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Just read the story of the heavy sleeping ferret. I think many of us have
had heavy sleepers who gave us a scare, even when we knew better. Jonathan
(my SP (Sweetie-Pie because I think it was Paw-Paw that said SO was so
impersonal)) and I bought two ferrets for one of our best friends. We were
sneaking up to her apartment to surprise her when Jonathan asked if I
thought the male was okay. I picked Gambit up and his head kind of rolled
around. I giggled, having experience with very sleepy ferrets. "Look it's
DEAD!" I said, and shook him slightly towards my husband who was quite
appalled at me. "Anna, that's sick! What happened to him! He was fine a
few minutes ago!" "Oh he's just sleeping," I told him in my most
knowledgable voice. "Beauregard did this all the time." I shook Gambit a
little again and his head rollllled to the other side, his tongue hanging
out slightly. I blew lightly in his ear. No response. I pinched his nose.
No response. I shook him again a little more forcefully. No response. I
ruffed up the fur on his back in quick motions. No response. At this point
I was about to hurl my lunch as I realized I was playing around with a dead
kit. Just when I was about to admit that something was wrong, Gambit opened
his sleepy eyes and yawned. Go figure.
Enjoy them while they sleep. It's the only time you get peace!
Anna
[Posted in FML issue 1861]
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