Post by LuvMyWeasel_guest on Jan 23, 2019 23:13:34 GMT -5
My question is, should we get a baby ferret for the first time and introduce them once she's started to adjust? I have read online stories of ferrets helping blind ferrets out and I think it might make her feel more secure curled up with a friend when she hears something or has a bad dream. But I don't know. My partner and I have debated getting her a friend for some time now but decided against it. She's a month shy of seven years old and she's got two cats to run around and she is very happy. But today makes us think we should consider getting her a friend. Would love to hear any advice on this, introductions and what not.
Our furball is absolutely wonderful. I got her when she was tiny and had just had her eyes opened. She was the runt and the last one at the pet store. She's gentle, loves to attack feet, but started off attacking gently and ratcheting it up. It was obvious she was concerned about hurting us. She gives us daily face washes that sometimes last twenty minutes. She sleeps across our necks in bed, gets up in the middle of the night to use the litter box, then crawls right back up onto the bed and back to our necks. She has gotten out of our home a couple of times but always stayed nearby and came back (scratching at the front door on one occasion, still not sure how she got out). She's free range, never lived in a cage. She is very cosmopolitan. She loves hotel rooms and weasel dances to show her appreciation. She lived with us in our RV for a time around the U.S. and she lives in homes with us in five States. She even lived with us in South Korea for a year and my wife couldn't find an American air carrier to get her over there, so she bought a more expensive ticket and flew from America, to Holland, and went the long way to Korea followed by quarantine in Korea for a few days. She had a great time and the Koreans found her fascinating.
We take her on long walks and she walks trails with us and comes when called, sometimes taking the lead. We have a pillow in a backpack with a hole in it for when she wants to ride on the shoulder or take a nap. She has a sense of humor. She messed with one of our cats, jumping all around him trying to get him to play, until he hissed and then I swear laughed as she scurried backward looking at him, shaking her head left and right while backing up into a wall.
Both cats are far bigger than her, but after some boundary setting they give her respect. She definitely earned their respect and they didn't know what hit them.
She will not eat meat. She loves vegetables. I read in the README about diet and we've been torn on whether vegetables are good for her or not, but we do give her snap peas and cherry tomatoes when she demands them at the fridge. Look at fridge for three seconds, look at us for three seconds, back to fridge.
She has had four chemo treatments and four surgeries for tumors. The last one was two years ago. She is litter box trained and tries to fake us out to get a treat (hasn't learned the lack of rear drag is an indication of acting).
She likes to look out the window during frequent car trips. But now she can't. I took her to the vet this morning as soon as I saw her standing by the wall looking left and right and up over and over. Retinal Atrophy the doc said. Glad she's still with us, but sad that she can't see. She loved to explore and I'm going to miss her looking up and begging with facial expressions at the fridge.
Not sure if we should get her a friend or not. If we do, we want to make sure it's a net positive for her. And we'd like to get a ferret that doesn't suffer from the inbreeding issues we've heard about.
Anyway, thanks for reading. I love this little girl. After not sleeping all day, she's finally curled up and I hope she gets some sleep.
Our furball is absolutely wonderful. I got her when she was tiny and had just had her eyes opened. She was the runt and the last one at the pet store. She's gentle, loves to attack feet, but started off attacking gently and ratcheting it up. It was obvious she was concerned about hurting us. She gives us daily face washes that sometimes last twenty minutes. She sleeps across our necks in bed, gets up in the middle of the night to use the litter box, then crawls right back up onto the bed and back to our necks. She has gotten out of our home a couple of times but always stayed nearby and came back (scratching at the front door on one occasion, still not sure how she got out). She's free range, never lived in a cage. She is very cosmopolitan. She loves hotel rooms and weasel dances to show her appreciation. She lived with us in our RV for a time around the U.S. and she lives in homes with us in five States. She even lived with us in South Korea for a year and my wife couldn't find an American air carrier to get her over there, so she bought a more expensive ticket and flew from America, to Holland, and went the long way to Korea followed by quarantine in Korea for a few days. She had a great time and the Koreans found her fascinating.
We take her on long walks and she walks trails with us and comes when called, sometimes taking the lead. We have a pillow in a backpack with a hole in it for when she wants to ride on the shoulder or take a nap. She has a sense of humor. She messed with one of our cats, jumping all around him trying to get him to play, until he hissed and then I swear laughed as she scurried backward looking at him, shaking her head left and right while backing up into a wall.
Both cats are far bigger than her, but after some boundary setting they give her respect. She definitely earned their respect and they didn't know what hit them.
She will not eat meat. She loves vegetables. I read in the README about diet and we've been torn on whether vegetables are good for her or not, but we do give her snap peas and cherry tomatoes when she demands them at the fridge. Look at fridge for three seconds, look at us for three seconds, back to fridge.
She has had four chemo treatments and four surgeries for tumors. The last one was two years ago. She is litter box trained and tries to fake us out to get a treat (hasn't learned the lack of rear drag is an indication of acting).
She likes to look out the window during frequent car trips. But now she can't. I took her to the vet this morning as soon as I saw her standing by the wall looking left and right and up over and over. Retinal Atrophy the doc said. Glad she's still with us, but sad that she can't see. She loved to explore and I'm going to miss her looking up and begging with facial expressions at the fridge.
Not sure if we should get her a friend or not. If we do, we want to make sure it's a net positive for her. And we'd like to get a ferret that doesn't suffer from the inbreeding issues we've heard about.
Anyway, thanks for reading. I love this little girl. After not sleeping all day, she's finally curled up and I hope she gets some sleep.
