Handy-Ferrets and their Tools

[LindaM]

I should say, "and mama's tools..." since I got some beautiful, lime colored, light-weight power tools today for DIY projects and potentially power sawing through bones since I'm out my bone-cutting knife.

Of course, the first thing to happen was ferrets crawling over the boxes and into the bag that had the boxes for the Multi-Tool, and Hand Vacuum. As soon as my husband pulled out the bag that had the tools in, ferrets.. ferrets ALL OVER it. Athena picked the Circle Saw and tried digging it out and Loki decided to help dig out the Reciprocating Saw. I was able to snap a photo right before grabbing the baggie with the manual and blades so they could not get hurt on them.

And of course, Loki's all time obsession item... daddy's tape measure. No matter where he is or what he is doing, you snap that tape measure, and you'll have a ferret by your feet in seconds. He actually got pretty rage-y when his daddy wouldn't let him grab the tape (we don't let him when the tape is out as it could cut his hand or mouth), and hubby ended up with some claw marks, a bite, and a seriously war dancing ferret.

My ferrets definitely believe that they are handy-ferrets and should be able to help with measurements, tools, cutting, gluing, etc. The little crazy bugs. Every job takes two of us, one to do the work and the other to hold the ferrets, or a coin flip over who gets to be the monster who will get punished by the ferrets for them getting put back in their cage for safety sake.





Athena isn't quite sure why daddy would close up such a lovely bag of dangerous treasures...


Here's Loki going after his obsession tape...



And since he wasn't allowed to take the tape... and "thus surely nobody loves him"... he decides to go sulk on the huge pile of clothing out of storage that I am sorting through in the bedroom.

[unclejoe]

of course they're just trying to help

[Blue]

Great pictures! Aren't parcels the best? I order stuff on Amazon Prime partly for Maisie's entertainment. I especially love the pictures of Athena pleading to keep the bag open, and Loki sulking on a pile of clothes

[LindaM]

unclejoe Of course! Ferrets are simply the most helpful creatures in the world, and it doesn't matter to them if you need the help or not, haha. And the more dominating their personalty, the more adamantly they will insist on trying to help you. I had the utmost craziest experience of my life the one day when Athena thought she should would be a great help and teach mommy how to use the "human pottybox", and she didn't leave until I got it right in her opinion either. Once I did what she wanted, she gave me a look, got off my lap and waddled away happily to do other things, but she would not bug until she was satisfied first. It took my husband almost an hour to fully stop laughing about it and me several hours to get over the shock of it.

Blue They LOVE boxes, they LOVE parcels.. and they will surely LOVE whatever is inside them, whether it is for them or not. I got a chest freezer on Wednesday, and Loki wanted in the box after we took it off, and the more I tried to lift the box at an angle so he could crawl out underneath again, the more he wanted to stay inside the box instead. Ferrets just have the most amazing personalities and little habits, and they show them in so many ways.