Ferret Extermination

[Harold Richards]

Here is my sad woeful tale:

My wife owned four ferrets one of which was a nasty little biter. A week ago the weasels were loose in the basement while I was, for once, doing laundry. Unknown to me the nasty little biter was sleeping in one of the piles of laundry and was inadvertently washed. Needless to say it didn’t make it through the spin cycle. To make matter worse my wife unloaded the washer to find a very clean, but very, very dead weasel on the top of the load. This was of course followed my much wailing and my immediately being expelled to the doghouse. To regain entrance to the house and be allowed on the couch was a wallet draining experience. One night at an expensive B and B, ($212). Purchase of another (younger) ferret ($120). Flowers ($50). On top of this someone gave her an additional ferret. So not only was the ferret extermination overly expensive, it resulted in an addition to the population.

My questions are:

Should I feel remorse? I no longer am allowed to do laundry, and can once again go barefoot in my own house.

How long can ferrets actually swim during the spin cycle?

Did the addition of bleach have any effect on its demise?

What does a ferret in a washing machine really sound like?

Is there a better way to minimize the total population?

Could I have gotten out of the doghouse without additional varmints being added to the population?

[toadspittle]

As a ferret owner (and yes, one whose toes are frequently nipped), I am appalled.

I hardly think this qualifies as a GQ.

[Harold Richards]

Maybe some clarification is in order.

I did not intend to kill the weasel.
It was an honest accident.
I do not dislike ferrets, however I think a herd of now 5 is a bit excessive.
My toes were not nipped, but bitten to the point of drawing blood and leaving scars.

[bernse]

I think the questions you asked made your response to toadspittle worthless. You do not seem at all concerned about what the little critter went through. While 5 may be (IMHO it is) exessive, to answer your question of what it went through, your wife should put you in a bath of super hot water with bleach and soap suds and repeatidly hold your head under the water. You may be able to appreciate what it went through.

What does a ferret sound like in a washing machine? You sound real concerned.

Can they swim during spin? Could you swim while pulling a couple hundred G's?

What a piece of work.

[Harold Richards]

No not particularly concerned about that particular nasty little biter. There were many occasions when if my wife were not present it would have "run away."

The rest of them other than the mess dont particularly annoy or interest me. Consider me ferret neutral.

[manhattan]

Only a couple of those could conceivably be General Questions, and candidly I don't want to know the effects of bleach on attached ferret pelts.

I'm closing this thread.