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Last Login: 8/28/2008 11:51:26 AM
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| I would love to put Fannie-Mae's little collar on her that I got for both her and my late Buddy-Rabbitt. I never put them on either one though because of the fact that when they were roaming out of their cage, they tended to go behind the dresser or would go down the couch cushions. Now that I just have Fannie now that Budster passed away a few weeks ago, I would still like to put the collar on her. She still goes down in the couch in between the cushions as well as gets behind my dresser. I am still concerned about the possibility of her getting hung up. But the thing is I can at least get to her if she was to happen to get caught. Can you folks help me decide? Thank You.....
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| I do like collars too, and Josie has one on MOST of the time around the house. I use regular collars, NOT the break free or cat stretchy collars. I like the collars because with a bell attached I know where she is. I keep them adjusted so that I can snugly slide it over her head to put it on. This of course means she can squirm free of one, and she has, so now I think I am up to 7 collars! [ ] One is lodged behind my four drawer file cabinet she managed to squeeze behind and then back out of, sans collar. Of course that HAD to be her gold leather collar with rhinestones on it!  It'll be awhile before I get the energy to rearrange my office in order to get the thing out! Another is somewhere inside the sofa. I've turned the sofa over and shined a flashlight in all the crevices, but it looks like I'll have to remove the upholstery to find it. Most of the others I'll find in the laundry clothes. She'll squirm inside the clothes and voila - off comes the collar! Tonight she is collarless - when we came back in from our evening walk, I let her run around "naked". She thinks this is a grand treat and seems to go exceptionally bonkers when doing her war dance! The trouble with the cat break free collars is that ferrets aren't as big as cats and can't exert the same amount of force to break them. SO they'll stretch and of course this makes for more problems when the ferret then tries to run through the stretched collar. WHile you may not want to, you can teach your ferret how to remove their collar by sliding it partway up their head, then let them use their paws to push it all the way off. Do this several times over the course of a couple weeks and you can teach the ferret to move backwards if the collar gets hung up on something. Jose will wear her collar without any troubles as long as it sits in the proper place, but if it gets up on her head, she makes every effort to remove it. I let her, because it may save her life one day. Regards, JoseisMom
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| I harness trained mine.. they know that the harness means outside time and they dont fight it. Colars though are another story. We HAD to buy a kitten colar for Titus as he was too big for any of the ferret colars I could find. And currently hes using a rabbit harness, not a ferret harness. My ferret Sable wont wear a colar as she rams her head into the door or any other hard thing she runs at to "try and get rid of the jingle chasing her".. Ive done well to train mine to come to their names qucikly. If they dont answer me within 3 calls I know to look for them. Ive also taught them things like "Dinner time!" and "Roll Call". Somthing when they hear it they know that all of them have to come to me. Took time and lots of treats, but they work.
-------------------------- Mommy of 5 lovley ferrets- Kiba, Sable, Amon, Aphrodite and Titus Over the Bridge- Podo, dec.06 
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| OK I admit my response is biased, because I'm.. well not against collars but I don't want my fuzzies to have on them anything that's not a part of their body...sooo if your fuzzy fights the collar and keeps taking it off and doesn't want it in general why insist? Yes, it's a safety issue and like josie's mom says you know where your girl has sneaked if there's a bell hanging around her neck.. although if she's asleep somewhere hidden the bell won't ring so you'll still have to look for her...but...well.. it might not be the best comparison but when it comes to life and death many of us give our fuzzies the choice and the time to decided when it's time for them to go.. why can't we give them the choice of being comfy with or without a collar? If you train your fuzzy (like darklight and others, including myself) to come to certain sounds, then you don't have to worry as much as long of course as she doesn't run out of the house, that's a different story. E.g when I hit the sides of the opening of the ferretone bottle with the syringe I use to give it to them.. man no matter what they do or where they are or how sleepy they are they never fail to come.. all five of them. That won't work of course if your fuzzy's deaf like Josie....in this case I think a collar would be useful....but if Fannie-mae is not deaf... why fret about not wanting a collar? I wouldn't want a collar around my neck either  It would only take some extra caution and ferret proofing to make sure she doesn't run out of the house, or sneak into/under stuff she is not supposed to [ ]
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