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Date: | Sun, 26 May 2002 10:36:08 -0700 |
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Natasha wrote:
>Last night, my Ferret was sleeping and he let out this sort of a scared
>cry which I have never ever heard before. HE never makes noises unless
>he's hurt. This frightned me. When I picked him up, he was still
>sleeping so I know it wasn't because of injury. Was this the cause of
>a nightmare? Thanks!
Just curious Is this a rescue ferret?
I have heard my adopted ferret, Crisco, scream in his sleep. The only
time I heard him scream while awake was about a week or two after I first
brought him home. We were playing chase and he couldn t get traction on
the linoleum floor, panicked and let out a blood curdling scream. He was
so frightened and it took a few minutes before he settled down. Crisco
has been a big cuddle bunny from day one, not a biter, and I never
imagined he would think anyone would hurt him. I felt terrible for
scaring him when he was so new to the household. I can only assume that
later when he screamed in his sleep it must have been a nightmare. It
was the same scream. My other ferret, whom we have raised from a kit,
has never screamed. Maybe Crisco was just unsure because of the new
environment, but who knows what some abandoned ferrets go through before
they find their way to a shelter where people love them. Crisco now does
a short war dance to get me to chase him and enjoys skidding around the
room but the next ferret I bring home I will introduce chase games to
more slowly.
Sally, Kiwi the Pixi Princess and Count of Monkey Crisco.
[Posted in FML issue 3795]
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