Doug M wrote: >I dragged him thru the leaves, he pulled me the other direction. When I >finally sat down, he stayed on my lap. Or crawled to my shoulder. I set >him down again, only to begin the routine over again..why doesn't he want >to play in the leaves? I hear most do. He is a lone ferret. I've been >thinking of getting him a playmate. Thanks I take Taz, Chewy and/or Fuzzer out on walks all the time. Well, let me redefine that. I go for a walk. On my shoulder sits a ferret (one of those named above) as I get my exercise. When I get to the grassy lawn around the church a few blocks from here, I put them down (not Fuzzer... he's too *good* to have to walk anywhere on his own!). Taz will snurfle through the grass for about a minute, then wait to get picked up and remounted in the "shoulder position." If its Chewy that's walking shoulder-surfing with me, then the "grassy knoll" bit lasts a lot longer. When we get to noisy leaves though, Taz is DOWN there! Right down the chest, the leg and into the leaves. Luckily, he wears a harness. When it gets dark and the ghosts and stuff come out, I can just lift him up from where ever he is crunching around and we can proceed...until we find more leaves! Chewy, however, doesn't like the noise. He's still young yet, so maybe its just auditory over-load. Fuzzer won't put his feet on the ground. He has an internally-installed anti-grav device which permits him to stay attached to my arm, while avoiding the ground. Darn that Scotty! Todd and the (we go for a walk, without walking!) Fuzzbutt Rodeo Clowns! --- mailto:[log in to unmask] http://giftsandcollectibles.sites.cc/ http://www.success.net/microlink/ [Posted in FML issue 3239]