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> But regardless, you need to weigh those risks against the enjoyment and psychological benefit that owners derive from pet ferrets, just like with pets of any
by sanedigital 4y ago
> But regardless, you need to weigh those risks against the enjoyment and psychological benefit that owners derive from pet ferrets, just like with pets of any other species.
This almost sounds like satire. You can't have a ferret. Dad said so. Go play with something else.
- mikeyouse 4y agoRight. It's such a tiring method of argument -- "You can't do anything until you exhaustively quantify the plusses and minuses." Some things are self-evidently bad ideas with potential costs so large and "benefits" so imperceptible that they can be safely ignored out of hand. Sorry man, you don't get to have ferrets. You also can't own a cheetah or a chimpanzee. Get a hamster, cat, dog, tarantula, python, goat, chicken, alpaca, chinchilla, fish, parakeet or one of the dozens of other options.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> It's such a tiring method of argument -- "You can't do anything until you exhaustively quantify the plusses and minuses." It takes like ten seconds to go over the benefits of ferrets. Why be lazy? I don't think it's a bad idea to briefly weigh both sides in just about every situation.
- alistairSH 4y agoSure... - Pluses: furry animal in the house. This benefit can be bestowed by a dog or a hamster. - Minuses: annihilation of several wild species native to CA. Neither dogs nor hamsters pose this risk.