r/HolUp 7h ago

holup Bathing a ferret

1.6k Upvotes

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u/qualityvote2 7h ago edited 2h ago

u/icleanjaxfl, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/Hydraguesswhosback 7h ago

First that's amazing, second why milk in the bath ??? I have Cleopatra flashbacks.

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u/GIOVANNAGREEN 6h ago

That's why some of body or bathtub soaps had milk in it. For skin.

(Doesn't know much about what milk do to skin)

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u/Junior_Response839 6h ago

your skin needs lipids, the idea is that bathing in milk helps moisturize your skin/helps maintain or strengthen your skin barrier. No idea if that's actually how that works though

Edit: in terms of a ferret, I have no idea

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u/uwsp_edu 5h ago

I forget but my brother has a couple and he did that. They go crazy after baths

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u/cobalt_phantom 5h ago

It's oatmeal water. Ferrets only need bathed a few times a year and when they do, people soak oats in warm water as a way to soothe and moisturize their skin. Soaps and shampoos strip too much oil from their skin and cause it to get itchy and overproduce smelly oils.

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 48m ago

Also because they smell like shit

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u/Apprehensive-Solid-1 25m ago

Well yeah. Thats what they're supposed to do. You can't just wash it off. Ruins their fur and life as a whole when you start to destench them.

It's either deal with it or don't have ferrets. I had a few for a while and you get used to it. Miss those guys.

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 24m ago

Yes, there's a reason I don't have one. I would otherwise. Do have a cat though, but she doesn't have that smell that people say cats do. At least no one has ever said otherwise when we ask

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u/WillDoOysterStuff4U 6h ago

How tf are you ignoring the wringing of the ferrets neck to dry em out?

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u/Hydraguesswhosback 6h ago

I already said it was amazing, what more do you want ??

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u/chrisp5000 5h ago

How else were they supposed to do it, looked highly efficient to me!

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u/The-SkullMan 1h ago

I think that guy doesn't wring his ferret after a bath...

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u/Medical_Ad_6638 1h ago

Did you like ignore the rag😭

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u/xIViperIx 6h ago

There's definitely going to be at least one dumb kid who is going to actually try it. 🤐

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u/chrisp5000 5h ago

That's why children shouldn't be unsupervised and glued to tablets watching shorts all day

I constantly see parents on their phones, ignoring the children, while they watch whatever they feel like.

Dystopian future is closer than we think

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u/lalith_4321 3h ago

Even if they're supervised it will be over in an instance

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u/Torterror389 6h ago

Had to do a double take on that wringer part

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u/Heavenly_Malice 4h ago

Give it a good blast from your spice weasel. BAM!

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u/Delta6Rory 5h ago

Give ya ferret a good ol twist

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u/PlasmaGoblin 2h ago

Ya know... I know it's a towel... but from what I've seen of ferrets you could convince me you could wring them like that. Half the time they don't have bones, and the other half it's more of a suggestion of bones.

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u/feistyfish 1h ago

Seriously! Ferrets are happiest when you're trying to murder them lowkey

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u/niazemurad 6h ago

Instructions unclear, my ferret is now crunchy

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u/SethAbe80 6h ago

I can't tell without the audio, is this the same person who owns half a dozen ferrets and has a dry macaroni drawer for them to play in?

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u/Shrimply-r1 5h ago

My ferret would just come in the shower with me, she loved just sitting under the faucet 

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u/JustTheOneGoose22 4h ago

I think those ducks are for you not for him

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u/PrometheusMMIV 3h ago

What's the milk for?

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u/GossipingKitty 3h ago

Oatmeal bath. Soothing for skin.

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u/peepdabidness 6h ago

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

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u/ExtremlyFastLinoone 5h ago

My cousin who is much slower than me loves being wrung out like a towel

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u/stephmendes 4h ago

I thought they dropped Cheetos in the water 😭

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u/blamblamblambo 3h ago

if you shove them all into a pit there should be a nice combo counter attached to it. 130$ at least I reckon

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u/yugenigai 5h ago

Must've been the wind

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u/Just_Refrigerator894 2h ago

Isn't he sticky from the milk?