We bought two Tiny Tikes toys for the ferrets: a folding slide and a
toy piano.
The males seem to mostly ignore the piano. I have no idea why. The
females enjoy it, though, esp. Telemna. BTW, if Emna ia around Steve
and I while we are on our computer keyboards she tends to want to type
but when asked if she wants her piano she will happily tap on that
while we use our computers.
The slide was more difficult. I think the lip at the bottom hurt them
so here is what we do: We prop it upside down fro the edge of the bed
(bottom lip at the top) but secure because of how we arrange things,
with a pillow at the bottom. They LOVE a game where they have their
bodies on the slide, rear ends down, holding onto the lip with their
hands till I say "Wooooooooooo!" then they let go and slide. So far it
has taken only 2 to 5 repetitions with help to get them to do that on
command. There are two we haven't tried it on yet, but the others
learned it really, really fast and seem to truly love the game.
Sukie (not a vet)
Current FHL address:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/http://ferrethealth.org/archive/http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.htmlhttp://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
[Posted in FML 5538]
