Wot a Wet One!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May here again!

You can tell the holiday season is here, it's raining!

We managed to get out for our morning walk between the showers!

Before heading out Old Two Legs had breakfast with the ferrets, as he normally does. Brambles and Snowflake have their Lactose Free Milk and OTL has orange juice and rabbit food!

Today, OTL took up a bowl of the milk for May and April, it seems that they love the stuff, nose in and tails up until it's finished!

Snowflake climbed up onto the top of their temporary cage and was pulling faces at them and saying that she would 'Sort them out' if there was any more trouble!

As if!

OK you two, Watch It!

 Down on the beach it had stopped raining for a while and Holly and I had this super idea.............

Fancy digging a hole?

Holly trotted past Brambles and in a loud 'Stage Whisper' said to me, 'Lets dig it here'!





That was it, Brambles was there like a shot and got a face full of sand for his nosiness!

Ere! That went in my eye!

Snowflake, who was still charging around in the sea weed, was all alert in case Brambles got trodden on in the rush to dig our hole!

Oh No! What is he doing now?

Then she rushed over and chased Holly and me out of the hole and then told Brambles to 'Keep Clear'!

This is getting rather deep!

Then she began shovelling the sand using her nose. 'This is the way to get a hole going' she said, 'not all that paw waving stuff!'

You've gotta have a nose for this job!

 Holly said she was talking through her tail and she would show a ferret how to dig!

In she went and started to move sand!

That was until Snowflake blew a raspberry into Holly's ear and made her jump back in shock!

Raspberries to you Sis!

ack home OTL did all his 'Ferret Jobs' and then, after a rampage around the house and pinching our Doggy Biscuits, both ferrets settled down for a snooze, cuddled up together, like wot ferrets should do.

May and April having a cuddle and a 'Quiet Time'!

With May and April the 'Quiet Times' don't last, one of them gives the other a nip and pandemonium beaks out again!

Not so with Brambles and Snowflake, they have learnt that the best snooze is had cuddling each other!

All warm and Cuddly like wot a ferret should be!

Lunchtime we were down the beach again with May and April but the rain was starting, so none of us hung about, a quick wee and back to the car!

We then went off delivering stuff all over the place, and everyone wanted to see the ferrets!

Holly has told the ferrets that 'Fame is a Fickle Thing' and to make the most of it now 'cos it don't last long!

She should know, every one use to want to stroke us but now it's just the ferrets every one wants!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May.

Wot a Mess!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May here again!

It's going to be a short blog today, you see, the expected last bit to the ferrets home is due in the next couple of days and The Missus and Old Two Legs decided, well TM decided, that there should be some major alteration to OTL's office and TM's store room!

They moved the freezer from OTL's office and located it in the card room. That was the easy bit.

Making a space to move it from one room to the next was the real problem, loads and loads of stuff had to be transferred to other rooms  before the freezer even started its journey!

There was no place for us to sleep during the day and Holly and I were right upset about it all!

Our Page Three Girls took it in their stride 'cos they have had a lot of movement in the last week, so they didn't get too worried, especially when they see what OTL is building for them!

Our walks have been without camera and although Miss May and I got wet from having a dip in the sea, April and Holly Chops stayed very dry, as normal.!

So, bye for now and we'll catch up tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May.

Decision Time and OTL is crying again!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May here again!

Well, it has been difficult over the last few days, after the 'Introductions' at the Rescue Centre. Miss May has taken to nipping Old Two Legs and we are back to the TCP like it was with Snowflake when she first turned up. However, she is getting picked on by Snowflake who has taken to chasing her around the house and attacking her.


OTL, being a bit of a softy, has decided that he will give up on trying to get all the ferrets to live together in one group. So, we are going to have two groups!


Snowflake and Brambles have gone back to cuddling and snoozing in their own cage and April and May have set up home is Aprils cage. April, who is the dominant one still gives her sister a nip now and again, just to let her know who is in charge!

All Agro stops for a Slurp!

We were down the beach first thing with Brambles and Snowflake, Snowflake decided that she would enjoy another Sea Weed Wrap to help get rid of all the stress of having a visitor she would rather not have!

I want to go back to eight days ago!

