RE: RABBIT RODEO
 
        Ha ha ha ha! :)
 
RE: PICKLES (THE FERRET) AND SALSA (THE FOOD)
 
        Ha ha ha ha...  Silly Pickles! :)
 
RE: LANCE MCLEROY AND GETTING JOLLY JOLLY A LITTLE SISTER
 
        Make the introductions slowly -- especially over the first few days.
        Let Jolly Jolly get used to the idea that having another ferret
        around isn't so strange ("What's *that*?").  Once she figures that
        it's normal for the other ferret to be there she won't think twice
        about it ("Oh, yeah, you again!").
 
        Supervise free interactions (i.e. you're not holding one or both of
        them) closely at first until you're confident that neither one is
        going to hurt the other.  This is important when the dominance game
        is being played (especially if the new kid on the block is a kit and
        Jolly Jolly is full grown).
 
        We got Pippi when Squirt was a year and a couple of months old and
        he took to her in a short amount of time.  We started them out in
        separate cages and he'd always come over to see Pippi when we let
        him out first.  Squirt would also play with Pippi like an adult dog
        lets pups chew on their ears, etc.  He was pretty amiable once he
        established that he was boss.
 
RE: WHAT WE DO WITH OUR FERRETS
 
        We take our fuzzbeans to various parks when the weather is nice.
        They love the dirt, trees, dirt, smells, dirt, water, dirt, people,
        dirt, animals, dirt, etc.  Our little guys have done some swimming,
        but we think they'd like water even more if they could just figure
        out how to play in it without getting wet!
 
        Squirt especially likes to stand in shallow water and shove his
        head into the silt and mud under the water.  Go figure!
 
-- Mike and Kim (providers of rides to the park)
   Squirt - "Look at all the lovely, glorious dirt!"
   Pippi  - "I'm scared; it's so big out here!  Hey, what's that?"
Wander...
[Posted in FML issue 1122]