What the fuck kind of parents are these?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/11/missouri.ferret.fingers/index.html

horribly irresponsible ones.

I have never heard of a ferret trying to eat a live person/any of their parts...

did they stop feeding it? and, why wasn't it caged with a newborn around??

PositivityNYC said:

horribly irresponsible ones.

I have never heard of a ferret trying to eat a live person/any of their parts...

did they stop feeding it? and, why wasn't it caged with a newborn around??

I've been bitten by one, and seen them bite other people. But eat them? Uhh, no. I will never cease to understand why people think I'm an asshole for saying some folks have no business procreating. These people fit nicely in the top five percentile in that regard.

Can't bring myself to go the link.... this is so sad, that poor baby.

paintedlady said:

Can't bring myself to go the link.... this is so sad, that poor baby.

Me neither.

I've honestly had enough of hearing about stupid parents/carers.

Cerebus said:

I will never cease to understand why people think I'm an asshole for saying some folks have no business procreating. These people fit nicely in the top five percentile in that regard.

You're not an asshole. Those 'parents' are fucking morons. You don't even leave a dog or a cat alone with an infant. And ferrets are wild animals. Unreal.

I'd put that kid in a foster home, ASAP.

wait a sec.... how do you wait until SEVEN fingers are eaten off? That's a lot for a ferret to consume, this musta been going on for a while, why didn't the parents rescue their child sooner?

uPtoWnNY said:

Cerebus said:

I will never cease to understand why people think I'm an asshole for saying some folks have no business procreating. These people fit nicely in the top five percentile in that regard.

You're not an asshole. Those 'parents' are fucking morons. You don't even leave a dog or a cat alone with an infant. And ferrets are wild animals. Unreal.

I'd put that kid in a foster home, ASAP.

Thank you for quoting my nonsensical sentence. "I will never understand" is what I meant, but I started saying something else, changed my mind and forgot to edit. Anyway. I'm sure the kid will go to a foster home. I'm more interested in where they're going to put the parents.

paintedlady said:

wait a sec.... how do you wait until SEVEN fingers are eaten off? That's a lot for a ferret to consume, this musta been going on for a while, why didn't the parents rescue their child sooner?

they were asleep, the baby was (I think) in another room

the mother woke to baby's cries at finger #7 being eaten, screamed to wake up the father -- and he killed the 6 month old ferret by throwing it repeatedly against walls and applicances

PositivityNYC said:

paintedlady said:

wait a sec.... how do you wait until SEVEN fingers are eaten off? That's a lot for a ferret to consume, this musta been going on for a while, why didn't the parents rescue their child sooner?

they were asleep, the baby was (I think) in another room

the mother woke to baby's cries at finger #7 being eaten, screamed to wake up the father -- and he killed the 6 month old ferret by throwing it repeatedly against walls and applicances

The damn animal left to roam the house??? They must of NOT had a baby monitor.

Besides, you can kill a small animal with one blunt hit to the top of its head, like a HARD pound with a fist. Um, yeah... don't ask me how I know that.

PositivityNYC said:

paintedlady said:

wait a sec.... how do you wait until SEVEN fingers are eaten off? That's a lot for a ferret to consume, this musta been going on for a while, why didn't the parents rescue their child sooner?

they were asleep, the baby was (I think) in another room

the mother woke to baby's cries at finger #7 being eaten, screamed to wake up the father -- and he killed the 6 month old ferret by throwing it repeatedly against walls and applicances

Oh, please. My sisters and I all slept in another room - and you can be damn sure my mom heard us if we were crying in the night.

These parents were drunk or stoned or something.

PositivityNYC said:

horribly irresponsible ones.

I have never heard of a ferret trying to eat a live person/any of their parts...

did they stop feeding it? and, why wasn't it caged with a newborn around??

Never?? Reeeeeally?

I've been saying they're baby-eaters for years. I can't stand those fur-wearin snakes with legs.

I'm sure it was the parents fault tho, so Imma go actually read the story now.

[Edited 1/12/11 14:59pm]

paintedlady said:

PositivityNYC said:

they were asleep, the baby was (I think) in another room

the mother woke to baby's cries at finger #7 being eaten, screamed to wake up the father -- and he killed the 6 month old ferret by throwing it repeatedly against walls and applicances

The damn animal left to roam the house??? They must of NOT had a baby monitor.