Then after enjoying the Sea Weed, she headed up the beach and dived into a load of dried sea weed for a quick Exfoliate!

I love a good rub down!

That was it, she felt on top of the world and we all headed back home!


On getting home, OTL let all three ferrets out for a rampage and the first thing that Snowflake did was to beat up Miss May!


That was it, decision made, May was back with her sister and OTL was onto the supplier of cages for another Tower Cage so that they have the same space.

Lunchtime we took May and April down the beach and they a run on the beach and in the grass. They enjoyed chasing after OTL 'cos they are still a bit wary of the Big Outdoors!

After a while they both wanted to be picked up and carried. OTL put May in the bag and April stayed on his arm and rested her head in his palm. Then, with OTL stroking her head, she fell asleep!

It was about then that May jumped out of the bag and went tearing off along the grass path!

A little further along the path they asked to be picked up again and dived straight into the bag again!

OTL stopped at one of the benches and we sat there for a little while, enjoying the sunshine.

This beats walking!

May curled up at the bottom of the bag for a quick snooze!

It's tiring having fun!

April stuck her head out and rested her head on OTL's tummy and drifted off to sleep again!

I like a soft tummy!

 So now OTL has got to reorganise The Office so that the cages will fit in together. This means moving the freezer to The Missus's Card Room and rearrange the cupboard and filling cabinet!

I can see that there will be lots to do this coming week!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

Page Three Girls are out for the first time!

Hi Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

We have had an exciting day today.

Up at the crack of dawn, then we went back to bed again and left Old Two Legs to get everything ready before we got up again!

Down to the beach and for a change, it was warm and dry and there was a good sunrise, but we missed the first one but OTL managed to get the second!

Second Sunrise and can you see The Wormy Man?

 I suggested we all go and slosh around in the mud just for fun but no one wanted to join me!

Even Snowflake called out to OTL and told him what I planned, Sneaky Knickers!

Daddy! Do you know what she said?

On the way back up the grass path we found a very big snail that Brambles and Snowflake reckon would make a tasty meal!

Slow Food?

 On our way back Holly met up with her boy friend and had some fun playing the tart, again!

Holly Tarting About!

 Back home OTL had a load of cleaning and clearing and it was great fun watching him cleaning out one ferret house and then chasing them all over the place just so he could put them back in the cages again!

April is getting better on the stairs now, and she has started to run both up and down!

Getting Good at This!

 She has also found our food and water bowl. Now, Brambles just stands by the bowl and eats out biscuits, April and May don't do that, they both grab a mouthful and run into the lounge and hide them under the furniture!

Do I drink from it or Swim in it?

 Now, in the morning it is Snowflake and Brambles that come out for a walk but at lunchtime the Page Three Girls come out with us!

Today it is their first time out!

OTL decided not to take the camera with him on the first outing but he did take the mobile phone that has a camera built into it!

Both ferrets had a great time exploring and 'ferreting around' in the grass and of course, running in opposite directions, just to wind OTL up!

OK, Which Way Now?

 There were times when OTL had to pick them up 'cos the local woofers were stopping to say 'Hello' and asking if the ferrets tasted like chicken!

Can I have a lift please?

 There were a few times when both ferrets climbed up OTL's leg asking to be carried or put back in the ferret bag but only for a little rest. Pretty soon they were down and sniffing again!

So, that was it, OTL has been working this afternoon on a computer program for programming some radios he will be getting early next week.

The Missus has been up at her Village Crop, so we have been having fun chasing the birds in the garden and sleeping on the sofa!

Now, I'm off to see what OTL has for dinner, it sniffs good!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

Busy, Busy,Busy and that's only OTL!

Yo! Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

We had an exciting day yesterday, Old Two Legs didn't get to bed until late and he planned to get up really early 'cos he had to get stuff ready to give to his bookkeeper 'cos it is 'Year End' or something!

He planned to get up at the same time as The Missus, around five or five thirty but she was worn out after yesterdays fun and games.

So, at seven fifteen OTL woke up, 'OH Bother!' he said, or something like that!

Then it was all rush and tear about!

Us Woofers noticed the urgency in OTL and of course, we ran away, stayed sniffing longer at sniffs and Miss Snowflake wanted to get out of the bag for a wee every ten feet or so!

