Hello All!
I haven't posted for a while because of email problems...but whopee I am
all right now!
 
Anyway, I must update you all!  Andy picked up his two sweeties that I was
babysitting.  Then, I got a call to take a 5 month old female biter and
train her.  So, I got her and she is not spayed or descented, so we are
doing that on Thursday.  I have had her for a little over 2 weeks and she
has improved greatly, but I am afraid that she will bite anyone except me
now!  She still is a little nippy, but VERY cute!  She's a BAD biter -
holds on and shakes her head while ripping my flesh...but now her bites are
lighter and she doesn't hold on.  SHe had not been handled at all except
for roughness (owner is a breeder :( and wears gloves - lets the ferrets
all beat up on each other too).  She was very rigid when I picked her up
and always turned her head to bite, but that is not happening now and she
trusts me. :o)
 
So, her nickname is SnapDragon, but I think I will call her Molly.  This
breeder is not a big breeder, but even a few is too many I believe.  There
are also three 8 week old babies I may take on from this same person.  I
have had to take in 3 of hers in the past few years.  Unfortunately, the
first one I got from her was a small male who was neutered and was kept in
with the unneutered males - well, you can guess what was happening there!
This poor little guy was just tortured.  When I got him, he was petrified
of everything and all other ferrets.  He had a bald, scarred head and it
took several months for him to realize that he could be loved and he could
trust people and other ferrets who just wanted to play with him and he
finally got some hair on that scarred up little head.  The poor guy died
after 2 years of adrenal problems - he was only about 4 or 5 years old -
too much stress I think.  Anyway - the next one - Flower was a little biter
too, but quickly learned that she got more attention if she didn't bite -
and is TOTALLY a sweetie, and even tho just a half-pint, she is THE BOSS!
She's the one who hisses and barks and everyone and everything - her way of
talking.  So, now, I have SnapDragon Molly and I think I will keep her -
I'm not sure if she will be adoptable if she remains a biter.  But I love
her!
 
Have Fuzzy Days!
Shannon and the Fab Fifteen: Lily, Jackie, Sammo, Violet, Little Bear, Max,
Sophie, Snowflake, Flower, Buddy, Rocky, Skyler, Eddie, Jasmin and
SnapDragon Molly
[Posted in FML issue 3158]