A few weeks ago I had a happy household. Now it is turned upside down. Why because of one small toy. A Rkki Tikki Snake. How can one small toy cause so much havoc in a house? Let me start from the begining. Hercules, the Alpha ferret had a snake, he loved his snake, he would move it from place to place to keep it from Pandora. Herc is mostly indifferent to things...His two loves, his crinkely bag, and his snake. Even though he has other toys that he hids. That snake was his. I got 2 beautiful babies, for my birthday. Apollo a back boy and Kaleb, a rare blue silver. These babies have been accepted, by Herc. (That means he didn't eat them) LOL. I did it. I committed the worst sin possible. I thought, (there was the first problem), because Herc accepted the new babies he would share his toys. He shares with Pandora. So I gave the boys, Herc's snake to play with. Well, in less than 15 minutes, they tore that poor snake apart. They actually tore it into pieces, and scattered the pieces of stuffing. Must have been a tug of war thing? I have never had a ferret decimate a toy like that before. I never expected them to tear it apart. I was shocked. I read the Rikki Tikki, story on the fml, but did not pay attention to the details of where to get the snake. Never thinking at the time that Hercule's would meet with an untimely death. Herc had his snake and took care of it...loved it. If any knows where I can buy this snake please let me know. Hercules, is substuting the snake with my webkin ferret. But it is too big for him to drag around. Hubby asks why I do not put it up. (Take it from him), I don't have the heart since I was the cause of the loss of his snake. He lets me know he want's his snake. I showed him the pieces, he is just not the same...He had that snake for 5 years. It was his teddy bear. A side note to the people who make ferret bedding. Please make some pieces bigger. Hercules is 4 1/2 lbs. Beds are too small. He is too big for tunnels, and funnels and most climb through ferret toys. [Posted in FML 6855]