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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 18:23:20 GMT -5
i dont have a problem of them climbing the cages its when i leave the doors open and they think its a better idea to leap from the top level than to go down the "long way" and come out the bottom safely
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 19:06:06 GMT -5
[/IMG][/quote] Yeah, I had a scare last night, I have a plastic dig box in the top story and I was cleaning the litterboxes so the door to the top story was open. Fenton climbed out of the dig box and sort of tumbled off the edge of the dig box and out the open door! I was too far away to do anything, and watched him free-fall from the top story, and SPLAT right on his tummy on the floor! Fortunately there is carpet, that cusioned his fall. He acted sort of like "Whoah what just happened?" I gave him a few licks of oil and he was on his merry way like nothing happened
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Post by Sherry on Sept 29, 2012 19:17:42 GMT -5
Yeah, we had something like that happen with Willow from the 143 as well. I did "sort of" half catch her before she slipped from my hands to the floor, but evidently that was enough to break her fall, and she was fine(thank heavens!)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 19:37:58 GMT -5
o.o oh geeze, i didn't think it was so bad before cuz they do it all the time but now i feel like i should be more careful! i dont even have carpets lol. why wont they just stay in their d*mn cage while im cleaning
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Post by Heather on Sept 29, 2012 19:38:20 GMT -5
I really wish they would show a bit of fear of falling The UK crew seem to be a bit better about judging depth (they don't walk off the top of the cages ) but their daring scares me. ciao
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 19:40:13 GMT -5
Sheldon likes to scale the side of the cage like spider-man while Snorkles just peeks over the edge and makes a b-line for the kitchen table... 5 feet away from the cage -.- yeah ok buddy, you can fly
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2012 21:01:40 GMT -5
Oh poor babies! Thankfully they were all okay!! I'm Lucky that Sushi's actually smart enough to stay inside her cage when the top level's open. She never leaps from it. She'll just be patiently watching me as I clean when it's open. Even when it comes to being on the bed she will not jump. She knows it's too high and will pace around the edge before finally summing up the courage to turn around and start scooting herself backwards and using her nails to slowly pace her sliding down the bed. She does the same with the couch. Only time she ever jumps/leaps is from the couch when she's super excited and wants to beat you to the door. Other than that she'll slide herself off the couch carefully. She really is a smart and good girl.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 21:06:06 GMT -5
Sarah (Finns sister) is a handful in the sense that she's so curious. And in the darn sense that she has all the muscles and agility to pull it off. She's really strong and fit. This allows her to exercise her curiosity and jump around everywhere. ._<
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 22:04:00 GMT -5
Sarah (Finns sister) is a handful in the sense that she's so curious. And in the darn sense that she has all the muscles and agility to pull it off. She's really strong and fit. This allows her to exercise her curiosity and jump around everywhere. ._< Aww... Looks like she got all the fitness genes from her litter, Finn is a tub o lard ;D He's very muscular but it doesn't do much good when he's so fat and heavy! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 22:32:29 GMT -5
...Ummmmm....that's the classic "hob thing".........those big boys lie around exposing their fat bellies (including their not-so-private parts ) while the little girls are the busy bodies who rule the roost...very similar to lions - the females do the work, and the males tag along only they're hungy or in the mood for some fun!!! -jennifer
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Post by shiftyferret on Oct 3, 2012 9:17:16 GMT -5
Do be careful with ferrets jumping/falling out of tall cages. Especially if you do not have carpets!
I volunteered at a ferret shelter in VA for a while before I moved back home to DE. During my time there they lost a boarder because he jumped and hit the floor solidly on his stomach while a volunteer was cleaning their cage(isn't it always?).
I was not there that day, but apparently he appeared fine... so they opted to keep an eye on him instead of a vet trip. He died some hours later. The fall had ruptured his internal organs and it is believed he bled out internally. It was terribly sad.
I felt horrible since I met him before and adored the little guy..... and the director had my friend and I pull up the carpet(so they could be replaced). I feel partially responsible even though, realistically I *know* I wasn't. It's just how you feel.
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Post by Heather on Oct 3, 2012 11:30:22 GMT -5
Unfortunately, a fall like that the result might have been the same even if the carpet was still there. A ruptured spleen from such a fall isn't uncommon and if the ferret had any health issues that might have caused the spleen to be unaturally large it would have ended the same way, carpet or not. Not allowing our little ones the access to dangerous heights is the best way to avoid such horrible endings....sometimes they have other plans though I;ve heard of serious spinal injuries from just falling off a bed in play. ciao
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Post by Sherry on Oct 3, 2012 13:04:25 GMT -5
We also had/have a member in here who just a shirt while ago had a ferret with a back injury who received it just falling backwards from a standing position while playing
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