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Beer
Oct 9, 2009 16:41:22 GMT -5
Post by vkoslin on Oct 9, 2009 16:41:22 GMT -5
Ok, so just HOW bad is beer for ferrets? I mean like licking the edge of a cup?
The reason I ask is it's football season and every saturday we have beer out with them while they watch football. I look down and I notice Munchkin, and a few others, licking beer from around the top of my can. And then i try to separate beer from ferret, and they get very ornery! Like it's their cravings!
NOTE: I don't "FEED" my ferrets beer. They just really really really like it, in the few chances that they've spilled a cup or they've tasted the rim of my can while I watch football.
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Beer
Oct 9, 2009 17:49:07 GMT -5
Post by sherrylynne on Oct 9, 2009 17:49:07 GMT -5
As long as it's in very small amounts, it shouldn't hurt them. Note, however, that you definitely do not want drunked ferrets wandering about. Can you imagine what they'd be like???  |
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Beer
Oct 9, 2009 20:44:09 GMT -5
Post by vkoslin on Oct 9, 2009 20:44:09 GMT -5
Haha I know, right? Well, I figured since they're so small that a sip could make them drunk...but they're so funny when they come over to the can, taste a tiny bit of all that carbonation, and spazz out...and then come by to try for more. But I will keep a closer eye on my beer (and ferrets!)
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Beer
Oct 9, 2009 20:56:35 GMT -5
Post by spiritualtramp on Oct 9, 2009 20:56:35 GMT -5
My kids love beer too, but obviously it's not good for them. All those carbohydrates and alcohol!
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Beer
Oct 10, 2009 12:29:09 GMT -5
Post by Heather on Oct 10, 2009 12:29:09 GMT -5
It's the flavour of brewers yeast your little ones crave  . It's not good for them, and if you figure on how much alcohol it would take to make a creature that weighs between 1 and 3 lbs impared much less how much would take to reach toxic levels, the easiest is to not allow them the privilege of ingestion. You will find a number of creatures really like beer. Dogs, cats.....humans  As we are their caretakers and we have a responsibility of keeping the little brats safe, I would think that it would be safer just to have a rule that the ferrets are on the wagon  and that all beer must be kept off the floor ciao |
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Beer
Oct 10, 2009 22:24:23 GMT -5
Post by allyx on Oct 10, 2009 22:24:23 GMT -5
oh ive never actually thought about alcohol and ferrets, but now that i think about it i had to go around the tables and collect my mums rum n coke cans the other night because milo loves to try and stash them when no ones looking im definitly gunna keep a closer eye on him the lil alco |
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Beer
Oct 17, 2009 12:31:37 GMT -5
Post by nibblesandspazz on Oct 17, 2009 12:31:37 GMT -5
i wouldnt risk letting them have it or keeping it somewhere they could get it. Heather has a god point. they are tiny, it wouldnt take much to mess them up. i dont have any little alcoholics though my little girls favorite toy is a bottle of wild turkey filled with rice
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