The couple that run the Forget me not shelter really have a heart for animals. Their home is absolutely overrun with beautiful furry buddies. Obviously Anchorage has a problem with irresponsible people adopting and dumping ferrets. Insert sad face here. These folks are extremely knowledgeable about ferrets and take it seriously. The contract they make you sign when you adopt is no joke. They also only adopted out spayed and neutered ferrets and they only adopt a them out in groups (so you have to adopt a minimum of 2). Ferrets are highly social and need companionship or they die of depression. I wish more people would adopt from this shelter, because ferrets are great pets and it's depressing to see all these precious critters confined to cages. Ferrets are super poopers, and it's got to be a real battle trying to clean up after 50 plus ferrets. The shelter is very.... ferret-y. God bless the Sims family for turning over their own to these little guys. We adopted a group of 3 elderly ferrets last fall and it was the best decision ever. Since they're old, they're super mellow. It's like owning furry Slinkies that like to lick you. If you like the personality of a dog, but like the cat-like convenience of a smaller animal that is litter-trained, consider adopting a couple ferrets from here. They're awesome apartment pets. They're not, however great pets if you have small kids because ferrets play nip, and they also can't tolerate being dropped. But they're great pets for older kids because they are fun to play with, can be trained to do tricks, and can even be leash trained. They also only live 5-10 years, so when your kid goes off to college, you won't be stuck taking care of them. As the Sims will tell you, like all animals, in their senior years, ferrets do develop health problems , so you need to be prepared for some end of life vet bills. But they're so fun! If you've been wanting a cool, fun, wacky pet, call for an appointment to meet some furry bandits. read more

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