Morning everyone. Bet a lot of you were watching our ferret show. I feel badly for anyone who could not see it. The ferret show I watched tonight on channel 11 was SO honest. I just loved it. It could have been displayed in so many ways: a cover up as to some of the truths about ferrets, or making the ferret or ferret loving people look as other than they are. It was just perfect, in my opinion. The show showed one thing that actually made me feel better about my own situation. The other night I awoke to find ferret teeth in my cheek. It was either Coco the Canibal or Angel, my newest one. She is also a biter. They had all had lovely large bowls of chicken soup, and had out 3 different kinds of ferret kibble to munch on in the kitchen, with two other bowls of food and water fresh that evening in other rooms. The bleeding made me look a bit like an Indian in war paint. And it stung for a bit. I think one of them wanted a treat and could not nudge me awake. So they took to another means of communication. I felt a bit of a failure. Angel does still bite me now and again every day. I read on the FML of people who can make it so their biting ferret never bites again. I do not always have such luck or skill. Mind you...it is all the same to me. I will love the little ones anyway just as much. But I was never bitten in the cheek. However, to see the people bitten at the show, and the one lady letting the judges know to watch their wrists, as her ferret that was about to be judged would bite them there....I just really liked the honesty of it. I did not feel a failure at all anymore. Even show ferrets raised from babies might still bite hard. I really did not know that. I thought it was inbreeding or lack of human contact as a baby, or past painful experiences. They could have showed a bit of the poop problem, as cleaning it all up is such a big part of life if you are owned by multiple poopers. But aside from that possible inclusion...I thought it was wonderful. I know that there will be people who may have disliked the show. I have no problem with that. It will not take away the thrill of this show for me. I just hope my smarties don't get any ideas from the show. That one lady with the bloody nose and blood all over her shirt received a deeper bite than mine have given SO FAR. I loved all the ferrets talking and all the ferrets dancing and running and stealing. And I loved seeing the beautiful ferrets at the show, and the people that owned them, and all their cages in their homes lined with stunning babies. I wonder what non ferret loving people thought when they saw the show. I would be interested in their feed back. As for me, I felt right at home. I had the tears falling down my face as the ladies talked about rainbow bridge and the loss of their loved one. I wanted to dress my ferrets tonight in some of their silly garb. And I wanted to grab all of them and kiss their tiny faces. [Posted in FML 5673]