Is interesting what a ferret will tell you about their past over time
and how they change. Peekaboo did not have a good past. She was not
treated very well and this came out where she would offer to bite me
but only when I was attempting to give her a little TLC. I could tell
she was not a biter but was acting only in a defense effort.

The shelter that so graciously transported her to me treated her with
the utmost of kindness and care but prior the SPCA only had her in a
cage 24x7 for over a year, prior to that she must of had owners that
were other than kind.

Pester was just a very confused little girl. She was treated ok, but
was never handled much.

Both have come to know who I am and that they are far more than safe
here with me. I open the cage to clean or just pet them, Peekaboo will
actually leap out to my arms and is more than happy to just lay in my
arms and be carried around. Quite a reverse from the beginning where
she would cower and offer to 'chew' on me to ward me off. Just the
total opposite now. Lots of kisses from both of them now and they
pace back and forth 'asking' for a little attention.

I have said many times before, if you take the time to learn their
language they will tell you so many stories good and bad.

RePete was trying to tell me something the night before he died by
getting behind me as I lay in bed and was licking my back all over and
over. There was something wrong and he was 'asking' me for help. But I
didn't know what he was saying till it was too late. Byte-me told me of
here 'time', I knew that day she would pass before I got home and told
people I worked with what I feared to find when I got home, I was
correct. She was laying exactly where I had set her down in the hammy
exactly as I put her there. I still deeply grieve the loss of that
little animal.

And so it goes, another day, another lay off.

Gordon, Peekaboo and Pester

Rev. J Gordon Bengtson
Aarrow-Ranch Aviation
Mechanicsville, Virginia  23111

[Posted in FML 6291]