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Post by katt on Apr 9, 2010 13:27:37 GMT -5
So I want to get Koda more toys so that I have a better variety to rotate through. However, after his surgery, and after reading about eh dog who ate the stuffed animal and died, I want to find more hard plastic toys. Hi is usually pretty good about now chewing up his toys, but right now he is stuck in his cage to heal, and so I am afraid of him getting more bored than usual (which I know he is but it makes him sleep which he needs) and becoming destructive. Other than foraging cups, what kinds of hard plastic toys that are inexpensive can I give him? I will look for easter eggs on sale when I go to the store tonight, and this summer I want to look around at Value Village and Salvation Army for some fun baby toys. What else could I get him? Oh: and I ordered the Marshall's Octopus toy! I am sooo excited! I found it on Amazon for $15 including shipping! I have been wanting to get it for a long time, because Koda LOVES tunnels, but I couldn't justify spending $30 on it.
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Post by luci on Apr 9, 2010 14:33:37 GMT -5
It depends on how much of a chewer he is. My girls aren't and wouldn't get anywhere near pulling the stuffing out of a toy. Fierra likes child's toy plastic food. You can usually get a tub of assorted stuff of all different stuff. The thing to look out for with those is that they're usually hollow, so if the plastic isn't thick enough he could get a tooth stuck in there. It hasn't happened to me though. Katrinka likes those small dog size squeaker tennis balls. She does the backward scooting behavior with those and alsoholds on and rabbit kicks them. The danger with those is tearing off and ingesting the fuzz. Again, that hasn't been an issue for me. Know thy ferret!
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Post by katt on Apr 9, 2010 15:43:56 GMT -5
Koda is pretty good about not chewing his stuffed animals, but he will sometimes! He had a few little catnip mice that he would stash at my bf's house, and he ripped the stuffing out of one of those. He also had a few little balls covered in a scritchy fabric material (cat toy) that he chewed up. But the hard rubber toys, plastic toys, tennis balls, and most of the fabric things and cardboard he seems to not chew up really. *knocks on wood*
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Post by sherrylynne on Apr 9, 2010 17:26:11 GMT -5
The problem with the stuffed toy was the anti-microbial that was used to treat it. Animal stuffies aren't treated, so are safer, as long as he doesn't eat the stuffing! Mine also like skineeze, jingle balls, Derby eggs- they're crazy about those! They are a very particular type of crocheted egg, and they'll pick their Derby egg over other crocheted ones bags, boxes, tunnels. They also have a variety of dig boxes that I switch up.
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Post by katt on Apr 9, 2010 18:15:10 GMT -5
What is a Derby egg?
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Post by sherrylynne on Apr 10, 2010 10:50:45 GMT -5
thecrochetedferret.com/OrderPage.htmKaren is a wonderful woman who makes these to help pay for her ferret's care. She uses something else in them as the shaker, and the ferrets far prefer them! And they really do seem to last longer as well.
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Post by katt on Apr 16, 2010 21:53:08 GMT -5
What about hard plastic toys? I feel like those are the safest (ones he can't chew up or crack) but it seems all there is in the way of plastic toys is stuff like jingle balls, and baby link-rings, and balls. lol
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Post by sherrylynne on Apr 16, 2010 23:24:43 GMT -5
Mine actually really like them- at least some of them do Boris will play with his jingle balls regularly, Emily with her ping pong balls, and some of the others with toys of various shaped and sizes!
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Post by miasmyferret on Jul 14, 2010 12:49:27 GMT -5
pingpong balls work the best. i have to get some more im going to go to dollar tree see if they have some.some of mias ping pong balls got smashed so i had to throw them out.she has a tennis ball a small one. and i found a golf ball. i got her some squeaky toys to. she has a soccer ball that squeaks its her favorite.she goes crazy and backs up and twist and jump at it try to get it then when she got it she hides it
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Post by sherrylynne on Jul 14, 2010 20:26:40 GMT -5
Try making a dig box with pingpong balls. Some of mine love it!
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jul 18, 2010 9:10:35 GMT -5
Just a suggestion, you can't go wrong with most toys made for human babies. Rattles, plastic sets of keys, and teething toys (use reasonable discretion here) are all great ways to keep rotten weasels entertained.
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Post by katt on Jul 20, 2010 13:55:44 GMT -5
Yeah, when my test is over I plan on checking some thrift stores and stuff for baby toys. He does have a rattle and links, but that's about all I could find for good toys in the stores I went to for some reason. I want to check out the local Value Village.
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jul 23, 2010 16:06:09 GMT -5
I would recommend cleaning any hard plastic toys you buy from a thrift store. Ferrets can get the flu and you never know if the baby that had the toys before you bought them had any ickies that could be passed on to your weasel. I'd probably clean them in a bleach solution and thoroughly rinse them before letting Koda play with them.
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Post by katt on Jul 24, 2010 0:03:18 GMT -5
Oh definitely. I plan on soaking them all in a dilute bleach solution. Then rinse, rinse, rinse!
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