National Dog Show 2014
The phrase ferret has its origins in Latin and interprets to tiny thief. With that tidbit of information, it shouldn't surprise you that ferrets like to steal issues and hoard them.My ferrets just take anything they can drag. I've noticed my tiny, a single pound woman consider to carry off the dog's sterilized bone the bone weighs more than she does. (The only explanation she did not be successful is that the pet noticed her dragging the bone throughout the place and intervened.) They have appropriated my sneakers, my wrist brace, and stuffed toys. They have snatched bookmarks, balls, and meals dishes. They have pilfered personal computer mice, tissues, and socks. They have eliminated apples, potatoes, and staple removers. If they can pirate an item, they will.
So, right after my ferrets acquire an object of wish, they hoard it. Just about every stolen point ends up in the exact same area. Following I clear, they may relocate their stash, but you will find normally only one cache at a time. I have found the cache underneath their cage. One particular time the stash was behind the television and a single time they actually set everything within 1 of my husband's speakers. At the moment, my babies like to relocate objects to within their Tower of Fun, a tube that twists up and down. The fuzzies like to slide down the slopes of the Tower of Fun, so it is a little odd that they block their exciting sliding route with toys. Nevertheless, they do.Why?Considering that I will not communicate ferret, and my ferrets never talk human, I can only guess primarily based on their organic behaviors in the wild. Polecats (who our domesticated ferrets have been domesticated from) are carnivores. They're hunters. They get rid of factors scaled-down than them selves (usually more compact, but I've seen video clips of ferrets killing factors larger than they are). So, a ferret kills a mouse and eats it. When it really is accomplished, it will hide the leftovers. If a ferret kills an animal that is too huge to take in in 1 sitting, the ferret will stash the corpse to complete later. And, in all of these situations, ferrets are striving to stop other animals from attaining their spoils.
I believe which is probably the greatest rationalization for why ferrets steal, but I have one particular other thought. Usually, I discover ferrets asleep amidst their stolen treasures. Normally, when they sleep in their cache, the products are soft and squishy, like little stuffed toys and other fluffy items. So, my second hypothesis is that ferrets like to build cozy beds.