Even Bro Brambles said he wanted to walk! 

I Jus' Gotta Wee Here!

 Down on the beach, Holly and I ran to the other end and played a game of 'Dig The Hole', then Holly decided to roll in something fishy!

I was doing my Pilates exercises and even managed to do a front paw balance!

Let's see if a ferret can do that!

Then back to home and that was the last we saw of OTL all day!

TM took us out at lunch time and I headed straight for the sea when we got to the beach and I was in, up to my neck!

Holly stayed on the beach and even refused to come anywhere near the water in case I splashed her!

Late afternoon OTL came back and let the ferrets out for a run around the house. Miss May still tries to give him a nip and is still very wary of Brambles and Snowflake, but she is still trying!

Miss April on the other paw, well she is a darling! She hasn't tried to bite OTL, not even a nip and likes cuddles in OTL's hand. She loves playing games of chase and is great at exploring under the beds and downstairs where she has started to pinch our biscuits and hide them under the TV!

Miss May hides them behind the bookcase!

Miss April is still hunting for Snowflake and Brambles and OTL has found her again on top of the cage!

They have both had their harnesses on and adjusted for fit and the have both had a run around the garden, on a lead as a trial before taking them out tomorrow!

This is going to be fun, two ferrets in the morning and two at lunchtime!

No wonder OTL is known as 'The Ferret Man' by all the dog walkers!

I wonder how April will handle a Staffy or that Giant Poodle Cross?

I also wonder if a Woofer can 'Fear Fart?'

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

Thunder Lightning and Mini TL's with Food to Mug!

Hi Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

We had planned to have a picnic on the beach with some of the grandchildren and children but the storms put paid to that, so, we had a picnic on the carpet instead!

But, we are getting ahead of ourselves.   

Last night we had a peaceful night, no fights, no Farts!  Miss May saved those up for the morning!

A Ferret, being related to the skunk, has a gland that they can eject a terrible stink when in fear of something that might hurt or eat them!

Old Two Legs is blessed with rotten sense of smell, so he's not too troubled by the sniff!

A Ferret, as well as  farting can also Fear Poo as well! Combine the two and you have got a powerful weapon!

As soon as the ferrets got out of the cage this morning, Brambles and Snowflake headed for the milk but May decided to have a run around to office, exploring the places she missed yesterday!

After that we headed off to the beach, leaving Miss May behind 'cos OTL says she has got to stay in until her injection 'kicks in'!

As normal, all the rabbits had gone back to bed so we didn't get a chance to have some 'Rabbit Races'!

Long Gone Rabbits!

We got a shock when we arrived, Snowflake found a rock pool where she said that a Mighty Battle had taken place!

There were dead crabs all over the place, arms and legs everywhere!

A Big Battle!

Holly says that they had been fighting over possession of the Rock Pool and Brambles reckons it is not worth all that fighting 'cos the tide was on it's way back and they could have the whole sea if they wanted!

Back home we had just enough time to eat our chicken breakfast before the gang started to arrive. There was Zoe and Paul, then Ethan and Finley and Megan. A bit later Jane and Ian and Leo and Chris turned up. We were also hoping that Andrea, Paul, Sassy and Tilly would arrive but Sassy wasn't feeling too well so they couldn't come.

They all said Hello to the ferrets and gave them all a stroke and some ferret nibbles. Then OTL loaned them a camera and the whole day was photographed by Finley, Ethan and Megan!

It's a Selfie!

 OTL kept on getting in the picture 'cos he is a show off!

It's an OTL Woofer!

 Leo and Chris kept pulling funny faces, so we decided to put their picture on today's blog!

Leo being Rude!

 Of course, seeing that, Megan decided to join in the game of 'Stick Your Tongue Out'!

A Megan Rhubarb!

Holly said that she just couldn't get to sleep after her breakfast because of the noise, everyone talking at the same time!

So Holly and I headed back to the bedroom for a quiet snooze!

A Dog can't think with all this noise!

 Now just because it was OTL's camera, he kept on getting in the shots!

We did have a lot of The Missus showing off her crafty stuff but she wouldn't let us put her picture on here, so you are stuck with OTL again!

