Roberta: Not only do you have a neat name and very good taste in your
reading materials, but you are obviously quite intelligent and
"ferret-aware." (See what I write when people are nice to me?)
 
Actually, in response to your rabbit stink request, I don't know about your
state, but the stuff can be purchased mail order through any number of
companies that adverise in hunting magazines.  I don't buy the mags--I just
go to the library and copy the ad for a dime.  The only two things I
actively hunt are black widows in outhouses and a place to hide when I say
something politically incorrect.  Other things work as well; liquid smoke is
quite effective, as is rubbing in a few raisins or pouring on a little
ferrettone.  BTW, I've tried a new method for the digging mud.  I pour the
mud and sand slurry into a cardboard box, then allow it to dry in the sun.
 
Depending on the status of my mother, I will be leaving for Ca-Ca land
either this coming Sat. or the following Fri. So those of you who thought
I would never come...well, hide the silver and put plastic on the floor
because here I come.
 
This brings up something someone may want to take advantage of.  "Tex," the
beautiful (but stinky and uncut) boy will not be going to his Texas home
after all; seems an unexpected problem came up at the last minute, and the
would-be owner tearfully had to back out.  While I wouldn't mind yet another
fuzzie, the ferret math program in control of my life already has two future
additions from TLE (when the ECE is cleared), an adoption from Texas, and
another from California.  So if someone along my flight path (yes, I drive
so fast i fly) wants to add another fuzzy, let me know ASAP.
 
"Tex" is just over a year old and is uncut, very muscular/big, and quite
becoming in his butterscotch fur.  (I'm assuming he's a butterscotch sable;
he's golden brown over rusty yellow) He kisses, is now trained to sleep on
your lap, and is (almost) trained from biting (still bites a little hard
when very excited, but so do I...).  I've started his distemper series.  He
is as healthy as any ferret could be (checked out by my vet, and was quite
impressed with the health and build).  He is about 75% box trained (up from
0% when I got him), and eats almost anything.  He has a weakness for
chicken, anything the cat is eating, and toes inside socks.  He wants to
solve world hunger when he graduates from school.  If you want him, you will
have to pay his original owner/breeder (not me) $70, and I can get the two
of you in touch with each other.
 
If no one wants him, I will add him to my little business, so don't feel
like you have to jump on this to save a ferrt's life.  But he is quite
pretty and very well behaved, so I thought I might give some of you a chance
to keep me from reaching 20 ferrets this year.  (I think I might explode
when that happens--from joy, of course...)
 
One warning.  He's a full-blooded hobb, so until he's been neutered and the
hormonal rage subsides, he might be rather dominant to other ferts.  Hell,
he tried to jump the cat, and was she ever surprised (Just try to imagine a
rutting male ferret clamped on to the back end of a terrified bob-tailed
female cat.) But aside from that one small thing, he is quite the
lovey-dovey boy, and very sweet.  Just currently poisoned with testosterone.
 
Bob and the 14 (15?) Ferts-o-Fun
[Posted in FML issue 1605]