Introducing Wheatley and ???

[Yurei Avalon]

I went out of my way to go to a new store today trying to find some playmates for Stormageddon since he has to live separately. I wanted to have him start his own group. The Petco I went to had a tank with 4 ferrets in it. One was an unusual male silver who didn't seem very interested in me, another was a large, beautiful jill- sable possibly cinnamon, she had very reddish brown guard hairs. She had absolutely NO interest in me though, and even went so far as to chomp down on my arm pretty hard. I got the point and put her back in the tank.

The first ferret I picked up was an adorable little dark sable male, not as dark as my Zar'thun and with only a tiny dot of white on his chest instead of a bib. He may even be considered a normal sable point? Not sure. Very sweet face. I picked him up, waking him from a nap. He looked up at me, clung to my chest, crawled all over me and sniffed my neck and nuzzles it. Seemed to me that he really wanted to go home with me.

The last ferret in the tank was unexpected- he was huge! He's about 3 lbs, his paperwork says he's about 6.5 months old. I checked his teeth and that seems about right. His ears are dirty, he has talons for nails, his fur is very yellow. He was transferred from another store somewhere recently in an attempt to sell him faster I guess.

He's a beautiful marked white, burgundy eyes with silver guard hairs all over his back and part of his tail, he sort of has the dorsal stripe thing going on. He was very friendly with me and he seemed so hopeful. I asked him, "What do you think? You deserve a chance at a good home too dontcha?"

He seems to think so, I don't know how exactly, but he seems like he wants to be here. This is my Wheatley. I am pretty sure he is deaf as a doorknob already and he bites hard when he plays (but he handles fine for petting.) He strongly reminds me of Chell and I suspect they may be Waardy's together in arms. He plays a lot more than the 8 week baby, very bouncy and vibrant this giant boy is. He's kind of a panda with the way the gray marks him. But he's a real sweetheart and I suspect he is going to be a diamond in the rough that too many people passed over for some reason.

Oh yes, and they do seem fine with Stormageddon. Played with them a bit, no one is beating on anyone or anything.

And now, pics! The little dark sable guy hasn't mentioned a name he'd like yet.

[Sherry]

Beautiful wee ones! Congrats and by the way- the lighter coloured boy is a panda so glad they get on well with Stormy!

[hurricanekatt]

Aww how cute! I love Wheatley. The little sable could be Turtle. Or because you have Wheatley, he could be Oatley.

[freyamarie]

Congrats on your ferret math!! I love em

[Yurei Avalon]

Chell also seems to be integrating well. She and Wheatley get along well which is fitting since those two were friends in Portal 2. I will be calling them "the group of 4" for now, and the other group "the group of 5". These will be our two main living/play groups, though I will allow some to mix for playtimes who end up getting along. I left them alone in the room for half an hour ,and they all fell asleep in a pile and have been since. I'd say we'll be getting along just fine.

[Heather]

Congratulations on your newest additions. Great fit. Your little sable will tell you his name...give him time
ciao

[moonfall]

...that sweet white boy is IDENTICAL to Thatcher. Thatcher's got the panda head, yellow fur (although good food is fixing that)... Same grey in the exact same shade and locations.. He's supposed to be around 6 months now.

Is he a Marshall's? You could have Thatcher's brother. I'm not even kidding. If I didn't know better I'd say you had my boy in your bathroom! His ears are the exact same shape too, and appear to be "bald" at the back...I notice that on Thatch as well.

So cute..and I'm so glad you got him.

[Yurei Avalon]

Yeah he's a Marshall's. I suspect he may be from a store from MA possibly as he was vaccinated for rabies as was my other new guy. none of the other Petcos I have gotten ferrets at vaccinate for rabies. The girl working at this store said she thought they all had to do it as a rule, but clearly this is not the case. I'm a happy girl about that, because it means less $$$ I am spending on vetting newbies. Plus they even come with a metal collar tag with their rabies ID.

Wheatley seems to be a bit better adjusted than Thatcher was when you got him though Moonfall. He acts pretty typical and normal, he's terrible with the litter box as is to be expected. He's pretty clean, I keep seeing him grooming and he's not suffering from the pee belly thankfully. He and Chell were curled up together, so adorable. Do Thatcher's ears "droop" kind of? I don't really know how to describe it other than he seemed to have droopy ears in the store.

*wonders where Stiv is hiding, she'll be happy to see another Panda around.*

[moonfall]

His ears seem to sort of stick out, they're big and seem out of place and almost bald in pictures.

The only difference is Thatcher has a v shape on his forehead. In any case Wheatley is precious and I cannot get over how similar they are! I do wonder if they might be related.

[Yurei Avalon]

Probably just a coincidence. Marshall's makes so many ferrets a year, and I've seen plenty of ferrets that look very similar in makings. My Chell looks almost identical to one of Stiv's old ferrets I believe. But it would be a nice thought if they were brothers somehow.

I was bummed there was only one jill at the store and she seemed to hate me. I love my hobs, but I'm up to 6 now and only 3 jills lol.

Man that was such a beautiful girlly at the store, I so wish she hadn't hated me. :/ It was funny when she bit me, the store employee kind of winced and was waiting for a reaction. All she got was a "Well that wasn't very nice." out of me scolding the jill lol. I think she was expecting at least an ow or me to flinch or something. I just waited for the wee girly to get bored and let go of my arm before I put her back in the tank. In the girl's defense, she *did* poop about a minute after being set down so maybe that was why she was so cranky lol.

[Sherry]

Hey- at least you aren't as bad as I am. When I do go into a pet store, it's the biters I'm attracted to ;D
Sort of "Hey- you've got attitude. I LIKE you" ;D
Probably why we've got so many extremely dominant and territorial sprites ;D

[moonfall]

That's how I ended up with Thatch! "Oh he bites...I want him."

[Jaclynn]

Congrats on the math! How many fuzzies do you have now? You add up the ferrets quick!!

[hurricanekatt]

Psh. Biting is a way of saying "please take me home so I don't end up being shuffled around from home to home and abused and neglected and feared! I need your love EXTRA!" I think you need to go back in the morning and pick her up...

[Yurei Avalon]

LOL! I feel that I already did that taking poor Wheatley, no one wanted him. She was only maybe 3 months old at most.

Anyway, the new unnamed baby isso cute! He's kind of shy, he likes to sleep in whatever niche he can that he can't be found. He's very tentative and shy around people, I have to caox him to me with food. He is eating raw already though. Also he beat Wheatley into the tunnels. Poor Wheatley doesn't know what to make of the first turn in the tunnel.

Also, we are up to 9 fuzzies now. I really hope this is it for a long while till we get a house in around 5 years or so maybe and the Marshall kids start dying off. Then once we buy or build a house, we will see about maybe getting some breeder kits. I need outdoor runs and separate rooms for mah stinky hobbs I'll want though.