Monday

Chickpea was ready to burst out of her cage as usual, I was surprised at how much she has changed. In appearance, she has a fabulous new coat, very luxurious and shiny, she really looks healthy .. and she's certainly not loosing any weight!! I was hoping to let her have a little time to slow down before Terrance and Phillip came out, but by the time I'd let Tommy out, they were more than ready too, so they came right out.  I let everyone have half an hour playing while I had my tea and then let Kiwi out while I took Tommy and Bailey out in the stroller. Hannah came along so we took leashes to the park and the boys had a ball. Bailey loved exploring in the wood chips and the grass. He, of course wanted to check out the overflowing garbage and undersides of parked cars, but Hannah had him going down the slide and playing in the tubes. Tommy was pretty nervous, there were lots of trucks going by and he'd freeze when he heard a loud noise, which was a great excuse to pick him up for a cuddle and remind him he was safe .. lots of fun. He was ready to get back in the stroller first and they both were asleep (together) when I returned with from Kiwi's walk.

 

She's a lovely wee girl, very chatty, quite nervous but didn't seem to want to chomp me until I tried to put the harness on her. But she did let me and she really enjoyed digging in the wood chips at the park. She curled up in the shreddings box for a nap while I was in playing with the threesome.

 

Sadly, the threesome didn't get a chance to get out for a stroll, but they were the only ones left with the energy to help clean up, at least Chickpea was, Terrance and Phillip had been out for two hours at this point so they were ready to relax … but Chickpea never tired out. She came out at 1:30 and went back to bed at 4:00 and could have played more, no problem.

 

There were a lot of soft poops, nothing too bad, Tommy's were the softest.

 

Cheers to all, Sue

The Saturday Report ( Abbr'd)

With only five residents, it makes it a short day, two runs groups.

 

I arrived by myself, Bonnie had to stay home and wait on Air Canada to deliver our luggage. For those who may not have been aware we spent four days in Newfoundland, around the Gros Morne Park area.

Anyway I let out Terrence, Phillip and of course Chickpea, all three bouncing all over the place. Chickpea jumped all over the others, until they could stand it no longer, then they both ignored her.  Terrence went off and proceeded to try opening the closet door. That little man knows how to kick the bar out of the way and slide the door open for the others to enter. They had lots of fun checking everything out. I pulled them out and closed the door, only to have Terrence to open it again. I gave up.  Chickpea, I picked up every time she came near, gave her a kiss then put her down, sometimes I just blew in her ear then put her down. I had the distinct impression she loves this treatment as she kept coming back for more. I have learnt that she loves the attention but for very short periods.  Phillip was also catching on to this and paid me as much attention as did Chickpea.  Terrence was still busy with his closet closing bar.

 

About this time, Bailey, who was getting anxious, turfed all his food out of his bowl and kicking most of it onto the floor. Not the cage floor but the one I cleaned up twice, I am a slow learner. I then pulled him out, along with Bailey and let them run in the garage room.  Went in for the first little while and Bailey bounced himself silly, all over the room, he jumped on Tommy and Tommy jumped on him.  They just love the human inter-reaction, Bailey kept showing me his teeth but never once chomped down.  I had to leave and check on the thumping from the other room, so they played chase through the green tube and the Purolator tunnel. The noise turned out to be Philip climbing cages and finding things he shouldn’t.

At this point I let Burke out. He was chewing the cage bars. And for those who may not be aware, Randy was ferret sitting our boys ( Burke, Higgins, Dew and Fabien) while we gallivanted around Western Newfoundland.  And, Aggie, these boys do have a forever “home” and if you did take them, you would have Bonnie to deal with, she would never appreciated losing her “boys”.  I let Burke say hello to Chickpea. They did the usual butt and neck sniffing then she crawled onto his back for a free ride around the room. He actually was ignoring her, but she will not let anyone ignore her.  Little b…… nice girl.  Then the boys found Burke and they all followed him around, they were a bit of a bother to him, but Burke is great with other ferrets, only he is still recovering from surgery so all the attention was a bit much. I put him back so as to not stress him, and he went back to chewing cage bars.

Tommy and Bailey were getting lonely so I spent more time with them.  Bonnie arrived at this point, guess that meant our luggage was home at last thanks to Air Canada.  So she stayed with T&B while I changed the groups and let our boys out for a short run before we took them home.  

Thanks to all of you who met our boys and gave them extra runs and attention, although I am not surprised, as these boys have a way with humans, they entrance them into showing lots of love and affection.  Thanks again.  To those who missed these enchanters, better luck next time.

 

That’s it folks, short report

 

Nigel & Bonnie.

Monday, Monday

Everyone was in good spirits tonight. Chickpea seems to have chilled out quite a bit, she still plays a lot with the boys, but played on her own and with me too. What a little pear shape she's getting, but she looks so healthy and vibrant. She was a scream with the toy on a stick. And Phillip, Sir Edmond to me now, blew my mind. He loves to get up on the of the cages .. mind you he looks terribly handsome when you look at him straight on .. I was asking him what he thought he was doing up on top of the cage, we were nose to nose for a few moments and then I stepped back and he jumped on my head .. little acrobat did it twice .. I was so amazed !!

