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Post by cj on Nov 17, 2010 14:50:45 GMT -5
I was wondering about kong dog toys or other similar toys. Where you put the treats in and they push them around or manipulate them to get the bits out. I'm not sure how well the small ones would work for ferrets though. I'd love to hear people's thoughts and experiences.
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Post by bluemoose on Nov 17, 2010 14:56:28 GMT -5
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Post by cj on Nov 17, 2010 15:08:21 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by sherrylynne on Nov 17, 2010 18:38:03 GMT -5
I don't think I'd take the chance on any rubber toys. Those fangs just might break some pieces off trying to get to the treats.
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Post by cj on Nov 17, 2010 19:35:32 GMT -5
I wasn't sure, I know those are made to hold up to chewing but I've never had ferrets before so I wasn't sure if they would be able to cut pieces off or not. Figured it would be good to ask.  |
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Post by justahannah on Nov 17, 2010 21:59:31 GMT -5
We have a cat toy we bought at petsmart...it's a hard plastic ball the size of a tennis ball with various-sized holes, and you can put treats in and twist it so the hole-size is whatever you want it to be, so the treats can fall out really easy or so they might have to roll it around a long while before anything manages to get out. Sometimes I'll cut up small pieces of N-bone or put a handful of EVO in there, and they seem to enjoy rolling it around. We have one cat that will push it around until it's empty, nose to the ground to catch anything that drops...he seems to get the most fun out of it, but he's also the one that hasn't really forgiven me for switching to raw, so a crunchy treat is a big incentive to play with it.
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Post by cj on Nov 17, 2010 22:51:45 GMT -5
Thanks Hanna, that's the sort of thing I was thinking of.
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Post by jesslough on Nov 24, 2010 3:03:02 GMT -5
I have the ferret Kong for my guys. They love it. Then again, my guys have never chewed, heck, they enjoy their "sussies" (pacifiers) when they sleep |
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Post by sherrylynne on Nov 24, 2010 10:12:45 GMT -5
I'd be really careful of those. One person on here had never known her ferret to chew anything inappropriate. Then he got a blockage at the age of 6 years old(she'd had him since kit age). For some unknown reason he decided to chew on some cords. They couldn't save him  |
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Post by cj on Nov 24, 2010 15:10:27 GMT -5
I saw a ferret treat toy at the pet store near my father-in-law's. It pretty much looked like a large hard plastic cat ball split in two. The gaps in the side were big enough for smallish treats. Ok I'm really bad at explaining. But since we're heading back up there for thanksgiving I might just grab it and add it to the stash I'm building up. If I do get it I'll toss up a picture.
I swear the longer I have to wait to get some fuzzies the more stuff I'll have for them.
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Post by Kerit on Nov 24, 2010 21:01:29 GMT -5
I have a half-dozen variations on the "treat ball" for the dog and cats. I could only get the ferrets interested in the ones that had very easy settings, and not even then for very long... they seem to like it better when I just toss a treat near them so they can scurry to find it. But I'm not sure either of mine are very treat-motivated.
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Post by 1 on Nov 25, 2010 2:08:57 GMT -5
www.petmountain.com/brands/22/1/kong.htmlOh that, I thought it was the squire thing, or is it? Looks like a cub and Omar's dog copper use to play with it? Although I think they put penutbutter in one kind some how.
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Post by sherrylynne on Nov 25, 2010 9:44:44 GMT -5
Those ones wouldn't be that good for ferrets Aaron. They are made of rubber.
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Post by katt on Nov 27, 2010 5:11:47 GMT -5
We have a cat toy we bought at petsmart...it's a hard plastic ball the size of a tennis ball with various-sized holes, and you can put treats in and twist it so the hole-size is whatever you want it to be, so the treats can fall out really easy or so they might have to roll it around a long while before anything manages to get out. Sometimes I'll cut up small pieces of N-bone or put a handful of EVO in there, and they seem to enjoy rolling it around. We have one cat that will push it around until it's empty, nose to the ground to catch anything that drops...he seems to get the most fun out of it, but he's also the one that hasn't really forgiven me for switching to raw, so a crunchy treat is a big incentive to play with it. I would be interested in seeing what that was...do you have a link maybe? |
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Post by 1 on Nov 27, 2010 19:39:49 GMT -5
Not yet but I gess I can look.  We have a cat toy we bought at petsmart...it's a hard plastic ball the size of a tennis ball with various-sized holes, and you can put treats in and twist it so the hole-size is whatever you want it to be, so the treats can fall out really easy or so they might have to roll it around a long while before anything manages to get out. Sometimes I'll cut up small pieces of N-bone or put a handful of EVO in there, and they seem to enjoy rolling it around. We have one cat that will push it around until it's empty, nose to the ground to catch anything that drops...he seems to get the most fun out of it, but he's also the one that hasn't really forgiven me for switching to raw, so a crunchy treat is a big incentive to play with it. I would be interested in seeing what that was...do you have a link maybe? |
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