Hi all!
 
Thought I'd relay a cute ferret story.  I have *lots* of fishtanks, which
means I do *lots* of fishtank cleaning.  This involves siphoning lots of
brownish/blackish/murky/generally disgusting water into buckets.  Last
time I did this, Sonic and Sunny became very fascinated with the stream
of water and held their faces, mouths open and "threatening," in the
stream.  Then they got curious about that dark stuff in the bucket and
proceeded to dangle over the edge, barely hanging on by the hips, and
thrust their entire heads under the surface for long seconds, seeming to
be looking around under the surface.  Snorkeling ferrets.  Wierd!
 
Thanks to everyone who had suggestions as to Sunny's color.  It seems
most likely that she is a sable mitt badger stripe (also called sable
mitt blaze and other similar names).  I'm very curious now to see what
she will look like as she grows up.  She's only about three or four months
old now; she was about eight weeks when I got her.
 
Laura:  I got Sunny from a Pet Depot.  I went in to get food for Sonic,
and of course I had to browse, and there was *Sunny*.  So she came home
with me that night, and Sonic made like best buds immediately!  The
people at the store had no idea where she came from.  She was already
spayed/descented when I got her, leading my vet to believe she came from
a major breeder, but she has no tatoos in her ears, and he also says that
most major breeders that spay/descent this early are using tatoos now.
So she's of unknow origin . . .
 
Sorry for rambling . . .
 
-Pam, Sonic, and Sunny
 
[Posted in FML issue 0773]