Polly gets a Shock!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May and Miss April.

Wot a Grey Old Day it's been down here in North Kent.

We went out first thing and didn't see any sunshine at all, not even a beam of sun light through the clouds!

In fact the beam of sunshine we did see was young Barney No. 2 who came bounding along the Sea Wall to say 'Hello' to the ferrets!

Hello Girlies!

 Miss May was busy playing 'Bulldozers' in the sand!

Brrrmmmmm! Brrmmmm!

Miss April had done a sneaky, while Old Two Legs was down on the sand playing with May, April climbed up and got into OTL's jacket pocket!

This is better!

When we got to the Grass Path, Holly and I went off for a sniff but had to wait for the ferrets to finish their sniffing but they do take so long!

Even Mr Brambles didn't take this long!

When we got to the top of the path we heard the gentle pad of paws and little Polly arrived to say hello. The ferrets were on the ground and as Polly got close for a sniff, Miss May jumped forward and bumped into Polly's nose which surprised Polly so much she sat back on her tail!

Holly said that you have to be careful when a ferret is close 'cos you don't know what they are going to do!

Hello my Favourite Ferrets!

We had a visitor today, Auntie Chris who has come over to see us and play 'Glue Slapping' with The Missus. She said 'Hello' to the Page 3 Girls and even had a stroke when OTL got them out of their beds where they were snoring their heads off!

We were going to all go out for a walk but the rain started and Holly and I snuggled further into our cushions and the ferrets almost disappeared under their bedding as well!

Not that it saved them 'cos a bit later, like two thirty, OTL said there was a break in the rain and we were off in the car, together with our towel and rain coats!

We did notice that he didn't take his camera, he didn't want to get it wet!

Just as we got out of the car we met up with Bonnie, she is the Staffy that had an operation on all her Dew Claws. She said it was all healing up thanks and really didn't bother her any more.

OTL had brought the Ferret Bag and Miss April was refusing to come out 'cos the ground was wet and she doesn't do wet, just like Holly Dog!

OTL got her out a couple of times for a Wee, a Poo and a run, but she really just wanted to stay in the bag!

Back home the ferrets had a 'Rampage' in OTL's office. May was climbing up onto the desk top, then doing runs across the keyboard on both computers, making a big mess of OTL's work!

Both ferrets have been in and out of Snowflakes cage exploring all the bedding and Poo Trays. They said that if OTL does it up and re arranges some of the shelves, they may move in!

OTL wanted to know if they had arranged a mortgage yet!

Pretty soon even they got tired and headed back to bed for a snooze before going to bed for the night!

We are all looking forward to the Harrietsham Ferret Show on Saturday and OTL says that Miss May is in top condition. Miss April looks good but because she is a bit smaller than May she doesn't look so 'Rounded' like a ferret should look as Winter arrives!

OTL says that's because she spends too much time in the ferret bag instead of jogging along the Sea Wall!

We are off now to see what there is to mug.

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly,Miss May and Miss April.

Sunshine Today!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May and Miss April back again!

This morning we got up a bit later than normal, that's because The Missus was up even earlier and we weren't woken up by her snoring!

Mind you, Old Two Legs was making enough noise for all of us!

It was good to see the sun again, all the clouds were blown away by last nights wind which although it was blowing hard, it was very warm! I mean, November and we get warm winds!

Crazy!

Good Morning Mr Sun!

On our way down to the beach we met up with Barney No.2, he was tickled pink to see OTL and ignored us!

Yo OTL!

The Half Boat was still there and May went in to see if there were any Hammock Hooks for April to hang her bed on but had no luck. She said that if April wanted sleep on board she would have to bring her own hooks as well as her bed!

No Hooks Here!

 That was it, April decided that if there was no hooks and no hammocks on the boat then she wasn't going sailing on the Half Boat!

No thanks, I'll stay on shore thank you!

Along the Sea Wall both ferrets were having a race to see who could get home first but it was a tie in the end 'cos both their leads were the same length!

I'm Winning!

Back home Holly and I had some chicken waiting for us and Holly, being a bit of a joker said that the chicken tasted a bit like ferret!

Naughty Holly!

We were mooching about in OTL's office and I found Snowflakes Egg, it's a toy that shaped like an egg, it rattles if you shake it. Snowflake loved this toy and always took it to bed with her and she hid it during the day.

