Hi All,
 
First, I want to offer my sincere condolences to those of you who have lost
little ones lately.  Each post of a fuzzy death brings tears to my eyes and
reminds me to give my guys some extra hugs and kisses. :,-(
 
The post about playing and wrestling was cute.  All our fuzzies are great
warrior ferrets and I've noticed that our guys' wrestling tactics vary.
When Sammi and Toby fight, whoever starts the fight usually is the "winner"
ferret and the "victim" ferret tends to stay on the bottom and be dominated
during the entire bout.  Sammi is small and fast and can squirm out of any
hold the boys try on her.  Toby can wrestle longer than any of the others,
outlasting any opponent who usually runs and hides from him until the fight
is forgotten.  Joey is deaf and is a head-butting wrestler.  He can't hear
the other guys "cry uncle" and every once in a while I have to break up a
fight between Joey and Bandit when it gets out of hand (using 'Tone' to
adjust those fuzzitudes).  Bandit is the biggest bully during a fight,
pinning his opponent, dragging them about and rarely losing a match.  The
wee weasels, Rascal and Rusty, wrestle more than any fuzzies I have ever
seen!  This is the 1st time we've raised 2 kits together and they sure know
how to rock 'n roll!  Rascal is very vocal and sounds like she is being
killed, but when I attempt to rescue her from Rusty, she goes back for
more.  Rusty is quite fast and likes to run and tackle his victim, bringing
them down before they know what hit 'em.  :) Warrior ferrets are sooo
entertaining!
 
At our house, most of the time, play = getting into trouble.  For play and
getting into trouble antics, there's alot of: follow me thru the tube;
pretend to enter the tube, but back up and attack the fuzzy on your rear;
there's something in the tube *tail wag* and it's headin' this way; hot
dog, a new box, and it has some cool stuff in it; wonder what's in the
trash that smells sooo good, think I'll take a look; oh boy, a full dish of
water and not a soul in sight; ooohhhh, what's that rat thing on the string
Mom's flinging around, getit, getit, getit; Mom's dragging Joey around on
the blankie again, let's go knock him off; I'll bet I can climb that
briefcase, hoist myself onto the bar stool, get on the counter and steal
that box of treats before Mom knows I'm in here; OK Joey, help me pry this
door open, I saw some vcr tapes in here; dig right there in the corner
Bandit, we almost have a big enough hole in the carpet to get under the
door; OK, as soon as Mom opens the bathroom door, everybody rush it.  Do
they ever run out of things to do?!?  :D
 
The 'litter box shimmy' is something all our guys do and I'm wondering if
other fuzzies do this.  Just before entering the litter box, usually 1st
thing in the morning, the fuzzy does a full body shimmy then gets into the
litter box.  Sometimes the shimmy is done while entering the box or after
entering and getting into position.  It's cute and I'm just curious about
it.  Has anyone noticed their fuzzballs doing the shimmy?
 
Beth & gang
Bandit - "I'm in the bathroom and you can't catch me! HAHAHAHAHA"
Sammi  - "Hey, where's the treat I stashed under here?  Toby, did you take
my treat again?!?"
Joey - "Mommmmie, Toby stole my Cheweasel again!  And you told him not to!"
Toby - "Why do I hafta sit up for a treat? You gave Joey one for nuthin'!"
Rascal - "How did that toy get out of the hidey hole? Gotta put it back
right now!"
Rusty - "We've only played chase for a 30 minutes, Mom, you can't possibly
be tired already!"
[Posted in FML issue 2492]