Hi everyone.  I hope everyone is doing ok.  All fuzzies doing well.  I send
all my prayers to the fuzzies that have passed or are sick.  I have an
interesting question that I hope someone can answer.
 
Last weekend, I brought Peanut to a fellow FML'er, Connie, who offered to
watch Peanut when I go on my honeymoon.  Here's the thing, Peanut (female)
is an only fuzzy, and Connie has 3 male fuzzies.  When Peanut was introduced
to the most docile of the bunch, she immediately started to squeak, really
loudly, and high.  Immediately.  She liked Max, and it appeared that Max
liked her.  Max did not bite her on the neck.  Next we met the other 2,
Radar, who is the leader, and Hawkeye, who is the baby (younger that Pea).
She squeeked loudly again.  Radar _was_ teaching her that he was the leader,
which what I understand, is normal.  He didn't really hurt her.  She
constantly squeeked loud and high.  Now, Peanut is NOT a very vocal ferret.
What does this mean?  Is she scared?  Is it a sign of submission?  What?
Also, do you think she will think I abandoned her?  I read all these things
about depressed ferrets.  I don't want her to lose her hair, or stop eating.
Thanks in advance for any possible input.
 
Also, a funny, pretty pathetic vet story:
When I first got Peanut, I took her to the vet because she was sneezing
alot, and because she had these 2 blue spots in her ear.  (I was also an
uneducated, new ferret owner, I only knew the basics) The vet said it was
blood vessels in her ear, and to keep an eye on them.  Well, as I figured
out, in only a very short time, with NO VET experience, that they are
tatoos!  2 MF tatoos.  It's scary what's out there.  He claimed that he
knew ferrets.
 
Congratulations,
to Ken in his adoption of 2 kits! Best of luck, and I hope they are kissy
babies!
 
Happy fuzzies for everyone,
Andrea
Peanut (zzzzzzz, dook, dook, zzzzzzz, lick, lick)
[Posted in FML issue 1487]