A ferret a day keeps the blues away…
He slept more before his treatments, but right after he started them we could see a difference in his behavior. Now he’s Minsc’s best friend–or favorite victim, however you would like to view it.
And let me tell you, you need a LOT of energy for a baby ferret. >.<
This is what JJ looked like when he lost all of his hair due to adrenal disease. I tried making him a sweater, but he wasn’t interested. D:
He has now grown all of his hair back thanks to his treatments.
Or at least that’s what it looked like as his undercoat grew in. Such a yellow boy.
So Minsc was having trouble understanding that he need to go to the bathroom in the litter, not every available corner. That means I had to block all of the corners I could to dissuade him, hence the cardboard tube you see attached to the door. However, he soon discovered that omg it’s a tube must play! As you can see, he likes to crawl in there and gnaw away at the other end. At least he’s happy, right?
Such a cute little brat. He’s taken to eating Ys’ soft food if he decides he likes it. So far I’ve learned that he really likes turkey baby food.
Aw, doesn’t he look fierce?
All of the boys like to do this weird “stand up/stretch/yawn/slide down the bars” thing, and if you time it just right you’ll get this sort of shot.
She’s lost 2 ounces for no reason that we can determine and feels like a bag of bones when we pick her up. She goes to see the vet with JJ tomorrow. JJ is reacting wonderfully to the Lupron shots: he’s regrown all of his hair but that on his tail, and even that is beginning to peach fuzz.
The kitchen scale + bucket is about the only way to get a ferret to sit still long enough for you to weigh them.
So it turns out that raising a kit is A LOT OF WORK. Between giving him lots of attention, surviving extra long playtimes with all fingers attached (he’s nippy still), and cleaning up the accidents, we’re exhausted at night and haven’t been taking many photos.
That’s my excuse, anyways.
Isn’t he cute with the odd swirls? We named him after this guy.
Ferrets tend to investigate new things to the exclusion of all else. So, after his vet checkup, and before we introduced him to the other ferrets, we gave him a chance to meet the new playroom by himself, and get acquainted. Its a bit longer than most of our ferret videos, but its worth it in the end.
Minsc (aka Squirt aka Blaze) came to us from a couple who dearly loved him, but didn’t have the time available to give him the attention they felt he deserved. He will be well loved (and well sniffed) in his new home!