I found it in the bag of squeaky toys in the 'Pets R Us' bag!

So I've decided I'll look after it for her until another ferret 'Finds' it! 

Look, Snowflakes Egg!

We all went out lunchtime and had a super stroll along the Sea Wall, we found the waders that the Wormy Man had left over the bench.

The  Girls had a good sniff and said that it sniffed of Worms, so, we reckon The Worms got him and he is now getting lessons on not digging for worms!

Still no Wormy Man!

Back home April was soon asleep but May was more interested in charging about the office and rolling about on our cushions!

Holly and I had to stay in the bedroom, resting on the bed, until May was ready to go for her afternoon snooze, mind you, OTL's bed is rather comfortable!

OTL has ordered a new Ferret Bag for May and April with their embroidered names around a picture of a ferret!

With a bit of luck, that will be with us next week. So that means they can go out in their very own Ferret Bag!

We are off now to see what OTL had for dinner and if it is worth mugging him for it!

Last night we had to watch a cooking program and one of the cooks burnt an onion and called it 'Caramelized', OTL said that there was nothing special about that at all 'cos TM always Caramelises his dinners!

That's when the fight started!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May and Miss April.

Thanks.

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May and Miss April here.

First of all, a big thank you to everyone who has left messages on this diary and on The Missuses Face Ache page. You are all so kind and understanding of just how much Miss Snowflake meant to us all, especially Old Two Legs.

She is now resting, cuddled up to Mr Brambles and sharing his Wee'ing Rock!

OTL will have a couple of ferrets to talk to when he is in the garden doing to weeding!

This morning the Page 3 Girls were out with us, checking on the sniffs and generally ferreting around.

We met up with one of the Huskies who did ask Old Two Legs if the ferrets tasted of chicken but he was smiling at the time, so we think he was playing a game with them!

Do you think they taste like......?

 Miss April said she wasn't taking any chances and ran off to hide in the long grass!

You got to catch me first!

OTL picked both ferrets up and we walked on until they felt it was safe to get down. Mind you, they did keep looking over their shoulders, just in case!

I think we got away!

Down on the beach we were hailed from the Sea Wall by Barney No. 2 who wanted to come down onto the beach for a game but his Two Legs wouldn't let him 'cos the ferrets were investigating the 'Half Boat'!

Yo Girlie's!

Miss April did some investigating underneath inspecting the hull for barnacles!

No Barnacles here!

Mind you, April did say that she doesn't do wet and would leave any sailing on the water to some one else!

Miss May was still ferreting around inside and said there were no soft beds to sleep on! Holly said she needed to bring her own hammock!

OK, where do I hang the Hammock!

As we headed home, we met up with Young Poppy who told us that she had written to Father Christmas and has put 'A Ferret' on the top of her list, ahead of Bones, Biscuits, Treats and Toys!

I really want a Ferret as a mate!

Back home we all headed for our beds for a snooze while OTL did his work and The Missus headed off with Auntie Helen to do a 'Raid' on the local 'Craft Shop'!

Now, did we tell you about the Ferret Show being held this coming Saturday 21st?

It's being run by the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue to help feed and look after homeless ferrets until they can find a 'Forever Home'

Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles both won rosettes in their classes and we are hoping that May and April will keep up the good record!

The show is open to members of the public who wish to see what ferrets are all about!

The show is open at 09:00hr for booking in and the judging starts at 10:00hr.

There is hot and cold food being served all day and there is a Tombola with fantastic prizes!

Loads of free parking space, full details on the Harrietsham Web Site
         
Come along and meet us all!

May and April will be there in their 'Competition Cage' and Holly and I will be under the table 'cos we are not classed as ferrets!

Lunchtime we were back down the beach again 'cos the Page 3 Girls are in training for the show and are out jogging twice a day now!

We got going along the Sea Wall but came across a pair of 'Waders' as used by the Wormy Men when they are dancing in the mud. Problem was, no Wormy Man!

Do you think he has left them behind or have the Worms ganged up and attacked him and have thrown his boots back onto dry land?

Boots but no Wormy Man!

It was about then that the rain started. Miss April climbed up OTL's trouser leg and got into his jacket pocket, so she was warm, dry and snug!

