Unofficial Transition: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)

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Day 1 - PM Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)
2. Ferret's weight: 1053g
3. Ferret's Daily Medications: n/a
4. Ferret has eaten .75 ounces of soupie mixture that my other day 11 switching transition babies are doing. Surprisingly he ate all that was in his small cage bowl.
5. Stools: No reported stools as of yet.
6. Activity levels: 1 hour of free roaming the bathroom as he is being quarantined before being introduced into the current business of 3 ferrets that I own which are more gentler than he is.
7. Weekly menu: Will be moving him along on fast track to match my other 3 since he took to eating their meal easily.
8. Stresses of the day:
- Final feeding of kibble was "morning" according to his previous owner. No time given.
- He was caged all day while his previous owner was working.
- 630pm: Made the pass of ownership via car exchange in his cage. Cage had dried up poop, very little litter, 3 jingle plastic balls, and a hammock. 
- 7pm: Once I arrived home with him, he was exploring the bathroom that he will be housed in until I can get him out of quarantine and in to my bedroom cage with his cage mates. 
- He is a climber, a jumper, a hisser and a biter.
- www.facebook.com/groups/158560084258398/permalink/1487220588059001/
- www.facebook.com/groups/158560084258398/permalink/1487641121350281/
- Already bit my face:
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- He's never had a bed made for him because he went pawing at 2 old t shirts I placed in his guinea pig cage and instantly fell in love and tried to snuggle in between them:
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- Scruffed and hissed but was corrected by an Admin to do other methods of discipline and bite prevention methods (thanks Heather)
- Threw away his dig box because it smelled awful but kept his old owners tshirt that he's grown up with.
- Threw away his aluminum tubing (heater tubing)
- Quarantined in a small space (my bathroom) until he has a clean bill of health and calms down before introduced to my current business of 3
- Made the switch to raw because he eats chicken livers according to previous owner. Same menu as my day 11 transition babies
- He's been separated from his bonded friend for over a month now.
- Switching over to raw instantaneously

9. Notes: Definitely going to be a process trying to get him to trust me. Definitely need to keep my face protected at all times and my hands protected from his biting. No hand feeding as he nearly punctured my pinky and drew blood.

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Day 2 - Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)
2. Ferret has eaten 3 ounces of soupie mixture / small chunks. The same food as my three.
3. Stools: More solid than the three during their initial days if transition. Still soft, but not as soft as the others. Definitely no muscuous substance to indicate ECE in his or the other 3.
4. Activity levels: 1.5 hour of free roaming the bathroom as he is being quarantined before being introduced into the current business of 3 ferrets that I own which are more gentler than he is.
5. Weekly menu: The same as my other three.
6. Stresses of the day:
- Minimal time outside of his cage. 1.5 hours.
- Towel dropping game on him.
- Plastic Bag dropping on him as play.
- Handling him covered in a towel to minimize chances of biting me.
- Scratching underneath the door trying to get to my thrre babies free roaming my bedroom.

9. Notes:
- Not as aggressive as the first day.
- Biting still occurring but lesser than the first day, not as much of a hurting intent it seems.



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Day 3 - Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)
2. Ferret has eaten 3 ounces of soupie mixture / small chunks + 2 eggs (mixture taken from the prep of the 3 babies in transition).
3. Stools: More solid than the three during their initial days if transition. Still soft, but not as soft as the others. Definitely no muscuous substance to indicate ECE in his or the other 3.
4. Activity levels: 1.5 hour of free roaming the bathroom as he is being quarantined before being introduced into the current business of 3 ferrets that I own which are more gentler than he is.
5. Weekly menu: The same as my other three.
6. Stresses of the day:
- Minimal time outside of his cage. 1.5 hours.
- Towel dropping game on him.
- Plastic Bag dropping on him as play.
- Handling him covered in a towel to minimize chances of biting me.
- Scratching underneath the door trying to get to my thrre babies free roaming my bedroom.

9. Notes:
- Not as aggressive as the first day.
- Biting still occurring but lesser than the first day, not as much of a hurting intent it seems.



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Day 4 - Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)
2. Ferret has eaten 1 ounces of soupie mixture / small chunks + 2 eggs (mixture taken from the prep of the 3 babies in transition) + 1 ounce soupie mix with a mixture of chunks larger than 1/4" and rough slivers of heart/ gizzards and liver + 1/2 teaspoon bone meal
3. Stools: losing their hardness and becoming softer
4. Activity levels: 3 hours of roam time I the bedroom.
5. Weekly menu: The same as my other three.
6. Stresses of the day:
- Total 3 hours but in the bedroom while the other three were caged.
- Exploration of the bedroom, expanding his free range area.
- Face to face through cage with the business.
9. Notes:
- Not as aggressive as the first day.
- Biting still occurring but lesser than the first day, not as much of a hurting intent it seems. 



