Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / August 2005

Kylie also has this thing she loves to do while I'm in the shower that just
cracks me up.   She grabs the shower curtain and starts pullingj, sometimes
with all four paws planted firmly on the side of the tub and this great look
of determination on her face.  Of course, that makes ...

Last Mon, there was an ad in our newspaper's Lost & Found section - "Found,
ferret, in Hedges St area. xxx/xxx-xxxx" By Wed, the ad was still in, so I
decided to call the person. After all, not many people know how to take care
of a ferret if they've had no experience doing so.

Just wanted you all to know I was cleaning out some of
my files and have listed some items that some others
might get some good use out of.  One is a book by Fara
Shimbo that is hard to find.  It is about breeding,

One more story.........especially for Nanny, to make sure she starts her day
with a real smile!
6-28-05  Last night when the kids were still out playing, I was online and
not paying too much attention, until I got up to get a drink of water and

With cold and flu season quickly approaching and kids back in school trading
germs, I thought this may be helpful to newbies....
Everything I have read tells me that ferrets are only susceptible to the
influenza virus...and folks will disagree with me on this....HOWEVER by my

NEVER!!!!!
Chocolate is a ferret killer.

Well well well....... it seems that crazy old bitch MILLIE WALLS is
continueing her obsession with me.  Millie I know this will make me
feel physical ill but please don't tell me you have sexual fantasies
and sexual obsessions about me.  Sill question I guess, why else would

Since we're all sharing pics:
This is my Ariel, my little heart patient, my Sweetie Pie -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/LinTK/cutie2.jpg
Max & Oberon - 2 of my deaf panda/blaze boys, my Little Boy & my Big Boy -

Here's what I do and it seems to work for us.   I have a very very sensitive
nose, so I keep it pretty clean or my stomach churns. LOL  Hopefullly this
info may help some newbie out there.
I use Johnny Cat litter in the blue bag because it seems to smell the best,

http://www.cinnamonsprite.net/hosting/sanguine/mirrorkaos.jpg
Kaos velcro'd to the mirror...lol
Well of course she wasn't ..but she loves playing with the mirror. Here
she sort of jumped at herself.

i'm so happy to report that woody
is responding to his treatment .
his poop is back to its normal color
and texture .

Some of mine love playing in water..like Swivel here-
http://www.cinnamonsprite.net/hosting/sanguine/WATER-swivelWM.jpg

http://www.cinnamonsprite.net/hosting/sanguine/swivelshowercuteWM.jpg
Swivel again...she loves the shower, though she doesn't get the chance
too often. I only bath the ferrets once or twice a year at most.

http://www.cinnamonsprite.net/hosting/sanguine/swivelost.jpg
Soon after Swivel arrive here, she had a litter(2002). What a way to be
thrown in the deep end with ferrets. It was a scary but exciting time.
Swivel learnt to trust me. She still lives with her kids.

July 8, 2005:  I noticed this morning that some time during the night
'someone' had real green, watery poops that were in the litterbox this
morning.  Early this afternoon it became obvious that Kylie was the one not
feeling well.  She began to run frantically back and forth on ...