Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / September 2006

As I mentioned in my first post, I'm a very recent convert to the world
of ferret love. We've had Shiro about a month, and this is his third
home. My sister-in-law bought him from a neighbor who was moving and
had to give him up. Her girls (5 and 6) were too young to care for him

If you know me, you know I'm a member of a local ferret club which I'm
currently pissed with.  (I should send some ferrets to visit their
houses and leave presents in the corners.  LOL!)  Outside of a large
pet expo and ferret show, all these pet events are the only contact our

Well, Banzai had his surgery today and it turns out his spleen was enlarged
(about 8 to 10 times normal!) and there was another lump, possibly a lymph
node, that was swollen - this has been biopsied, along with the spleen.
He's still a bit dozy but seems to have recovered ok.  ...

I havent been on here for AGES! But these photots were so cute i just
had to share them...
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/sonya_l/DSC02136.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/sonya_l/sandy.jpg

I have two, 3 year old furballs, Carlos and Roberta, and I am actually
their third owner (I've had them a little over a month).
Except for an occasional accident, Carlos has no problem with using a
box both inside and outside the cage. Roberta, on the other hand, is a

Took Banzai to the vets today as we felt his poops/behaviour/activity levels
weren't normal.  Seems he has some lumps in his belly, poss on his spleen
and somewhere else, SO he goes to the vets for exploratory surgery on
Monday.

How do you discipline and train a deaf ferret not to bite and scratch
at your toes? Crash does this all the time. It's not the biting that
hurts, but the scratching. I'm sure he's trying to get our attention,
but I'd really like to discourage this behavior and am not sure how to

Our Razzle has made the trip.
She'd always been our most reserved ferret.  Would cuddle for a few minutes and
seemed to enjoy it.  The rest seem to mostly put up with it.
When they group got out to play, she tended to play a while then find somewhere

I just want to thank all of the people that have helped me with my
questions.  I really do appreciate it.  I love my new baby boy and he
now knows what its like to be treated like a king.   I am going to take
some pictures of the new cage i built for him and i think this will

http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/Noelegy/?action=view&current=furpile01.jpg
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/Noelegy/?action=view&current=furpile02.jpg
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The featured video on Yahoo! this morning (30-August) http://www.yahoo.com/ is
a ferret clutching a ball to it's chest and running backwards with it.
The caption is "Moonwalking ferret" and "This unusual pet is stuck in reverse."
From my experience, this really unusual behavior for ...