 

Tommy & Bailey gave me a repeat performance of the 'foamy fries incident' .. Tommy went crazy for a chew stick and Bailey was interested in what Tommy had, but Tommy hissed at him and told him to go away .. when I gave Bailey his own chew stick he just stashed it and went back for Tommy's .. silly boy .. Tommy actually tired out first tonight .. he and Bailey curled up together in the large bed. Nobody else was really ready for bed, Chickpea didn't drive the boys crazy at all!!

 

Hugz to all, Sue

 

PS Tomorrow's volunteer - I will be picking Chickpea up at about 6:30 for her booster

RE: [ferretvolunteers] Caesar

Thanks for this Tanya. It is always so nice when one of our volunteers adopts one of our 'kids'. He'll be missed around here, he was my big boy lol! Your post brought tears to my eyes, especially remembering what Elvis and Hardy had to go through before coming to you and now Caesar, the big and very frightened boy who used to bite and bite and bite. Now he'll live the rest of his life happy and TOTALLY spoiled!!! Thanks girlfriend. You and your parents rock :)

 

 

Miss Randy Melanie Belair

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From: ferretvolunteers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ferretvolunteers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tanya Mereweather
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:18 AM
To: ferretvolunteers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ferretvolunteers] Caesar

Hi Everyone

Well it is official - Caesar will not be returning to the shelter. My Mom
spoke to me yesterday morning and advised me that her and my Dad wanted
Caesar to stay especially with it going so well between him and Elvis.
Based on that last night I was told that since he is now officially a member
of the family he has to be let upstairs. So after waking him up and he and
Elvis having some playtime in the tubes the door was opened and Caesar
ventured for his first time up into his new home. Needless to say he took
full advantage and spent the whole 3 hours investigating every level of the
house. I usually knew where he was because either Cleo or Peaches would be
following him around. The two cats that make him rather nervous is Topaz
and Tiamat. They have not done anything to him but I think it is their size
that scares him. He was up in the hall by the kitchen and Topaz came
upstairs. Well he went rather wide eyed and looked at me like "Wow - she's
big!" and proceeded to run into the living room. Topaz just looked like
"what's his problem?"

By the end of the evening Caesar was beat. According to Caesar there is just
way too many stairs in this place for such little legs. He headed back down
to the basement and splogged on the floor. Cleo came down and bounced
around in front on him waiting for him to chase her. He looked at her like
"I just don't have the energy." After a few more tries he finally dragged
himself up onto his feet and made an attempt to play tag but it was very
half hearted.

Needless to say he seems to be settling himself into his new home and
getting to know everyone - two and four legged family members. I'll keep
everyone on posted on how he is doing over the next little while.

Tanya Mereweather
Credit Analyst
Coast Paper (a division of PaperlinX Canada Limited)
Phone: 905-264-4866
E-Mail: tmereweather@coastpaper.com
Fax: 905-265-6073

We are now in our new facility at 200 Galcat Drive, Vaughan, ON, L4L 0B9

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Tuesday at the Shelter

Everybody came out at about 5:00, and went back in about 8:00, even though on my sheet I put 7:00 ... it took me nearly an hour to clean up and put everyone to bed  .. okay I must have been goofing around cause a grand total of five ferrets don't make that much mess !!!

 

Tommy and Bailey came out to the back room, and Chickpea, Phillip and Terrance had the front room.  Chickpea absolutely exploded out of the cage, and I couldn't get over how much she's changed in only a week .. she looks a lot chubbier and her coat is different too .. as every she's not lacking in energy. P&T seemed bowled over so I thought it might be a good time to take Tommy and Bailey for a stroll .. in the stroller, and let Chickpea have some time on her own. I also tried Tommy on the leash, but the harness was too big and bunched under his belly, making him walk oddly, but he sniffed some grass and although a little nervous, quite enjoyed himself.

 

When they came back in, I took Chickpea out for a stroll but it really seemed to make her quite nervous, so I figured she's rather have P&T along for the ride, Phillip adored being outside, his tail bottle-brushed and he sat and looked out quite happily, Terrance too enjoyed the scenery until Chickpea decided it was more fun to attack Phillip and Terrance than anything else, so we headed back to the shelter.

 

I switched rooms and put C P & T in the back room, and T & B in the front. Everyone played happily, lots of tubing and treats. Chickpea could care less for hugs, but Phillip and Terrance seem to tolerate them no problem, and of course Tommy and Bailey loved lots of attention. Phillip had his meds.

 

Just a note, if anyone else is strolling ferrets, should you run into any curious neighbours, it would be best just to say they are your ferrets. Just like in my condo whenever anyone asks how many ferrets I have I say "two" .. and actually now I'm telling the truth !! 