That TL gets everywhere!

It wasn't until seven thirty that the last ones left to go home, so sorry for the late blog!

Let's hope the rain eases off and the sun shine comes back tomorrow!

Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

A visit to the vet!

Hello Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

Wot rotten weather today! Down here it was raining when we went out for our morning run and it has been raining on and off all day!

We were woken up at three thirty this morning to the sounds of Miss Snowflake telling Miss May that she shouldn't dive under the cushion when there are two ferrets trying to sleep on top of the cushion!

Other than the normal 'Fear Fart' that goes to prove they have Skunks as relatives!, All was OK and it settled down again!

That was until Old Two Legs put his hand in the cage to put a new cushion in to replace the one with poo on it, that Miss May decided to give OTL a reminder that she was still there!

More blood and a gallon of TCP later, all was safe enough for us all to go back to bed!

We had our run this morning, dodging the rain drops, when we got to the Rabbit Ground they had all gone back to bed!

Not a Rabbit to be seen!

On the beach we didn't hang about too long 'cos the rain drops were getting bigger and we didn't know how long it would be before they all joined up to make 'Heavy Rain'!

Mr Brambles was trying to get Holly to call him Bro Brambles again, she didn't but at one time she got all embarrassed and flustered when he commented on her hair cut!

You look dead smart in your new hair cut Sis!

Back home to some chicken, which was rather tasty today, complements to the Chef!

OTL, always the optimistic one, has started to train the ferrets already. Calling them to come when he calls and claps his hands, reward is a slurp of Ferretone!

He also fitted April with her harness that arrived in the post yesterday!

I don't know if I like this, even if there is some Ferretone afterwards!

Our lunchtime walk was a little blowy, but at least no rain! The waves were crashing in,so, I decided that today was not a good day for a swim!

Too rough today!

 Of course, there were the fishermen but they hadn't caught anything, not even a cold!

No fish today!

We were back by two 'cos the ferrets were off to the vets but before OTL collected them we spotted May creep into Snowflakes sleeping bag, while she was asleep!

Getting brave or wot!

A little Snuggle!

It's so sweet that May wants to be accepted and join the group, she is trying all of the tricks she can think of. At the moment Brambles has let her sleep with him all cuddled up and except for one or two upsets caused by mistakes, May is getting friendlier with Snowflake.

April is another subject!

When she is allowed out with her sister for a 'Rampage' around the house, she starts off by trying to get in Snowy Heights where she knows Brambles and Snowflake are!

Once over that she and May go chasing about all over the place. They have both conquered the stairs and also found the food bowl containing the biscuits that Brambles loves!

Funny thing is, neither of them bothered to even have a nibble!

So, down the vets and this time there was a locum standing in for the normal vets who are away on holiday at the moment. OTL explained that to the girls and they agreed not to bite the locum, this time!

After that they had to be nice to OTL 'cos he was crying again as he paid the invoice!

Back home and May has tried to get back in bed with Snowflake but got scared at the last moment, so she headed up stairs to another bed in the play room.

Tomorrow we are expecting loads of children to arrive for a visit, some will want to see the ferrets and some will want to see us and afterwards, if it's not raining, we may head off to the beach!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May.

Short Back and Sides and a new plan for Miss April!

Hello Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

Let me tell you the latest developments in the Ferret World!

Last night, after dinner, Old Two Legs decided to go up and let the 'Page Three Girls' out of the cages for a run about in the office.

Out came Miss May first of all and then Miss April was let out of her cage.

April rushed over to Snowy Heights and was rattling the door trying to get in! Finding she was locked out, she then headed straight for Miss May and gave her a nip on the back of her neck!

May, flattened herself on the carpet, frozen to the spot and didn't move. If you looked at her you would have said that someone had pulled the plug out, she was that flat on the ground!

April then shot back to the cage and proceed to climb up the outside, stopping to look inside on every floor. OTL said that she was in 'Hunting Mode'!

Now, when April is like that there is only one outcome!

OTL said he had some thinking to do 'cos even after this short time we can see that as far as ferrets go, April is 'Antisocial'!

