Now I feel like the worst ferret owner in history since I did ignore many of
the times that George sat and cried...but I did have a reason...
 
For the lack of a better work, George is a willful little devil.  He tries
to manipulate me at every turn.  He does things deliberatly, especially
things that he knows are taboo.  So when he was bad and needed a "timeout"
we put him in his cage and let him cry.  I would check on him to make sure
that nothing was really wrong with him, besides the fact that he was pissed
off.
 
Maybe I was really harsh, but George like I said is very willful.  And if
you don't let him get his way, he will let you know.  I don't want to break
his spirit, but I think that he needs to understand that if I say "no" I
mean it and I am not to be ignored or bit or pooped on because I won't let
him do bad things.
 
I love both of my ferrets to a distraction and let them get away with
almost everything, but once in a while I hit my limit and I do resort
to a bit of discipline.
 
Just my $.02.
 
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Carroll College
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"'They do not die for us.  Not for us.  That at least is a blessing.'
He [Robert E. Lee] spoke staring at the fire. 'Each man has his own
reason to die.  But if they go on, I will go on.....If war goes
on-and it will, it will-what else can we do but go on?...And does it
matter after all who wins?  Was that ever really the question?  Will
God ask that question in the end?'"
 
                                -"The Killer Angels"
                                        Micheal Shaara
[Posted in FML issue 1404]