 

The stroller is parked in the far corner of the garage.

 

Cheers all, Sue

The Saturday report. 040508

Report time again.

 

I started out with the new boys Terrance and Phillip and they bounced all over the place, but nothing in comparison to when Chickpea came out. The three of them just went nuts for at least the hour. Bonnie in the meantime had Tommy and Bailey out, and both boys were quite active.  Chickpea was bouncing on both of them, in fact I think she overawes them a bit. Interestingly though it was chickpea that was hissing even when she was the boss of the situation. Someone maybe should have called her Sweetpea instead of Chickpea.

Tommy and Bailey were fed lots of treats and played well.  Bailey as usual outlasted Tommy in the energy sweepstakes, and actually never slowed down once in the hour and a half they were both out.

C, T & P were also out an hour and a half and were still going strong.  I found that Phillip is a climber and kept climbing the cage and then waiting for me to pick him up, offer a hug and his is then looking over my shoulder to get someplace else.

Then I had Jeffie out while Bonnie took out Gizmo. Him I have to talk about later.

Jeffie was playful but did not last too too long before he looked for a place to sleep, the toy bin.

 

 While he was out he loves playing in the green tube as you can see. He is looking good following his surgery, but has yet to regain his stamina.

 

Gizmo was out with Bonnie and all I heard was cries of joy from the other room interspersed with a rumbly dooking. Giz was active and playful but has a distinct breathing problem, once he sneezed and it got better for a couple of minutes. Then came back. We both listened to him with the stethoscope and it’s difficult to tell where it is happening, it is all over, in the chest, in the throat and Bonnie believes hse can hear this rattling in his head, meaning his upper respiratory tracts.

Gizmo is a smart little devil and showed Bonnie just how smart he can be. He opened the toy cage in the garage room, he just flipped open the latch and went in. Bonnie couldn’t believe what she had seen, so she fished him out closed it and let him do it again.  In all this was repeated 4 times, and on the forth I caught him with the camera.

 

 

Next in line to come out was Caesar and he still smells, I think he could do with some scented baths and conditioner, any volunteers??  He is even more cuddly that before, but that odor is overpowering.  He palyed super well during his time out but more about that later.

 

The good news this week is that after all the poop problems and surgeries, etc., all the inhabitants except Jeffie have gained weight, and he stayed the same.  The gains were; Tommy – 20; Bailey a whopping 45 grams; Gizmo – 35; Caesar – 40; Chickpea – 60; Terrence 35 and Phillip 40 grams. So we can congratulate ourselves with having some healthy ferrets.

 

Take a close look at the following photos, who are they?

 

Anybody figured out yet who put the life back into Caesar.  Who is young, brassy and bouncy, and fast. Who does not show fear.  CHICKPEA.

That’s right we thought it would be interesting to try little Chickpea out with Caesar and under very close supervision at first, it worked wonders.  There was a lot of interest and bum sniffing on both sides, and I even think Caesar was a bit intimidated by the audacious Chickpea.  They played for almost 45 minutes together in the tubes and around.  It was fun to watch two sets of tails wagging at the same time in the tubes. If they came face to face, it would invariably be Caesar who backed up and out. This means we can give Chickpea two runs, good for a youngster.

I would not recommend doing this unless you take the time to stay with them. Once they have been out together a number of times it may be OK to leave them.

So that wraps up our day at the shelter

Keep an eye on Gizmo, he may have a respiratory infection and need some meds or a visit to the doctors.

 

Happy ferreting

 

Nigel and Bonnie

 

One last thing, Caesar may be a Quebec ferret, he loves Pepsi.  Watched by Chickpea..

Monday Post

Hi All,

 

I absolutely love Chick Pea. She is such a sweet and crazy baby. So full of energy happiness. She loves kisses, but sometimes gets overexcited and nips a bit. I introduced her to Tommy, Gizmo and Jeffie and they tried to eat her. I did not even bother with Caesar or Bailey. I bet she’d make a great playmate for Pearl….whaddya say Debbie? Are you ready to have another baby? In all seriousness, I think Pearl would get a kick out of Check Pea.

 

Tommy and Bailey had a ball together and only had to be separated once. Tommy is so affectionate and both boys just love to engage in play.

 

Gizmo was a chatterbox and just too cute for words. What a wonderful little boy. He still sounds a little grunty in his chest.

 

Jeffie was not very active. He did not want to play, just wanted me to address his itchies and snuggle him. He barfed a clear liquid in the litter pan, but it was only bile – no foreign objects.

 

Caesar was last to come out. I was going to bring him with me to take Rob into work, but Rob ended up just taking us back to Randy’s as I started to have an allergic reaction to Caesar. (There is something about intact males or ferrets with advanced adrenal disease that causes this reaction.) I can’t believe this is the same little guy that shredded Rob’s hands two weeks ago! He’s gentle as a lamb and such a doll.

 

Take care,

Amanda