Pick her up, and OTL says she is a soft and cuddly ferret, even though she tries to nip him, but as he says, he expects this behaviour with a new ferret, let's face it, Snowflake must have had a pint of blood out of OTL and cost him a fortune in TCP before she settled down!

OTL didn't get Snowflake and Brambles out last night 'cos he says that he doesn't like seeing ferrets fighting and rolling about on the floor doing a 'Crocodile Death Roll' and screaming at each other!  He knows that Miss May is trying to ingratiate herself into the group and has been seen to go up to the sleeping bag and sort of Mew like a baby. The sound is like 'Sssssoup' we think it is either a challenge or  maybe a baby begging call!

So, it looks like we now have two groups, just the thing OTL didn't want!

This morning OTL let April out of her cage while he cleaned it and got rid of the poo, then filled up the food bowl and water bottles. All the time April was running around making a sort of 'Dooking' sound, but she kept on jumping up at Snowy Heights looking for Snowflake and the others. At one time April climbed half way up the cage wall just to see if she could see them but they were tucked up inside a sleeping bag and May was stretched out on the cushion!

OTL took April off the wall and put her back on the floor to explore.

At that point, OTL went off to get some breakfast and some Lactose Free Milk for the ferrets and when he came back he decided to let April have hers first, before getting the others out.

So he called, and called again, nothing. Then he started searching. He searched in all the draws, behind the boxes, then the Adventure Playground, behind the freezer, behind the camera tripods then behind the bags of ferret food and cat litter, nothing, not even a rustle of paper!

OTL started to get 'Concerned'!

It was then he looked up to the top of Snowy Heights and what did we see?

Daddy, I'm Stuck!

So, down she came but she only had a couple of licks of milk, obviously not a milk lover like Brambles!

Next it was Brambles, Snowflake and May's turn for a run around and Brambles was straight into the milk, almost up to his ears, Snowflake has a few licks then goes of inspecting the office and Miss May had a couple of licks and left the milk alone. Seems she is like her sister, only drinks water!

Next it was off to the beach for our walk. We are not taking the new ferrets with us yet 'cos they have got to get their anti distemper injections first. (They are booked in for tomorrow)!

We headed off to the beach, great fun but no water! The ferrets had fun in the grass while Holly and I were searching out all the sniffs to roll in, well, it's the 'Done Thing' to turn up to the Poodle Parlor'  smelling like a Rubbish Tip, it's the only way to get OTL's money's worth!!

Just sniff those sniffs!

We hardly had time to turn around when we got home 'cos we were straight off to the parlour for our 'Shampoo and Set'!

This is a new place 'cos the usual one was full up and I must say, they did a good job on both Holly and me and on top of that we were in and out in two hours instead of the five hours at the other place!

OTL was crying 'cos it cost him twice the amount our usual place charges!

All in all not bad!

Worth every penny?

OTL says that after we have had our haircut, Holly and I look like identical twins, on our faces any way!

Now, back to the ferrets.

OTL has made a decision!

He is going to keep the three 'Non Waring' ferrets in Snowy Heights and Miss April will have her own super cage.

She will get time to spend with her sister at play time and also when they go out for a walk at lunchtime with us woofers!

Brambles, Snowflake and Us Woofers will go out in the morning. There maybe times when Miss May will be allowed out in the mornings as well, we will have to see about that!

April has been let out of the office to have a rampage about the house but so far has stayed up stairs to raid The Missuses Card Room. I suppose in time she will discover downstairs and our food bowl, just like Brambles has done!

When we go away we will travel in separate cages and OTL plans to take two levels of Snowy Heights and the new cage he got at the Doggy Shop. It is much bigger than the travelling cage and has a 'Bedroom' for April to hide in and sleep. Actually, it's a rabbit cage so it's plenty big enough for a tiddly ferret!

That's how things stand at the moment. OTL said he didn't feel happy about him putting both ferrets on the floor knowing there would be a fight, he said it would be a bit like animal baiting and he wasn't going to have anyone hurt in his house!

Tomorrow injections and of course, there is a vet to nip, great fun!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

More Sorting Out The Hierarchy!

Hi Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

That is getting quite a  mouthful and it almost fills up the line!

Where to start?

