Hi all,
Dave here, at 3:13 a.m., couldn't sleep because new semester starts in 5
hours, and Rosie was awake, and bugging her Ma, so I brought her downstairs
with me to pound on the pooter for a while...
Rosie has turned out to be a very faithful companion to the both of us. She
gets into everything and causes the other fuzzies to get into trouble...but
all in all she is very devoted, and we figure that she just demands
attention all the time since she loves us so much...=)
Those raccoons have been having a field day in the backyard...but the girl's
Ma and I decided that they are benefitial to our garden...besides the fact
that for the last couple months they have managed to tunnel under the small
fence that I put up to keep them out (smart critters)...well, they seem to
be eating all of the various bugs left and right that would otherwise wreck
the plants and flowers in the garden...hmmm....natural pest-management...the
best kind, I think! =)
We have a friend back east, who had a pet raccoon for a while, and had
ferrets too, so I guess they can get along...although I think he said that
the coon killed one of his ferrets >cring< and he had to get rid of it...let
it go back in the woods where he got it from...I am very curious to know if
other people on the FML have tried to raise wild animals and with what
success??? Another friend of mine had a flying squirrel as a child...etc.
etc...This sort of thing fascinates me very much since I am studying
wildlife at the college for my bachelors...I believe that the proper term
for our backyard coons is "urban" wildlife...although that to me seems like
a fuzzy term, since definite boundaries to wilderness and city are
unlimited...
I know that Rosie tried to "eat" a frog once in the wild...so we keep our
reptiles and amphibians and fish safe from the curiosity of our
fuzzies...but I wonder if any FML'ers have had unusual experiences with
other animals and their ferrets??? We tried to keep a dog, but it barked at
the ferrets and was afraid of them so we gave her back to the previous
owner...and the neighborhood cats seem very curious when they poke their
heads in the tall, glass walls we have in the back..."Are those baby cats?"
they seem to ask...
I have thought about this phenomenon for quite a while but never asked...so
here it is, I am asking... =)
Well, as for The Big Adventure (T.B.A.) series...my brother needs a little
motivation to do the drawings for the published version...so if anyone wants
to e-mail him and tell him how much they want him to do his wonderful
work...his address is: >[log in to unmask]< He won't mind me asking folks to
write to him, since he loves all the ferret posts I send him, and he thinks
that I am crazy (in a good way) for half the stuff I write to the FML...
Well, Lisa is yellin' at me to come back to bed, so I better go...
Love and dooks,
Dave =)
[P.S.] Sorry, forgot to mention that my brother's name is Steve...
[Posted in FML issue 1673]
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