>From:    April Gallaty <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Questions
>1. When ferrets wake up and yawn and stretch and shiver and shake (sounds
>like a dance step), what does it mean when they take their little hands
>and put them at their neck and then pull them over their heads and face.
>It's hard to describe, but it's kinda like if they had hair, they would be
>pulling it down into their face.
 
I'm not really sure why they do that, possibly spreading their scent or
cleaning their face or something, but my wife and I call it "doing the
cute thing." As in... "Hey Mike, Beasley's doing the cute thing again!"
 
For the ferrets,
Mike
 
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[Posted in FML issue 2697]