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Day 5 - Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)
2. Ferret has eaten a total of 4 ounces of soupie mixture / small chunks + 2 eggs (mixture taken from the prep of the 3 babies in transition) + 1 ounce soupie mix with a mixture of chunks larger than 1/4" and rough slivers of heart/ gizzards and liver + 1/2 teaspoon bone meal 
3. Stools: losing their hardness and becoming softer
4. Activity levels: 3 hours of roam time I the bedroom.
5. Weekly menu: The same as my other three.
6. Stresses of the day:
- Total 3 hours but in the bedroom while the other three were caged. 
- Exploration of the bedroom, expanding his free range area. 
- Actual face to face play time with the business.
9. Notes:
- Not as aggressive as the first day.
- Biting still occurring but lesser than the first day, not as much of a hurting intent it seems. 
- I know it wasn't the best to introduce after such a short quarantine period but through all that stress his stools have stayed consistent. No mucuousy film. Stools are starting to soften and looking like the transition stools from first week of my three.
- Switched his bedding for one of theirs.
- Don't know if it's play fighting, but he plays the best with the 10 month old, Mimi. He goes after Precious and she doesn't like playing with him, but she will. He goes after her rump, fat thighs. Her tail only puffs up, but she doesn't his. His tail doesn't puff up. No hissing.
- He plays the roughest with Logan. He goes for his throat and ears. No hissing or puffing of tail. Logan will let out a cry when he gets too rough with the throat biting. He doesn't look like he's shaking his head when he goes for the throat or ears.

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[Heather]

So you have them playing all together now? Sounds like a good intro.
ciao

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Nov 15, 2017 11:47:27 GMT -5 Heather said:

So you have them playing all together now? Sounds like a good intro.
ciao

Yes. First he was in the bathroom and they were in my bedroom and they were trying to get to each other under the door. Then moved his cage in the room while they free roamed. He was very anxious to get out and play and they sniffed him and then ignored him for 3 hours while they played amongst themselves. Then the 3rd day, they were all playing. >_< since I took a gamble on him being healthy when I know I shouldn't have. But doing so lessened him wanting to bite me.

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Day 6 - Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)
2. Ferret has eaten a total of 3 ounces. Same meal as the three.
3. Stools: softer forms.
4. Activity levels: 3.5 hours of roam time in the bedroom while I was doing biweekly cleaning.
5. Weekly menu: The same as my other three.
6. Stresses of the day:
- Caged with the business as I was vacuuming and washing all their stuff.
- Cleaned the cages and their bedding.
- Vacuumed their playroom.
- Rearranged their playroom.
9. Notes:
- Small baby steps towards him biting me for no reason.
- Letting me handle him in monger increments before he starts to bite my fingers.
- No more hissing towards me.
- Same style of fighting playing between the business.
- Was going to say he stopped going for biting my toes but as I was about to type it, he bit my toes.

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Day 7 - Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Petey Pablo (soon to be renamed Wade)
2. Ferret has eaten a total of 2 ounces. Same meal as the three. 1 ounce he didn't eat.
3. Stools: softer forms.
4. Activity levels: 1.5 hours of roam time due to work and the three being taken in to the vet.
5. Weekly menu: The same as my other three.
6. Stresses of the day:
- Caged separate from the business while I was at work.
- Didn't get enough free roam time like usual.
9. Notes:
- Small baby steps towards him biting me for no reason.
- Letting me handle him in monger increments before he starts to bite my fingers.
- No more hissing towards me.
- Same style of fighting playing between the business.
- Was going to say he stopped going for biting my toes but as I was about to type it, he bit my toes.
- It was not him that makes the deflated balloon sound as I originally thought. It was my other sable, Precious.

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Day 8 - Feeding

1. Ferret's name: Wade
2. Weight: 1102g
2. Ferret has eaten a total of 3 ounces weekly menu the same as the business, but mixed in with 6 ounces larger chunks of chicken thigh into their 6 ounces prefix food.
3. Stools: softer forms.
4. Activity levels: 4
5. Weekly menu: The same as my other three.
6. Stresses of the day:
- Free roamed the bedroom the longest for all four: a total of 4.5+ hours.
- During their prep for next week's meals, they free roamed for 3 hours and by the time I was done, all 4 put themselves to bed. 2 in the cage. Other 2 in their box den/play tunnel.
9. Notes:


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