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> Feral ferrets

Citation needed. Where in the other 49 states is this scourge of feral ferrets?

Domesticated ferrets are to known to die fairly quickly if they escape to the wild. They have no hunting instincts. If you are worried about feral animals, why would you allow cats but not ferrets?



why would you allow cats

Ecologically speaking, we shouldn't. But the cat is already out of the bag, so to speak.


> Domesticated ferrets are to known to die fairly quickly if they escape to the wild.

Citation needed.

Seems like feral ferrets exist in Ireland: https://invasivespeciesireland.com/species-accounts/establis...

If ecological history has shown anything, it's that things shouldn't be "tried out" to see if they do indeed become an issue.


Almost all pet ferrets are sprayed and neutered. Female ferrets die if they go in heat and don't mate. https://www.westdavisvets.com/veterinary-topics/ferret-healt...

Maybe CA would have a position if they banned ferret breeding farms, but banning pet ferrets is simply dumb.


That's a different scenario though. They were brought in to curb other animals. They weren't domesticated ferrets let loose in the wild.


There are also tons of people in California who already own ferrets illegally (one of my friends growing up did) and yet there's no feral ferret problem in California. Meanwhile there are now feral parrot populations (descended from escaped pets) in my hometown near San Diego that weren't there 15 years ago, and I haven't heard anyone talk about banning parrots for that reason.


It's really rare for an escaped "pet ferret" population to boom on it's own, since most ferrets purchased in the pet trade (i.e. not specifically purchased for breeding) are already spayed/neutered. This isn't the case for most other pet species.

IIRC, this is done because female ferrets who go into heat can/do die if they don't mate and male ferrets will become quite hostile when near a female in heat.


To be fair, parrots aren't carnivores that directly eat the native wildlife.


wild cats were already here, they just have been driven out by humans so house cat fill the niche while being able to live beside humans successfully.


Who is claiming feral cars aren't a problem?




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