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Hi,
Well, as Kelleen mentioned in an earlier post, I now have two more
fuzzies to keep Taz company. I would have written sooner, but I wanted to
wait until I could name them. Today I finally settled on Big Boy for the
male (he is the *biggest* ferret I have ever seen!) and Kitt for the
female. She is named Kitt because when we went to look at them, the first
ferret I saw has the female and she is sooo small, I thought she was a kit!
Then I realized she was the 1 to 1 & 1/2 yr old female they had mentioned.
They are wonderful!!! (Except when they bite my toes - HARD!) (Almost
forgot to mention - they are both sable).
I do have a question. When I scruff Kit, she goes completely ridged
like maybe it hurts? I haven't seen this in other ferrets so I assume this
is not normal. Am I correct? Another question - after she is scruffed,
the scruffed skin takes several seconds to go down:( I thought maybe she
was dehydrated and malnurished so I started force-feeding her syringes of
water and some Nutri-Cal each day. For the first few days that was the
only water I saw her drink, but reciently I have seen her drinking heartily
from the water bottle so I think she is getting better (plus, the scruffed
skin seems to go down quicker now). Does anyone have any comments?
Suggestions? I *know* for sure they are definately *not* descented and I
am unsure if they are altered. I will be taking them to the vet this
Friday for pre-surgery checkups.
BTW - A special thanks to Kelleen for hooking me up with my ferrets and
for all her help in getting me set-up. She holds the status of godmommie
to my three babies. Thanks also go to every member of the FML (especially
BIG for all his efforts) for without you, I wouldnt know 10% of what I do
about my fuzzies:)
Fuzzie Kisses to all:)
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* David Caudill ---- [log in to unmask] *
* Ste 778 3929 Overland *
* Boise, Idaho 83705 *
* F.A.N.G. - Ferret Association of Neverending Glee *
* Vice President and Co-Founder *
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[Posted in FML issue 1361]
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