I read this week about some people who were scammed into buying what they thought were dogs but turned out to be ferrets. A bazaar in Argentina called La Scala has allegedly been in the news before regarding the sales of some bizarre creatures. One might expect to find the bizarre at a bazaar, but not when looking for an animal companion of a certain variety. If you want a dog, you should be given a dog. Not in these cases.
It appears the buyer wanted toy poodles and was sold what turned out to be ferrets which had been pumped up on steroids and trimmed to resemble poodles. Another customer, a woman, bought what she thought was a chihuahua and got duped into buying a ferret. Not since John Cleese complained in a Monty Python pet shop skit about purchasing a dead parrot he had been convinced was merely “resting” has such a stupendously stupid scam been pulled off.
There are tons of cutesy photos online of the alleged faux poodles, and I don’t know about you readers, but they still looked like ferrets to me. Glammed up ferrets, but ferrets.
In my life I have had cats, dogs, gerbils, hamsters, fish, birds, a rabbit and a turtle. Ferrets are just not my thing, but I know that there are fans out there who would have nothing else, and I salute them for loving animals as I do. Just don’t try to Schwarzenegger your little darlings and try to pass them off as poodles, please.*
*(If you’re a fan of Mr. Schwarzenegger–or if you are he–before you email gripes, note that I’m using creative license to make a metaphor for Arnold’s muscular physique, and that’s all.)
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