I would like opinions. Good or bad. I am getting either 1 baby

Don't get an animal that you are allergic to, or allergic to what you have to feed it. It won't work out well and if someone else lives with you, they will end up being your pet slave while you stand behind them and watch them tend to your pets needs. They will begin to hate you.

I imagine you have the means to house either of these or you wouldn't post this on /an/ like a huge retard.

I'd honestly go for the mink.

>>2338989
Also do minks "bite" things to test them like a dog might or do they bite to kill.

Honestly depending on that, both of these might be utterly terrible for you.

>>2338985
You're body will adjust to allergies or you take an allergy pill.

I've always been allergic to cats, but after I live with one for a month or two, my allergies drop dramatically to an occasional sneeze and scratch on the chin.

>and if someone else lives with you, they will end up being your pet slave while you stand behind them and watch them tend to your pets needs

Sorry that happened to you anon, but not everyone is like that.

>>2338979
RFG, get the prairie dogs. You've had lot of ferrets, and a mink will be similar. A prairie dog would be a whole new experience.

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>>2338985
I've been that person (that cares for neglected pets), so it wouldn't come to that. My allergies aren't deathly. If it got bad enough the guy selling them takes in "unwanted" exotic pets. But i actually bought a bag of timothy hay and left it open in my room, i can feel my sinuses get sore and stuffy. I heard orchard grass hay (?) Is sometimes ok for people allergic to timothy hay

>>2338991
I think they bite to kill, but not sure if a pup that's used to it's owner might play bite. Ive been bitten by 2 mink in my life so I'm not afraid of it. My vet said he isn't either. He said they also don't euthanize exotic pets if they bite. Thankfully

>>2338993
I'm leaning towards the pups. I love mink so much though. Another downside to pd's, they are natural ferret prey, so idk if my ferrets would go crazy. I mean they would never be in contact

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I also thought of experimenting with raising a mink baby with my ferrets, with my supervision.

>>2339005
>owning two animals that have a prey/predator relation

I see nothing going wrong whatsoever.

>>2339030
Haha well they have stable cages. My ferrets won't even kill a mouse and hate meat. But i wouldn't let them interact with the pd's ever

>>2338993
Allergies can either desensitize or sensitize over time, and there's no way of knowing which direction you're going to go. While yes, you can adjust, many people just get worse with chronic exposure to an allergen.

prairie dogs need to burrow though, how can that be accommodated in a regular cage setting?

>>2339078
Prairie dogs burrow in the wild to provide shelter and protection from predators. They don't need to when they already have both of those things. A rabbit needs to dig in the wild, your pet rabbit does not. A guinea pig digs in the wild, your pet guinea pig does not. They will still display digging instincts from time to time and you can provide bedding or mounds of dirt to satisfy that instinct, but it is not necessary.

Have you seen the dude on YouTube who uses mink for hunting? They're a ton of work. Why an albino mink and not just an albino ferret? Ferrets are also softer.

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>>2339110
I've talked to Joseph. He's the one who can send me a baby mink.

I think ill get pd's.

>>2339173
You better post them once you get them, I am very curious about praire doggos.

>>2339209
If my ferrets don't eat them