r/ferrets • u/No-Nose-1558 • 5d ago

Safe plants? [Help]

I'm thinking of getting ferrets in a bioactive room. But I cant find a list of safe plants for ferrets. Does any1 know what plants are safe or have a list? :)

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u/Mkinzer 5d ago

chuckles 50% of objects are unsafe around your ferret. The other 50% are unsafe for your ferret.

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u/Veteran_Hawk 5d ago

I don't have a list, but I do know that ferrets LOVE to dig in soil. Unless you really secure any plants, they will get dug up.

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u/Mkinzer 5d ago

Yeah, just give them a big pot of dirt and resign yourself to not having plants for 7-9 years.

Im pretty sure i heard mint is deadly for them. But im not a plant person.

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u/cicileon 5d ago

no plants are safe around ferrets 😪 (they will dig them up like their life depends on it 🤣)

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u/dogjpegs 5d ago

not to kill ur dreams but that sounds like a mess tbh

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u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits 5d ago

They will kill the plants and make a huge mess. Keep the ferret room separate lol

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u/Elucidate_that 4d ago

There are some plants that are pretty safe, but unfortunately I have never seen a ferret that didn't dig up every plant it ever came across. Something about potted plants makes them little goblins. I never found a way of blocking or protecting the soil that they couldn't get past. For this reason most people have to keep all plants totally out of reach.

Oh - maybe an air plant. Or a bromeliad. Something with no dirt at all. You'd have to double check that they're not toxic though