Tricia wrote:
>was a presentation of Mission: Wolf awhile back.  They actually bring in a
>wolf and allow her to walk among the audience and sniff people.  well the
>day that this presentation occured, I had brought all three of my fuzzies
>to campus for a presentation on ferrets.  Most of my friends and myself
>ended up carting one or more of my girls around with them for several
>hours.  When we went to the Mission wolf event (ferrets safely tucked in
>at home), the wolf wouldn't leave us alone!!  Apparently, wolves like the
>smell of ferret!
 
Oh, WOW!  The same thing happened to me over 20 years ago when I was
working with chimpanzees.  The wolf was being taken around the auditorium
and he climbed right into my lap and sat down sniffing me while I stroked
him.  His person was saying to me, "It's okay, he won't bite you.", and I
was saying back, "That's okay, the chimps he's smelling on me would!".
(Chimps need a very strong dominance hierarchy and the dominant ones then
have to protect all "below" them even if it means loss of life for the
leaders -- unlike human hierarchies and more moral than the human ones
to my way of thinking.  They also challenge the hierarchy regularly, so
bites, concussions, etc., are normal.) Aren't wolves wonderful?  I've often
wondered if they'd do that for ferret smells so you solved a puzzle for me.
So neat!
 
Regina wrote:
>Last night I dreamed that I was invited to a big banquet ... I saw that
>the main dish to be served were giant mice!  The mice were being dressed,
>stuffed, etc for cooking.  I was very excited and thought that this would
>be a delicious dinner!
 
I fell off my stool laughing!
 
Know what?  Someone should collect all of these, get permission to use
them, and sell them to make money for shelter!
 
MC writes:
>I have absolutely no odors except vanilla in my ferret room.
 
Bill writes:
>[Moderator's note: Not sure which neat idea Darlene was remembering, so
>here's two for one: In FML 3238, Pam Sessoms talked about using vanilla
>extract to help guide blind ferrets.  She would dab it on corners and
>furniture legs, even when travelling in hotel rooms, to help guide the
>way for the blind ferrets via smell instead of sight.  BIG]
 
There's another vanilla trick, too.  Bob Church uses it in bedding he is
drying and then if a ferret is pooping in the wrong spot he puts the
scented bedding down which reminds them of what they sleep in to change
their reactions to the location.
 
So much vanilla, so little time...
[Posted in FML issue 3262]