Besides, you can kill a small animal with one blunt hit to the top of its head, like a HARD pound with a fist. Um, yeah... don't ask me how I know that.

or between 2 bricks, that's my preferred method

ZombieKitten said:

paintedlady said:

The damn animal left to roam the house??? They must of NOT had a baby monitor.

Besides, you can kill a small animal with one blunt hit to the top of its head, like a HARD pound with a fist. Um, yeah... don't ask me how I know that.

or between 2 bricks, that's my preferred method

Genesia said:

PositivityNYC said:

they were asleep, the baby was (I think) in another room

the mother woke to baby's cries at finger #7 being eaten, screamed to wake up the father -- and he killed the 6 month old ferret by throwing it repeatedly against walls and applicances

Oh, please. My sisters and I all slept in another room - and you can be damn sure my mom heard us if we were crying in the night.

These parents were drunk or stoned or something.

This was my thought exactly.

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

horribly irresponsible ones.

I have never heard of a ferret trying to eat a live person/any of their parts...

did they stop feeding it? and, why wasn't it caged with a newborn around??

Never?? Reeeeeally?

I've been saying they're baby-eaters for years. I can't stand those fur-wearin snakes with legs.

I'm sure it was the parents fault tho, so Imma go actually read the story now.

[Edited 1/12/11 14:59pm]

rats, yes -- ferrets, no

it's not like I love them or anything, never been around one... just not familiar with it....

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

Never?? Reeeeeally?

I've been saying they're baby-eaters for years. I can't stand those fur-wearin snakes with legs.

I'm sure it was the parents fault tho, so Imma go actually read the story now.

[Edited 1/12/11 14:59pm]

rats, yes -- ferrets, no

it's not like I love them or anything, never been around one... just not familiar with it....

Ron had one (before me) and any time he's said "ooh we should get one" I've informed him that I will let it out its cage and let the dogs do their thing.

Poor baby disfigured for life. Those parents will have hell to pay. Criminal charges.

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

Never?? Reeeeeally?

I've been saying they're baby-eaters for years. I can't stand those fur-wearin snakes with legs.

I'm sure it was the parents fault tho, so Imma go actually read the story now.

[Edited 1/12/11 14:59pm]

rats, yes -- ferrets, no

it's not like I love them or anything, never been around one... just not familiar with it....

I've never heard of a ferret eating humans either, known a few people that owned them. They loved their ferrets. I was biten a few times by ferrets in the past, but never had my skin break from the bites.

They are cute to me, its a shame the baby was hurt like this. This is senseless to me.

Those damn things are crafty.

Having owned some, I offered to babysit the ones we had in this class I was taking in 7th grade. Damn things kept escaping and climbing onto my bed as I slept. Woke up to one on my chest a couple times. Then they kept sleeping in my dresser and shit leaving all my clothes smelling like ferret.

Cool animals with the proper care though. It's a shame that child will be affected for life because the proper care for both animal and child was not there.

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

rats, yes -- ferrets, no

it's not like I love them or anything, never been around one... just not familiar with it....

Ron had one (before me) and any time he's said "ooh we should get one" I've informed him that I will let it out its cage and let the dogs do their thing.

Ferret's are smelly.

Acrylic said:

Fu$%ing insane! parents should be charged. BTW...one parent was in the same room as the baby. HOW could he/she not have woken up????

wth? did they never fed the ferret? that's crazy. the fact the mom was asleep in a different room and the dad was in the same room? they have to be drug addicts or drunkies!!

purplemookiebut said:

wth? did they never fed the ferret? that's crazy. the fact the mom was asleep in a different room and the dad was in the same room? they have to be drug addicts or drunkies!!

Or just shitty parents. Such as, they were in different rooms so one of them could get some sleep, the dad throught the baby was crying like usual and couldn't be bothered to check on it until his last nerve had been reached. This is NOT an uncommon occurrence.

The parents must be lying. How can a wild animal munch on a child without that child SCREAMING? Bullshit, they were asleep. They were either drunk/stoned and passed out or were not even in the friggin house. You put your child to sleep in a rocker?

"We're trying to figure out if this thing had a crate or a cage, or was it running around the house," Ambrose said. "It jumped into the rocker thing that the baby was sleeping in and ate seven of its fingers."