Hi.
This is my first time posting something on the FML.  Hopefully someone
will be able to help me.  My mother and I have four ferrets.  Baby and
Bell live with me at school(I'm in college).  Silver and Y live at home
with mom, dad and brother.  We got our four friends in August.  I have
had no problems with allergies and them, which is great since I'm deathly
allergic to cats, but my poor mother has not had it so easy.  She has
allergies to nothing, BUT since November, she has been sick.  At first we
thought she had a cold, but colds don't last 4 months.  Nothing really
seems to help her.  She had a CT-Scan and it showed that her sinus's were
very messed up.  On Thur. she is going to an allergist to get tested to
see if its the ferrets.  We're very upset that she might be allergic to
them, as we don't want to get rid of Silver and Y, but it is not
realistic that I have the time to care for 4 ferrets(I'm pre-med).  Has
anyone else had allergy problems with ferrets?  Or does anyone know how
to solve the problem without getting rid of them?  When we bought our
ferrets(all Marshall Farms), we were told that people don't develop
allergies to them.  Now, we don't know what we are going to do.  Even if
we were(god forbid) to get rid of Silver and Y, she is going to have to
care for my two babies over the summer as I will be in Greece.  Please
help, as we are sick at the thought of getting rid of two of our kids.
All four get along soo well, that the thought of separating them
permenently doesn't seem possible.
Also, does anyone know how to train a ferret to stop climbing up the
outside of the cage.  We have two cages, each 3 feet tall, 2 feet wide
and 2 feet deep.  No matter what we do, they climb to the top and either
jump to nearby furniture or sit on the top until we take them down.  Our
ferrets are very well behaved other that the climbing thing.  They all
used the litter box from day one and now respond to many verbal
commands.  They also recognize certain objects and know what to do when
they see them.
Sorry this is so long, but its my first time posting and I have tons of
questions.  Please help with any information that you have:
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Thanks alot-
Lisa, Baby, Bell, Silver and Y(the only male)
 
P.S- keep a lookout for pictures in the Ferret Photo Gallery of us, we
should be there soon.
[Posted in FML issue 1127]