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Catio!
(sh.itjust.works)
The cats wanna be on the porch so bad but they also wanna dive off it after birds — this is our solution!
I've always wanted large hamster tubes I can stick out a window that goes over to another window. Rainbow colors and everything. Fight me, HOA.
A while back I shared a place with friends, a couple of whom had ferrets. We created these enormously long tubes that went out one window and came back into another and snaked all over the big backyard we had. The ferrets loved it.
Also, only get ferrets if you have time enough to bathe them EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. They do get a bit smelly.
I've had ferrets for 20 years, (obviously not the same ferrets the whole time.) You absolutely should NOT bathe them daily. Bathing strips oil the oils out of their fur, and causes their sebaceous glands to go into overdrive, making them even more smelly. For issues with smelly ferrets, you have to clean the bedding regularly. On a weekly basis I would wash their blankies and all of their beds and stuffies. As they loaf around in their beds, the oil from their skin rubbs off on their bedding and accumulates which creates some stink. Another way to reduce odor is to clean the litter boxes 2-3 times a day, and promptly clean up accidents. These are high maintenance pets, but as long ask they have had the musk glands removed, they aren't as stinky as they have been made out to be.
I stand corrected. Wish I'd know this 25 years ago. Cheers!