Do they climb, tear up furniture? Do they have retractable claws?
They can climb like hell. Excellent climbers. They prefer elevated places when resting. They could tear up some furniture by playing on it, but they don’t sharpen their claws on furniture like cats. The claws aren’t truly retractable – they just don’t touch the ground when the ringtail is walking or running. The claws are very sharp. I’ve heard of ringtails scaling glass. If they are raised rough housing you would definitely suffer scratches and play bites. How messy are their droppings? Their drpppings aren’t messy at all. Usually very firm. Ringtails are easy to litter train, and very faithful about using litter boxes. Can they be trained? Yeah, they’ll learn the meaning of “NO”, but that doesn’t mean they’ll respect it! If they aren’t getting attention, they’ll do what they want to do. That’s how Strahd was, anyway. They can definitely be leash trained, but I didn’t do it with Strahd. I’ve seen them on leashes in books and on TV before. I want to accomplish it with my next ringtails
