its in the living room. There is a sofa, love sofa and arm chair. Do you think it is safe to play with him away from the wires?
Is It Safe To Let A Ferret Play (supervised) In A Room With Tv/computer Wires?
Posted December 28th, 2009 by admin
its in the living room. There is a sofa, love sofa and arm chair. Do you think it is safe to play with him away from the wires?
December 28th, 2009 - 7:57 am
My 2 are out all the time in my living room, they do jump onto things, i.e coffeee table ect..but I notice they don’t touch wires, but I was already rat proofed as they are all allowed to freerange, all I had to do when ferrets arrived was move things i.e table further away from sofa can’t jump the gap now, pouffe away from tv unit can’t get on there now, I think its a matter of letting them out and watching for problem areas and things and altering them to suit free range ferrets as they happen. they are quite clever I have one in particular who if I think hes going to jump on something I say his name and no and he doesn’t do it its nice to let them out especially when they come and sit on your knee, or follow you about, mine now come running like dogs to greet people when they enter the room, the more they become better behaved the more they come out, only really in cage now to sleep n eat, if I’m at home I don’t shut the cage just when its bedtime or when I go out…I also went one step further and ferret proofed my garden so they go outside alot, asking to come in then go out again I have a whistle and if I want them to come I blow it and they come running lol look on youtube theres loads of vids showing ferrets in rooms with allsorts wires ect. lying around?
December 28th, 2009 - 9:25 am
Only if the wires are completely covered- with tape- and under EXTREME SUPERVISION. It wouldn’t be the best idea-but if everything is COMPLETELY covered it might be okay. Because if he does chew a wire- bye bye ferret.
Why don’t you by one of those puppy play pens, but some newspaper/ towels down and toys, sleeping bed, and let him play in there? It i’ll be big enough for you to go on with no worries of him escaping. If you buy a secure one ( and the bars are vertical (so he can’t climb it) you could even leave him unattended for a bit.
December 28th, 2009 - 3:27 pm
As long as you watch him REALLY carefully, take your eye off him for a second…
Also watch out for air vents on the ground, mine figured how to lift the cover up…
and if your couch is a recliner, make sure that no one sits on it, and that they are not reclined during play.
December 28th, 2009 - 4:45 pm
Yes, as long as you supervise and keep him away from the wires. I would not ever leave him unsupervised in a room with wires that were not protected, though.
December 28th, 2009 - 5:12 pm
Mine never chewed wires BUT he would always try to get inside the couch which is very dangerous if anyone sits on it. They could crush him inside without even knowing.
December 28th, 2009 - 9:49 pm
None of my ferrets really offered to chew wires, so as long as there supervised I won’t see the problem.