Moon's Graden

> Jackie and Mia both celebrated their birthdays on Dec.17.  Jackie
> turned 5 years old and Mia turned 4.

> Jackie is showing her age now and when I let them out of the cage, she
> prefers to hang out on my bed, digging around in the covers.  Mia,
> just one year younger, is still the difficult one. She wants to be
> anywhere that she's not allowed to be.  sigh!

> When I catch her doing something wrong, I'll pick her up and say,
> "There you go being a ferret again!"

> :-D

> Happy Christmas to one and all sounds like your having a great time.

> haven't seen my pair for a couple of days although the foods still
> being scoffed.

> If those little monkeys think i am putting my hand into thier hiddy
> hole they have another thing coming  Santa hasn't bought them fresh
> human fingers for a Christmas treat.

> They are like two balls of fur now  fully fattened up , probably also
> sulking we  decided that we didn't really want turkey this Christmas so
> they wont be getting the leftovers.

> Steve

> My two eldest are six, and "the kid" is three.  I don't have their exact
> birthdays committed to memory.  I suppose I should dig out their birth
> certificates and put them in my calendar for annual reminders.

>> My two eldest are six, and "the kid" is three.  I don't have their exact
>> birthdays committed to memory.  I suppose I should dig out their birth
>> certificates and put them in my calendar for annual reminders.

> My 2 birth certifiates were wrong. That's why I combined birthdays to
> one day and guessed as to the correct age.

>> The two older ones have slowed down, one more than the other.  No sign of
>> illness, just looks like age catching up to them.  Still, the younger one
>> can get them fired up and running around, war dancing, wrestling, and all
>> that.  They all seem happy and comfortable.

> Same with me...Jackie is fine but just a year older and slowing down.  Mia
> is still the more active one. She follows me around and wants to play with
> me.  Jackie will play on the bed and wait for me to come get her to play.
> She loves being carried around in a pillow case.

> > > My two eldest are six, and "the kid" is three.  I don't have
> > > their exact birthdays committed to memory.  I suppose I should
> > > dig out their birth certificates and put them in my calendar for
> > > annual reminders.

> > My 2 birth certifiates were wrong. That's why I combined birthdays
> > to one day and guessed as to the correct age.

> > > The two older ones have slowed down, one more than the other.  No
> > > sign of illness, just looks like age catching up to them.  Still,
> > > the younger one can get them fired up and running around, war
> > > dancing, wrestling, and all that.  They all seem happy and
> > > comfortable.

> > Same with me...Jackie is fine but just a year older and slowing
> > down.  Mia is still the more active one. She follows me around and
> > wants to play with me.  Jackie will play on the bed and wait for me
> > to come get her to play.  She loves being carried around in a
> > pillow case.

> I haven't tried that trick.  My only problem with them is that the
> younger one I have been flat out unable to break of biting.  I'm not
> talking about play, which all of my ferrets have done.  I've been
> keeping ferrets for going on twenty years and this is the first one I
> haven't been able to reason with.  He draws *** and, if not quickly
> removed, starts to chew. I've tried every trick in the books, and on
> the forums, and a few of my own. I've gotten to where I can hold him
> so he can't get at me, and can catch the signs (body language) he
> about to bite so it's been pretty rare the last year and a half.  But
> it does mean I can't let anyone else handle him.  And he's the one
> everyone want's to handle because he's the traditional ferret sable.
> The other two are albino and blond.  It wouldn't bee so bad, but I'm
> usually barefoot around the house so if they're out playing I have to
> either put my feet up (which really screws up my typing) or put shoes
> on.  Socks don't do it.  He's apparently figured out there's bite
> worthy skin under them.  And yeah, he'll bit above my shoes, but he
> takes him a couple of seconds to get under the leg of my pants so I
> can usually pull my foot up. I've come to the tentative conclusion
> that he's not quite right in the head.

>    - Bill

> No  in ferret world its fun to watch them furrless  oafs squeal

> My only problem with them is that the younger
> one I have been flat out unable to break of biting.  I'm not talking about
> play, which all of my ferrets have done.  I've been keeping ferrets for
> going on twenty years and this is the first one I haven't been able to
> reason with.  He draws *** and, if not quickly removed, starts to chew.
> I've tried every trick in the books, and on the forums, and a few of my own.

> > My only problem with them is that the
> > younger one I have been flat out unable to break of biting.  I'm not
> > talking about play, which all of my ferrets have done.  I've been
> > keeping ferrets for going on twenty years and this is the first one I
> > haven't been able to reason with.  He draws *** and, if not quickly
> > removed, starts to chew.

> No  in ferret world its fun to watch them furrless  oafs squeal

> > > My only problem with them is that the
> > > younger one I have been flat out unable to break of biting.  I'm
> > > not talking about play, which all of my ferrets have done.  I've
> > > been keeping ferrets for going on twenty years and this is the
> > > first one I haven't been able to reason with.  He draws ***
> > > and, if not quickly removed, starts to chew.

> > No  in ferret world its fun to watch them furrless  oafs squeal

> LOL!  heheh  ;)

> Mia often gets into things that she's not supposed to.  I'll pick her
> up and say, "So...you're being a ferret again?"  heheh

> She just stares at me and silently says, "Yeah"

> She also has a strong "ferret smell" around her head. I actually like
> that smell.

> Gary

> My youngest one, Mia, is 4 years old now. I got her as a rescue when she
> was 1.5 years old.  At first, she would do the biting *** the feet or
> ankles.  I cured her of it quickly.  Whenever she bit me hard that way, I
> would immediately pick her up, yell "NO" at her face then put her back
> into
> the cage for a 5 minute time out. After only a few times of this, she
> learned and has never bitten since....except for the play biting which is
> fine.

>>> My only problem with them is that the
>>> younger one I have been flat out unable to break of biting.  I'm not
>>> talking about play, which all of my ferrets have done.  I've been
>>> keeping ferrets for going on twenty years and this is the first one I
>>> haven't been able to reason with.  He draws *** and, if not quickly
>>> removed, starts to chew.

>> No  in ferret world its fun to watch them furrless  oafs squeal

> LOL!  heheh  ;)

> Mia often gets into things that she's not supposed to.  I'll pick her up
> and
> say, "So...you're being a ferret again?"  heheh

> She just stares at me and silently says, "Yeah"

> > She just stares at me and silently says, "Yeah"
> I always took that look to be something like "Yes, but I'm so cute you're
> going to let me do it again, aren't you?"

> > > Mia often gets into things that she's not supposed to.  I'll pick
> > > her up and say, "So...you're being a ferret again?"  heheh

> > > She just stares at me and silently says, "Yeah"

> > I always took that look to be something like "Yes, but I'm so cute
> > you're going to let me do it again, aren't you?"

> Yep. Mia will push things off the countertop then look over the edge
> to approve what she did.

> My original two ferrets worked as a team. The female (Farrah) would
> climb up on shelves or countertops and, one by one, push things off
> onto the floor.  The male ferret (Fred) would wait on the floor and
> hide everything that she pushed off.  Darn those two!  ;)