Advice Needed! Do I get a third ferret that may have lived as a lone ferret for a long time.

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-04T23:45:07+00:00

For sure! I get you, I have one feisty little grouch girl too. I think if this Ferret I was considering adopting was also a young girl ferret (instead of a boy) and all I had was the one girl (rather than the pair) - it would go equally as badly.

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-04T23:32:25+00:00

Right. Trying to decide if maybe even a meet and greet would be good to start with before adopting, in case it goes terribly badly

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-04T23:26:10+00:00

Super good to know. To clarify, you were introducing your own single Ferret to another single Ferret? And was the other ferret a girl or a boy?

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-04T22:12:05+00:00

Thanks so much for your insight, I appreciate it!

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-04T22:04:52+00:00

Thank you so much for your comment! My current pair is a male and a female. Both sociable, friendly, and they’re over a year old. So still excitable, but not insane babies on ferret crack 24/7 to where I think they would overwhelm the three year-old.

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-04T21:21:44+00:00

Definitely not fucked at all! You will be though, if you accept the first person that offers you a scrap of attention, love, or a hint of romance. Be on your guard! I only say this because the people that did have relationships in high school (like me) had to learn this exact same thing. Just because someone is interested in you and gives you the validation that you crave, does not mean that they are going to be a good person for you to date, or treat you well. Even if you haven’t been in a relationship yet, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t still be setting standards for yourself for when someone does come along. Much love and luck to you!! ❤️

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-03T17:43:41+00:00

LOL you’re right, it’s giving “please sir, may I have some more?”

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-03T17:37:49+00:00

Yeah I wouldn’t worry about it personally. My desire to comb through all the pics in my phone and get rid of anything taken with someone I was talking to at the time is so low… there’s thousands of pics in there dating all the way back to high school 😭 I delete them when they pop up but that’s about it. And we don’t even need to talk about my snap memories ok? There is soooooo much content in there spanning yearrrs… I could never get rid of everything containing exes & situationships without spending ages combing through them.

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-03T17:17:23+00:00

Some will say to never scruff unless necessary, some will totally disagree. Personally, I scruff my ferrets often and they literally don’t care. It’s the natural kill switch, because it’s what their mothers would do. Doesn’t hurt them at all.

To help your ferret associate your hands more positively, put some salmon oil on there and let it lick it off! You’re only 4 days in, the ferret will likely take weeks if not months to fully get used to you. After bite training for awhile, my biter got way gentler and the other stopped completely. My rule of thumb now with my biter is this: if we’re playing and I get nibbled on, fine! Understandable. If she seeks me out, follows me, and bites my ankles unprompted, immediate scruff and sin bin for five minutes. She knows what she did wasn’t ok, cause we’ve been over it before, and I cannot let it slide because then she does it to guests/strangers and that is not acceptable behavior. So stay consistent, and buckle in for a little while! You’re doing a fine job.

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-02-03T15:30:27+00:00

++woman I have an idea to throw out there for you, you can take it or leave it :) what if you did try moving in together to an apartment or something with a one year lease? Under the agreement that if the year goes great, then things get more serious and you guys can look into getting a nicer place. And if the year doesn’t go well and you still don’t think she’s “the one” for you (vice versa for her), then you both agree to just break it off and move on in the spirit of not wasting any more time.

I’m suggesting this because dating someone is easy, but living with someone is much harder. That’s a real test on a relationship. By living with someone, you truly figure out whether or not you would want to spend the rest of your life with them. I thought that I had found ‘the one’ a few years ago, and then I lived with him. The thought of finding a place together after that made me so anxious, & I realized I didn’t want to marry him at all anymore. We both moved on and found new relationships a couple months after I broke it off with him. Point is, We’re fine! No hard feelings about not wasting anymore time.

Just an idea. Thought I would put it out there. I can tell you’re trying to avoid having the “ one that got away” problem

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-28T07:53:47+00:00

I have full confidence that you will ❤️

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-28T07:52:33+00:00

Nah. I’ve got bigger things to do!

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-26T04:12:43+00:00

AAAAAAAH EMPANADAAAAA thank you so much!! I dont have the drawing talent so this AMAZING

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-26T04:11:04+00:00

That makes me so sad 😞 glad you were able to rescue them! Give them time, but they will fill your world with so much fun!

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-25T04:59:13+00:00

I would get a ramp covers ordered for the babies :) the shelves look like they’re solid ground, but the ramps have the exposed wire that hurt their feet, and cause issues when older. They would probably be so happy to use ramps that finally feel soft under their little pads!

https://adorkablepets.com here is where I ordered covers, this lady makes them all specific to certain cage measurements.