Well, last night it was considered safe enough for Miss May to stay in Snowy Heights with Brambles and Snowflake 'cos she hadn't shown any serious aggression towards them and was happy to sleep on her own. Brambles and Snowflake went up into the playroom and crashed out in one of the beds while Miss May stayed in the bedroom on the big cushion.

Miss April was still in the 'Naughty Corner' and spent the night in the big travelling cage with her own food, water, Poo Pot and bed!

Old Two Legs got up during the night to check on them and found Miss May and Miss April were awake while the other two, Brambles and Snowflake, were fast asleep!

Morning came and OTL decided that all of the ferrets could be let out into the office for a run around and a bowl of Lactose Free Milk. Snowflake and Brambles just love the stuff and we were interested to see what April and May made of it!

So, into the office came OTL with his breakfast of Rabbit Food, Orange Juice and a cup of tea. On the tray also were four small bowls with some milk in them.

OTL was doing his interpretation of 'Dooking' which the ferrets know it's him by the noise he makes, which to them, sounds nothing like 'Dooking'!

OTL puts the four bowls down, in a line and gets out the three ferrets from Snowy Heights.

All three dive towards the bowl and start licking the milk. The OTL gets Miss April out of her cage and puts her down in front of the remaining bowl.

She has a lick, then another lick and then jumps onto Brambles back and starts to beat him up!

Three bowls go flying and the milk is sloshed all over the carpet!

Brambles and Miss April then commence to have a running battle around the office, screaming and fighting and rolling about! They were running in and out of the furniture, behind all the bags of ferret food and in and out of the cat litter and then behind the cage and the rubbish bin. They were moving so fast that OTL couldn't get to them to separate this waring pair!

Finally Brambles ran across the room, with April in hot pursuit and with a deft swing of his hand OTL scooped Brambles up and out of harms way!

While OTL was cuddling Brambles to give him some reassurance, April went in hunt for Snowflake.

Snowflake was inside the 'Adventure Playground' where she sometimes likes to catch 'forty winks' but today April finds her way in and sets about trying to beat up Snowflake.

Now, Mr Brambles is, we think, around seven or eight years old, judging by the state of his teeth and if you bear in mind that eight years old is 'Getting On A Bit' for a ferret.

Miss Snowflake on the other paw is about four years old and her teeth are still sharp!

Miss April was confronted with a Red Eyed Screaming Ferret who proceeded to fight back instead of running away!

After a couple of 'Screaming Attacks' and some swift nips, Miss April backed off and left Snowflake alone!

One up for Snowy!

April and May then set off to explore the office and all of the nooks and crannies. Mr Brambles went back to drinking the milk until he was chased again by April who now saw Brambles as 'Target Number One'!

What she hadn't counted on was OTL. He picked her up and back she went to the 'Naughty Corner' again!

The ferrets then spent some time getting over the ruckus and watching Miss May for any signs of aggression, which there wasn't!

After OTL had finished sorting out all the Poo Pots, water and bedding he was off for a nine o clock appointment.

Lucky for us, (Holly and Me), The Missus agreed she would take us out for out morning stroll. We met up with Merc on his morning stroll, his full name is Mercedes, why he is named after a car we have no idea! Merc is a bit of a Bozo but a very nice woofer who loves OTL!

OTL came back in time for the midday walk and it was certainly too warm to run about and the water was right out, so no swimming!

We had a slow wander along the Sea Wall, stopping every so often for a rest in the shade of OTL sitting on one of the benches.

Oh Rats! The shade is on the other side!

 There was no one around and Holly and I had the beach to ourselves! Holly was catching up on her tan while I went in search of sniffs.

And I found one!

Oh! Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

I must admit, it really was too hot, so we didn't hang about too long on the beach. There was a big cool pond waiting for us at home!

The ferrets were mostly asleep but Miss May was still sleeping on her own, up in the play room or on the shelves.

OTL took a picture of her on one of her 'Snack Breaks', in fact she and April have loads of 'Snack Breaks'!

This is good grub you know!

The next time OTL looks, there, cuddled up together, in the same bed, fast asleep, was Miss Snowflake and Miss May!

Now that is a good sign!

Getting to know you!

The next step is to have Snowflake, May and Brambles on the same bed having a cuddle!

