Morning everyone. Bet a lot of you were watching our ferret show. I
feel badly for anyone who could not see it.

The ferret show I watched tonight on channel 11 was SO honest. I just
loved it. It could have been displayed in so many ways: a cover up as
to some of the truths about ferrets, or making the ferret or ferret
loving people look as other than they are. It was just perfect, in my
opinion.

The show showed one thing that actually made me feel better about my
own situation. The other night I awoke to find ferret teeth in my
cheek. It was either Coco the Canibal or Angel, my newest one. She
is also a biter.

They had all had lovely large bowls of chicken soup, and had out 3
different kinds of ferret kibble to munch on in the kitchen, with two
other bowls of food and water fresh that evening in other rooms.

The bleeding made me look a bit like an Indian in war paint. And it
stung for a bit. I think one of them wanted a treat and could not nudge
me awake. So they took to another means of communication. I felt a bit
of a failure. Angel does still bite me now and again every day. I read
on the FML of people who can make it so their biting ferret never bites
again. I do not always have such luck or skill. Mind you...it is all
the same to me. I will love the little ones anyway just as much. But I
was never bitten in the cheek.

However, to see the people bitten at the show, and the one lady letting
the judges know to watch their wrists, as her ferret that was about to
be judged would bite them there....I just really liked the honesty of
it. I did not feel a failure at all anymore. Even show ferrets raised
from babies might still bite hard. I really did not know that. I
thought it was inbreeding or lack of human contact as a baby, or past
painful experiences.

They could have showed a bit of the poop problem, as cleaning it all up
is such a big part of life if you are owned by multiple poopers. But
aside from that possible inclusion...I thought it was wonderful.

I know that there will be people who may have disliked the show. I have
no problem with that. It will not take away the thrill of this show for
me. I just hope my smarties don't get any ideas from the show. That one
lady with the bloody nose and blood all over her shirt received a
deeper bite than mine have given SO FAR.

I loved all the ferrets talking and all the ferrets dancing and running
and stealing. And I loved seeing the beautiful ferrets at the show, and
the people that owned them, and all their cages in their homes lined
with stunning babies.

I wonder what non ferret loving people thought when they saw the show.
I would be interested in their feed back. As for me, I felt right at
home. I had the tears falling down my face as the ladies talked about
rainbow bridge and the loss of their loved one. I wanted to dress my
ferrets tonight in some of their silly garb. And I wanted to grab all
of them and kiss their tiny faces.

[Posted in FML 5673]