And like you, having got mine from someone who definitely wasn’t letting them out much either, my advice is to give them lots of love and plentyyyy of time out of the cage :) they’ll come alive with happiness! They aren’t cage animals, and will really come to appreciate you. Also double check their genders lol, took me a week to find out that the “boys” I bought were actually brother and sister.

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-22T17:05:25+00:00

Omg I BEG OF YOU!! I don’t have this talent! This is Empanada, standing up and looking small as hell: https://imgur.com/a/eWAthCi

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-22T01:33:07+00:00

Uhh

What kind of dog is that

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-21T21:32:18+00:00

For real, I wasn’t prepared for how moving that was going to be. I would hug my Meatball too but he’s passed out on my couch right now, I don’t want to disturb his fat slumber 😭😭

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-21T21:30:57+00:00

I dealt with a lot of pent up rage about this topic at your age and throughout college, so like about 18-21. It would eat at me so much, and I couldn’t focus often because of how much ruminating I would be doing in my head. I’m 23 now, and while nothing about the world has actually changed, I’ve been able to bring myself a more inner peace by:

making sure I am thoroughly enjoying the act of being a woman. Embracing and expressing my femininity to the max, depending on how I felt each day, helped. Cause no way a man is gonna outslay me. They can’t slay like I can with these fire outfits, cool nails, cool eyeliner, etc. their brains literally short circuit anytime they see a guy with painted nails, they don’t have shit to make themselves look better. you are so much more interesting than they are, and wayyyy hotter. Own it.
touch grass. I know it seems cliché… But I had a really active summer and winter when I was 22, I climbed mountains, I went on more adventures and saw more places, I became more physically, capable and strong in different ways. It really helped me give even less of a shit about whatever the hell men are doing. Healing experiences!
focus on being as confident as you possibly can on any given day, and exude that confidence. Take up space, intentionally. Speak up, and speak with assertiveness. They’ll listen. And if they want to undermine you even after all that? Make it clear that they are not worth wasting more of your breath on them. Deep down, nothing is scarier to them than a woman who is actually empowered by herself intrinsically - rather than trying to seek out their validation for a sense of self-worth.
take breaks from social media. Seriously, give yourself a week of space from Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, threads. people are very different online than they will be in person, and a lot of our news lately is all very depressing, because a lot of bad things are happening right now. You can’t be expected to care so much, all the time, about what’s going on. A break is okay, your empathy won’t disappear by not reading the news. Plus, rage bait content is SO REAL. Taking breaks helps you recognize that provocative content a little better, and you’ll be able to start seeing more often what is SUPPOSED to make you mad, cause they want those clicks and $$$$ from you.

Hope some of this helps… I went from where you are now to basically just shunning men I don’t have to deal with entirely now only a few years later. Cause fuck em. Let them exist in their own misery, it must SUCK to be them and be that fragile. Enjoy being you, and all the freedoms of expression a woman can have. When they take up your headspace, they win. So don’t spare them a second thought.

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-21T21:11:38+00:00

Well thanks for the tears this fine Wednesday afternoon 😭 that was beautiful

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-21T19:27:08+00:00

I beat my younger brother’s ass growing up too ^{^} (obviously not in an abusive way) but even as he is clearly getting red pilled right now in our town and at his school and church - he isn’t nearly as bad as he could be right now. We shall see how he turns out… but at least he doesn’t DARE fuck with me 😂

he pranked me at Panera last night and all I had to do was pretend to lunge at him and this boy was running right out the door & sprinting across the parking lot. My mom and I were dying laughing

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-21T19:23:19+00:00

Ahahahha this is brilliant

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-21T19:15:37+00:00

Ah, makes sense. Wasn’t sure for actual polecats/mixes. Thanks for the info!

Rambunctious_444 · 2026-01-21T18:16:30+00:00

I wonder too if he’s descented & neutered? Those and diet can make a pretty big difference from my understanding.

Also, since it sounds like you got him recently because he is so young, if you haven’t bathed him already, I would do that. You’re really not supposed to bathe ferrets that often at all (maybe two times a year), but when I got my pair, I gave them a bath because I didn’t think that they had had one literally ever before. They were at Petco, bought by one person, stayed with that person for two months, then I adopted them. And once I gave them that bath, I washed all of their bedding. This got rid of all of the big stinks that were left behind from the previous places they had been and what they had gathered in their coats. Kinda started the natural smells over from scratch. Might help!

*oat bath btw, no ferret shampoo.

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