OTL says it is just a matter of time and we still have a lot of work to do with Miss April!

More news tomorrow, Holly and I are off to have our 'Shampoo & Set' at the doggy shop 'cos our normal one was fully booked up and OTL wasn't prepared to wait three weeks 'cos our hair would be too thick and heavy for Summertime!

Bye for now,

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April (in the naughty corner) and Miss May!

Hello New Ferrets!

Hi Woofers!

It's all of us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!

Well what a day of exciting things!

First of all we were awake early 'cos Holly kept kicking me in her sleep. So, I started to grumble and that woke Old Two Legs up and he told us to behave and in saying that he woke up The Missus who then got up and was crashing about down stairs which woke us all up!

We were down the beach for our morning walk and as soon as we got out of the car, Holly and I headed around the corner for some 'Ferret Racing'!

That is where we race the rabbits from one end of the field to the other and see who gets to the bushes first.

For some reason, Holly and I are trailing behind in number of wins. In fact we haven't one a single race yet!

Snowflake got caught again by the waves, she was looking for a rock and got surprised by a big wave!

Where did that one come from?

 She ended up with a wet tail again and spent the next couple of minutes running up and down shouting at the waves!

Come on, try that again!

 I of course went in for a swim and OTL tossed the ball in for me! I think he has given up trying to keep me clean and dry!

One the way back to the car Snowflake said that although she got a wet tail there was no way she was going to get a soggy as me!

I'd never get a soggy as you!

 Back home it was all rush and tear around to get ready to go to the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue for 'Introductions'

Now the idea is to put the ferrets into 'Neutral Terror'  and see how they react, well, in they went to a big cage and the fun began.

All of them first wandered around the cage sniffing at everything 'ferrety', then they started to sniff each other.

 So far, so good. Then we got some 'Ear Licking' which is also a good sign. Now, if they haven't tried to beat each other up by now, it is considered a good possibility they may get on.

So, we decided that it would be good to take them home and see how things go there!

We completed all the paperwork and also handed over the donation given by Jeanette. The donation was very much appreciated, so, a big Thank You to Jeanette!

We headed back for home and left May and April in the big travelling cage and put Brambles and Snowflake in the small travelling cage 'cos they are used to it when the go walking in the morning.

April and May were wide awake, all the way home and we could hear then climbing up and down the cage to see what was happening!

Finally we got home and OTL set about clearing out and washing Snowy Heights, then he gave it all a squirt of disinfectant to make it into a Ferret Free Sniffing Cage!

Once that was done we put the new ferrets in the bottom floor where the poo pots are kept, just to let them know the layout. Brambles and Snowflake went in on the second floor, which is the bedroom and eating area.

Again, sniffing and licking and sniffing and more licking. Then April flew at Brambles and we had a squeaking fight with both ferrets spinning around on the floor and making such a noise!

OTL stepped in and got them apart, it was April who was the aggressor and Brambles who was being picked on!

Having got them apart and checking for injuries, (none), they went back in together  for round two!

It happened again and again OTL pulled them apart. Aprils heart was pounding away and Mr Brambles was looking a bit bewildered as to why he was being beaten up!

We tried again but this time it was Snowflake who was chased around and ended up looking rather sheepish! When he opened the door she flew into OTL's hand and up onto his shoulder!

Then, with Snowflake out of the cage April chased after Brambles again and there was rolling and screaming until OTL got them apart again!

That was it, April got put back into the big cage to cool down and consider her behaviour!  

After a drink and nibble of food she fell fast asleep!

May was still investigating it all and tried to cuddle Snowflake but she was a bit wound up because of April. So, we left Brambles, Snowflake and May to fall asleep and get some rest, Brambles on the top floor while Snowflake and May crashed out in the bedroom!

So, that is where we are at the moment, OTL is keeping a close eye on any movement but it looks good at the moment.

OTL says that naturally the females would only meet the males at mating time, so maybe that is the reason why April is so aggressive!

We will have to see what happens.

Wot?

You want to see them?

Really?

OK................................Here are the Page Three Girls!

Miss May

 And then we have ....................

Miss April

So, more news tomorrow!

Luv from,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Mr Brambles, Miss April and Miss May!