Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty!
Now ferret introductions are never easy, normally there will be fear, screaming, chasing and generally a good punch up!
Mind you, when Brambles was introduced to Snowflake it was love at first sniff!
Yesterday when we put Wendy in a cage with Monty it was a screaming punch up and Monty ended hiding in the sleeping corner shaking with fear!
Getting Monty and Wendy back last night, Wendy went back into her cage and Old Two Legs got the 'Holiday Cage' out of the shed for Monty.
It's called the Holiday Cage 'cos it's the only one that can go through the caravan door with ferret, food bowl and water bowl, without spilling anything!
Well, last night Monty made a right pig of himself and tucked into the Ferret Kibble Biscuits and over night did enough poo to block the Channel Tunnel!
This morning, after we got back from the walk, OTL cleaned out Eric and Mays cage then got out the flexible plastic cage we use in the awning of the caravan.
In goes Monty and as an experiment, in goes Eric. There was sniffing, butt sniffing, communal slurping of Ferretone then a screaming punch up!
That didn't work very well!
Next it was Miss May's to go in and contrary to expectations, there was sniffing, butt sniffing, communal slurping of Ferretone then a screaming punch up!
So, out came May!
Next it was Wendy's turn and in she went but this time there was a little butt sniffing, communal slurping of Ferretone then butt sniffing, more communal slurping of Ferretone then a little scream but no punch up!
Things were looking good!
There followed a good half an hour of sniffing, pooing and weeing then Wendy came out for her rampage around the house. OTL had decided to give them a break to help quieten them both down and give Wendy time to get some Brambles Biscuits, have a chew then find a spot under the sofa for a five minute snooze!
Monty was allowed out as well but confined to the office. He had great fun exploring everywhere and he also checked out the cage where Wendy slept! Having got that done he went back to exploring the office!
After OTL had cleaned the travelling cage he spotted Monty doing a 'Weaslel Dance on top of my day bed!
A happy ferret is a Good Sign!
Monty found the ferret harnesses and wanted to know when he would get his!
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| When do I get my own harness and name tag? |
OTL left all the Wendy Poo in the cage but added the mountain of poo from Monty to the little pile he made last night. He expects that will help Wendy get used to the sniff of Monty and also show Monty where he is expected to poo in future!
After an hour both ferrets had that 'Snoozy Look' about them and after a while Wendy dived under the blanket while Monty headed down to the hammock on the ground floor!
Both ferrets then felt safe and drifted of to ferret dreamland!
Monty woke up around four this afternoon and had a rummage around the cage while Wendy was fast asleep, well, she was right until Monty stuck his nose under the blanket and woke Wendy up!
She gave a squeak and he shot backwards in case he got his nose bitten!
We decided to leave them to get used to each other and claws crossed in a week or two we may find them cuddled up together!
See you tomorrow!
Luv,
Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty.
Yo maties. Well that sounds like some good news on the ferret front down your way. Mind Wendy might get a bit miffed if her cage has a poo mountain in it. I do feel a bit sorry for Monty though, having to go 2 rounds before he didn't get in a bit of bother with a punch up. Still, at least he has a nice holiday to look forward too. I bet Monty found it very exciting, exploring the office, all those things that OTL has in there to be sniffed and inspected, it sounds like he has a very busy day and I bet he sleeps well tonight. Now I've had a hard day working, I've had to do guarding, my mum thought it would only be for a little while but ended up being for most of the afternoon. My mum went for her appointment then ended up having to go for some tests which she said took a really long time and then she had to go and have her blood taken again, she said she was so tired that her blood had gone to sleep and it wouldn't come out very easily, but she's home now but she said she's really tired and wants a siesta. My mum has been booked for an over night stay at the TL vets but not for a few weeks yet. Wot am I going to do with out my mum to snuggle me for a night?????? I wonder if I could go with her so she won't miss me. Hope you all have a lovely evening tonight with plenty of muggings and we're all really pleased to hear about Monty's day, love the pictures as well. Love, licks, wags and sniffs from little Arch and the Nippers xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteThere is more to ferret training than pooing in the wind but it sounds at though OTL is Master Ferret Trainer so maybe he can do a Master Class in the village hall when TM doesn’t need to be there. Lovely pictures of young Monty and I do hope it all goes well. Archie is doing a grand job with his guarding and when his mum is visiting the TL Vet he will be completely in charge, I bet he gets a badge, we will deserve it. Happy Wednesday hope to be reading you soon xxxxx X.
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