The Saturday Report - June 28 2008

First of all……a little test with a prize.
Can you guess who this is; the winner gets to take this ferret home. Please disregard the manicure or lack of it.

First off, lets see who has or has not gained weight.

As you can see; no big changes in health. There are a couple of issues though. I think Terrence has some issues and needs a vet visit. And Bonnie noticed that Phillip has an eye problem. His left eye is milky and swollen. Randy mentioned something about possible glaucoma. I think he will be to the vet soon.

I had Gadget and Ronnie and Bonnie had out Terrence and Phillip . I found both Ronnie and Gadget active and playful but did need lots of attention from me to be that way. Gadget kept coming over to me and scratching my feet and legs for a pick up and hug. He just loves that type of attention. Meanwhile Ronnie looks put out that he is not getting attention. So he got as many p/u’s as Gadget. Ronnie loves to roll over on his back and pull himself along under the cages by the bars. I found out while eating my ham and swiss cheese sandwich that Gadget likes both swiss cheese and ham. At least the first few pieces then he stashed the rest.

Gadget lived up to his name and tried to steal ( collect) my pen.

Gadget and Ronnie both love the soft moist treats, Ronnie just moves too fast to get a pic.
Bonnie tells me that Terrence was good and active for the first half hour then took a 5 minute battery recharge before playing again. He did this a couple of times. Phillip was Ok and active. Playful and active but did not do any of his usual climbing. Maybe his eye was bothering him, as I said before, it was a bit swollen, actually obviously sticking out.

Finally Kiwi got her time out. Kiwi is a favorite with Bonnie and I as we had a much loved cat called Kiwi, who was a favorite of all who met her.

Kiwi has steadily gained weight whilst at the shelter, she loves lot’s of attention and loves to give little love nips if given the chance and you scritch her neck.

Did I forget to mention, that she loves the ball box to sleep in. She caught several winks in there today, when we let her.

But she can be coaxed out or at least to come up for air, to check out the action and then retreat back to continue the nap.

Well folks, that was it for today.
Nigel and Bonnie.

Monday

As usual, I want to take all five of them home with me .. there isn't one of these guys I truly wouldn't adore to have.

 

Terrance and Phillip were quite active .. Terrance had a nasty poop while out .. runny and seedy .. he definitely doesn't have the energy he had and seem quite skinny .. but he was playful and they had a great time in the tubes playing .. they had time in both rooms and went out in the stroller. We were just ready to set out when it poured with rain, but some animal had gotten into the recycling bin, tipped over and opened a few bags spread litter etc. all over. The lock on the bin is out of it's hole, I tried to fix it but I don't have the brute strength needed. Anyway I cleaned up the mess while the boys watched fronm the stroller. I stopped raining and we took a walk to the park. Phillip enjoyed being on the leash, didn't mind the wet grass at all and had a good sniff around. Poor Phillip was simply overwhelmed but it gave me a good excuse to hold him and he was quite happy with that.

 

Ronnie and Gadget .. Ronnie was soooo happy to be out with Gadget I thought Gadget might get miffed with him .. but they settled down and had a great play. Ronnie sure loves his treats, making happy noises as he chowed down !! what a cutie .. Gadget did a great cleaning job on my left ear .. they are both just adorable. Ronnie seems awfully bald behind both his ears ???

 

Kiwi .. such a tiny little beauty .. quite nervous but she was quite active and played as long as I was in the room .. whenever I left and came back she'd be curled up but she'd jump up as soon as I came in .. we played in the shredded paper and she had lots of soft treats. She does seem 'shaky' and she did seem to loose her balance a couple of times .. she did not stare off into space though .. on my way home I was wondering if she should be getting some AD, she could use to gain some weight too. Unfortunately I didn't think of this until after I left.

 

I also noticed how nice everything is looking, I havent' been in for awhile so there were a lot of new innovations, which I loved, found the 'bottle holder' very useful and loved the new covered bin !! and the fancy compostible bags .. all very nice. The pictures look great too !! and I liked the lights in the main room .. at first I found it quite dark, but it's nice on the eyes. Are the lights on a timer ??? are we supposed to leave them on .. or was this discussed as a possibility for the future .. I couldn't remember so I turned the lights out.

 

Cheers all, Sue

Tommy, Bailey and Dougie

Hi Everybody,

You wanted updates so you gottem. Tommy clawed opened a package of mushrooms the other day as we were bringing in the groceries, yesterday he tore the top off a carton of rice milk and pushed it over so it flooded across the basement floor. Just before going to sleep in the laundry basket he chewed the top off another carton and punctured one more earning him the nickname "Can opener". Later he put his nose and claw marks into some grout I had filled in under the bath stall. In revenge I sold him to a travelling circus as a rare masked gopher.

Dougie is with us now too, he has two broken upper K9s. The right one is healing well, the left one will be removed by Dr. Mike on Tuesday. Until then he is staying with us and playing with Guido. He has taken a liking to soup which is a good thing 'cause he looks skinny. Does anyone have a weight for him while he was at the shelter? Bailey will not eat my pedestrian swill like soup. Arrogant bastard! I have taken his smoking jacket and cigars and threatened to burn them using his VSOP brandy as starter fluid if he doesn't smarten up!

Curmudgeonly yours,

Steve

Help!!!

As many of you know Bonnie and I have a ferret by the name of Burke, a wonderful laid back big boy, who is good with all other ferrets.

Unfortunately, Bonnie sometimes gets carried away. A lady in the US put out a call for ferret fur to make something for auction to aid a worthy cause. So Bonnie decided that she and Burke would contribute to this cause. Well actually, Bonnie decided, Burke got caught. And as you can all see, Burke has suffered horribly, Damn it, he’s almost bald.

I can see his ribs cause he’s got no fur.

As you all may know this is not the first abuse Bonnie has inflicted on a ferret, remember Keiko, who we had to call spot for awhile? Hair dye!!!!!

Keiko got painted and finally we had the other abuse she inflicted on Burke, she gave him eyebrows!!!!

Please help me help Bonnie, this abuse just has to stop.
Nigel

PS, Did I forget to say that Burkie is shedding, and blowing his coat big time