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Post by Heather on Feb 20, 2012 21:30:19 GMT -5
Kinky ciao
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2012 21:39:06 GMT -5
ah. gawd. im rolling around. my sides ache. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2012 22:40:58 GMT -5
I can understand the door snake, even the vacuum hose but the chair leg is a vertical fetish ciao Oh! The chair "feet". My chair has has a vertical leg and five feet to keep in in place. I think he liked the feeling of the cold metal. ...who am i kidding...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 0:10:54 GMT -5
Back home, safe and sound. Stinky or no, how can I possibly resist cuddling this little guy? Attachments:
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Post by Heather on Feb 21, 2012 0:24:26 GMT -5
Oh, doesn't he look all comfy and worn out ciao
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 12:38:36 GMT -5
I've read from owners of intact hobs that it's OK to bathe them more often, since they produce so much oil already. In fact I think someone said baths were "mandatory" if you wanted to live with an intact hob ;D
So my question is, how often is it safe to bathe them?
This morning I tried something that might work well. As part of my morning routine, when I went to take a shower, I took Finn in with me. I brought 2 towels instead of 1, one for me and one for FInn. I held him in the shower and shampooed and rinsed him, then set him down on the shower floor while I did my own business. Then when I was ready to get out, I gave him a quick rinse (since he could have picked up some suds from the floor). Then towel-dried us both, and let him run around while I got dressed and ready for work.
With me holding him in the shower, he seemed way more relaxed than the way I normally would bathe him (either holding him arms length, trying not to get soaked in the process, or else bathing him in the tub).
So how often would it be safe to do this routine?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 23:18:53 GMT -5
That is a happy fuzz baby.
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Post by Heather on Feb 22, 2012 2:52:44 GMT -5
I've read from owners of intact hobs that it's OK to bathe them more often, since they produce so much oil already. In fact I think someone said baths were "mandatory" if you wanted to live with an intact hob ;D So my question is, how often is it safe to bathe them? This morning I tried something that might work well. As part of my morning routine, when I went to take a shower, I took Finn in with me. I brought 2 towels instead of 1, one for me and one for FInn. I held him in the shower and shampooed and rinsed him, then set him down on the shower floor while I did my own business. Then when I was ready to get out, I gave him a quick rinse (since he could have picked up some suds from the floor). Then towel-dried us both, and let him run around while I got dressed and ready for work. With me holding him in the shower, he seemed way more relaxed than the way I normally would bathe him (either holding him arms length, trying not to get soaked in the process, or else bathing him in the tub). So how often would it be safe to do this routine? What about a dry bath? It would mean that because you just rub it in and brush it out....there is no reason for the ferret to stimulate it's oil production. You could use talc powder (don't use baby powder, you have to find talc powder), do you have any dog chalk? I used to get it at the dog shows...you rub it into their coat to spruce up the coat, brighten the whites and cut some of the oils so they're looking brighter for the ring. We also used corn starch but I don't know if you can use that on ferrets or not. Have you asked Nancy? ciao
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Post by Sherry on Feb 22, 2012 9:54:50 GMT -5
We also used corn starch but I don't know if you can use that on ferrets or not. If it's being brushed right out, I don't see why not. They would be ingested a minute amount if any.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 4:38:31 GMT -5
Just an update on Finn's hobnoxious behavior! Latest bad habit is cage biting After the ferrets have been playing and everyone is curled up to sleep, I'll put them back in cage. Fenton and Fiona settle in the sleep. Finn on the other hand, wakes back up and wants back OUT again, so he grabs the cage bars with his claws, then starts biting at the cage bars trying to get through them. I hope he doesn't hurt his teefs! Any ideas on how to discourage cage biting? Has anyone tried lining the cage walls with a mesh or something they can't reach through with their teeth? Another thing he has started doing just this week is falling asleep RIGHT in the middle of the floor. I remember last Spring when I got Finn, I was surprised that he would fall asleep right out in the open. Fenton and Fiona only fall asleep in a cozy, enclosed space. Well, Finn stopped doing it when Fall came, and all through Fall and Winter, Finn has only slept in enclosed spaces. In fact, when he's in my room I always know where he'll fall asleep, he has been very habitual about it. Not any more though, now that Spring is about here, now all of a sudden he is falling asleep ANYWHERE! Next to the bed, in the middle of the floor, on a table, etc. Crazy! He's also sleeping less, more active, and seems agitated all the time. He goes around pushing things around, moving things, etc. For example, my trash can has a little nook I keep it in, and he doesn't like it there, he will push it and move it out of there. Then if I put it back, he will immediately push it back again! Anyway, he's a little punk, but he still gives kisses when I pet him and makes boo boo eyes, how could I be mad at him? ;D
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Post by Sherry on Feb 28, 2012 9:53:17 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 15:11:51 GMT -5
They sleep in the open when they feel comfortable with their surroundings and when it's too hot. Just make sure it doesn't get above 75°F.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 17:34:13 GMT -5
Hmm well, it hasn't gotten above 75 degrees in the house yet, but it has gotten close. It can get over 120 F outside in the summer, and last summer it got close to 80 degrees inside on some days. I was told ferrets were safe up to 80 degrees. It may not be possible to keep the indoors as low as 75 this summer. I hope to be moved into a house by then where I can keep the ferret room at a cooler temperature than the rest of the house.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 17:44:50 GMT -5
Above 75 and they get really uncomfortable and lazy. 80 and above they are at risk of heatstroke. I'm in east tn with, mild out door temps right now so the windows are open and fans are on. Thermostat reads 76 which is as hot as I let it get in here before the AC goes on to 75 (I get uncomfortable above 75 myself.)
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Post by Heather on Feb 28, 2012 21:58:32 GMT -5
I have ferrets who believe in laying out in the open, belly up. Seasons don't seem to matter, comfort in a space does. My males, seem to do this more than my females. Lady "B" is the only female I have that believes in the lazy boy sleeping positions. Here are a couple of my boys stretched out by the patio door Finn's all confused. He wants something, he knows it but he doesn't understand because what he wants isn't available. He is taking his frustrations out on inanimate objects that's a good thing. He's not being aggressive. He's got all this energy that he doesn't know what to do with. According to some articles I've read, polecat hobs will travel miles following a scent of a female...when we keep these wee boys caged or confined they've got to burn off this excess energy somehow. Normally, he's friendly and wants to play but he doesn't want to play. We keep our fuzzies, altered fuzzies in a constant state of kitdom. I think that our unaltered fuzzies grow up....but they still need us for the little kit still buried deep inside ciao
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