like Dianabol or something would a farking nightmare of a pet to care for.

Excuse me for pointing out the obvious, but ... ferrets have a strong odor.
I mean, they stink.
Even if bathed weekly.

They're cute and curious,and playful, and give a dog a run for it's money, but they smell.

Woohooo! FerretDogsunday. I've been waiting so long for this...post your funny LOLFerretPoodle pics please!

I couldn't get past the photos...can't.stop.laughing!

Roook: This has to be an urban legend reported as fact.  I remember reading this same story several times over my lifetime.  The earliest being when I was a little kid and thought everything in Weekly World News was true, but it was a family who found a 'chihuahua' in Mexico and a vet told them it was a rat when they took it to the vet for shots.

Wasn't there a similar story in Japan that was fake?

big pig peaches: Roook: This has to be an urban legend reported as fact.  I remember reading this same story several times over my lifetime.  The earliest being when I was a little kid and thought everything in Weekly World News was true, but it was a family who found a 'chihuahua' in Mexico and a vet told them it was a rat when they took it to the vet for shots.

Wasn't there a similar story in Japan that was fake?

Yeah, the sheep-poodle story.

I think he got the better deal than getting some dogs.

RatMaster999: FERRETS ARE NOT RODENTS!

Spirit Hammer: Excuse me for pointing out the obvious, but ... ferrets have a strong odor.
I mean, they stink.
Even if bathed weekly.

They're cute and curious,and playful, and give a dog a run for it's money, but they smell.

If you're bathing your ferret regularly, that's a lot of *why* it stinks, since it's replacing its skin oils. Kiwi has a very mild smell (less than a lot of dogs I know) and hasn't needed a bath in a year.

Damn the toy poodles.

To The Escape Zeppelin!: This doesn't make much sense. At $75 dollars each the scammer can't have made much if any profit off of them. The cost of the ferret, food, and steroids can't have been insignificant. Argentina is cheaper than the US but not that cheap. They maybe made $75 off of this guy and that doesn't include time or labor. And how often can this scam possibly work? Maybe once or twice a week if you make selling a full time job?

I just don't see where this scheme would make much money. I think you'd have better luck purse-snatching.

You'd be really, REALLY surprised what a ferret costs a breeder even in the US. Pennies.

Flint Ironstag: Is Siberian Hamster!

_Filigree_ Siberian Hamster!

                               

I had a ferret and a big fat Maine coon that were basically a Laurel and Hardy duo. It was pretty great.

Old Man Winter: Number one, Bullshiat.
Number two, Bullshiat.
Number three, see numbers one and two.

This.

If we're gonna keep greenlighting Daily Mail articles, can we just go ahead and throw Weekly World News in there as well?

Canton: Eh. Could be worse.


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Those were such badass illustrations. Those stories scared me but the drawings were so much worse.Goosebumps wasn't shiat compared to those.

chrylis: Spirit Hammer: Excuse me for pointing out the obvious, but ... ferrets have a strong odor.
I mean, they stink.
Even if bathed weekly.

They're cute and curious,and playful, and give a dog a run for it's money, but they smell.

If you're bathing your ferret regularly, that's a lot of *why* it stinks, since it's replacing its skin oils. Kiwi has a very mild smell (less than a lot of dogs I know) and hasn't needed a bath in a year.

All ferrets stink.  Ferret owners don't realize it, but they do.  Even if they are de-scented and properly cared for.  Every single house I've ever been in with ferrets REEKED of them.

1) As has been pointed out, ferrets are not rodents.
2) Ferrets make fine pets.  Maybe not the most well-mannered animals but they're a pretty standard pet.
3) Even on steroids, they look nothing like poodles.
4) Nice marmot.