A NICE Animal Post May 8, 2008
Posted by Lipstick in Heroes.trackback
Ferrets!
Update- A few months ago, I sent a photo to a fellow ferrety friend and she made it the masthead for her site. If you want to see ferrets in action there is some ferret video fun there. (Check out the eighth one down to see the “Weasel War Dance”.)
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Innocent Bystanders 
awww…
they make beagles look dumb.
Awwwwwwwww. So cute!
they make beagles look dumb.
Well, they’re persistent and like to dig.
Awwww, is a wittle schmoopsy-woopsy!
Sorry, lauraw doesn’t seem to be around, and I thought someone should try to fill her shoes. Emphasis on try.
Nicely done toots.
Hey, I’m eating my toenails!
They are such darlings.
Biting is their play behavior, so I’ve taught them not to bite by refraining from roughhousing with them with my hands. They can bite and play with each other but when I pick them up they know it’s love time.
But not Business Time.
heh.
Two minutes in heaven are better than one minute in heaven.
How does it go? … “A world of fun in a little fur coat”?
eh heh heh heh heh
Pure joy wrapped in a tiny fur coat.
heehee
OK, I admit it. They’re awful cute. I probably would feel bad if a snake ate them.
Don’t make fun of me for getting all mushy.
Nah, it’s all good, Michael.
Hotay, Dave, I put up a recruiting post for a July IB gathering at my site. Let’s hope the Western IBers respond.
They are darlings!
Sweet faces. Look smart too.
…not that the Eastern IBers aren’t invited.
Sounds like fun, Geoff. I’ll be there. So… how long can I crash at your place?
If you can take it, we can take it.
I think you’ll end up running screaming from the place…
…especially after I end up “fixing” the bathroom.
Weasels!
awesome geoff.
Is he laying in a little hammock? So cute.
You’ve trained them right. Mama is not for biting.
It’s a hanging tube. They love burrowing. Their hammocks are upstairs in their “double wide” cage.
Mama is not for biting.
Well, not by critters.
These guys are really cute. What’s their normal lifespan and what do you do about the smell? Can you give ferrets batchs without getting your hands chewed down to bloody nubs?
My daughter would love one.
Compos, the stated life span is 6-10 years, but my excellent vet who specializes in exotic animals says she has never seen one make it past 8.
They really don’t smell if you are good about keeping their litter box clean. Also, most come with their scent glands already removed. The largest breeder is Marshall Farms and they neuter and de-scent before shipping the critters out. You can tell a Marshall ferret by the two dots tattooed in their right ear.
To bathe them or control them for nail clipping, just scruff them and they go limp. They shouldn’t be bathed more than a few times a year anyway.
The book “Ferrets for Dummies” is a good resource. And consider getting two so they can entertain each other — most ferrets are social animals and get lonely without a companion.
just scruff them and they go limp.
Works on me too.
Hey RG, how’s my favorite feral cat?
Spudder’s getting fat cause we let her come inside now. She doesn’t have to survive on stray birds and mices.
And it’s saving the baby bunny population too, I imagine.
She must be so happy to come inside, especially with all this global warming you’ve been having.