Holly, May and I were left to trot back to the car 'cos we didn't want to get soaking wet!

I'm off, I don't do wet!

We all got a rub down in the end and enjoyed a long snooze on our cushions while the ferrets mugged OTL for some Ferretone!

Early to bed tonight 'cos we have got to be up early for another jog along the Sea Wall, May's training schedule is getting to the crucial part now!

Mind you, April reckons she will win 'cos she is so cute!

See you all tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May and Miss April.

Miss Snowflake has gone.

Hello Woofers,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May and Miss April here.

Today we had to say goodbye to Miss Snowflake.

As you know, she has been having trouble with a bone growth on her ribs, just where they join the spine.

When she first arrived here the lump was as big as Old Two Legs little finger nail but over the three years she has been with us it has just kept on growing.

The vet reckons it could have been the result of 'Trauma' which could be a fight with a rabbit or something like that. She was used as a 'Working Ferret' before she came to us, so we reckon that's what happened.

December 27th, when she poked her head out from under the shed and Holly and I thought she was some sort of white rat that was trying to invade our territory, we didn't realise just what a change we all were going to get!

OTL started off with removing seventy four ticks (nasty little blind, flesh eating spiders) from her. Then while OTL was running around looking for her owner, she settled into a comfortable life in the shower, well, we didn't have any cages for ferrets then!

Once we found the owner and he passed ownership to us Snowflake started a life of fun, she learnt how to climb all over the house and even had a go at playing the banjo!

She was a bit of a pickle to begin with and it took six months for her to stop sinking her teeth into OTL's hands! I think she just got fed up with the sniff of TCP!

She just loved going out for a walk with us, on her lead with a special harness OTL got for her.

 She was joined by Brambles, a lovely Sandy Hob and the pair settled down to an idyllic life together. If they weren't chasing each other then you would find them having cuddles together.

Sadly we lost Brambles to old age a couple of months ago.

Just of late the bone growth has been getting bigger and there was nothing that could be done to stop it. In the last few days it started to put pressure on her spine and although she did not appear to be in pain, her back legs and paws became a problem when she tried to walk.

Today was to be a visit to the vet to get another jab but the way she was walking made it obvious that her condition would never improve and she would soon be in pain.

OTL had brought the Ferretone with him and Snowflake was making a real pig of herself licking the stuff up from the lid!

Well, she didn't even feel the tranquilizer injection and she slowly fell asleep still slurping her favourite treat!

She had managed to do a big poo on the table and OTL picked her up and wiped  her butt clean, gave her a kiss and handed her to the vet.

So Snowflake drifted off peacefully and with no pain at all. OTL brought her back home and now she is in the big flower pot with Brambles, cuddled up next to him.

OTL spent the afternoon cleaning and disinfecting Snowy Heights and now it's all done it seems so empty and quiet.

We are all going to miss her terribly.

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May and Miss April.

Miss Snowflake Died 16-11-15 Aged 5-6 years old.

Snowfllake Gets a Strop On!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Miss May and Miss April here!

Old Two Legs and The Missus were up terribly early today, in fact it was so early that Holly and I went back to sleep!

The ferrets all stayed asleep,so you can tell how early it was!

It was still dark when we were bundled into the big car, but not the ferrets!

Off we went and on the way we worked out that we were picking up Auntie Helen and then off to pick up some mates and then they were off to play Glue Slapping in Maidstone.

What ever turns you on!

Back we went and today we didn't pick up Snowflake 'cos she is having difficulty with her back legs, so she stayed in bed!

We got down to The Sea Wall and spotted what we think is a 'UFO', that is a Unidentified Ferret Object!

It looked like it was hovering over the top of Sheerness!

Look! It's a UFO!

 OTL said that it wasn't an UFO, it was a Star!

Wot?

We got a move on and headed towards The Beach 'cos that is across the river from Sheerness. When we got there it looked like the UFO had turned up it's engines and was about to leave, but there was no noise!

5-4-3-2-1-Lift Off!

OTL was still going on about it being a Star and we didn't think he was looking at the same thing but he said it was the Sun shining through the clouds and of course, the Sun is a Star!

Holly said that it may be the Sun but a UFO was more interesting!

On our way to the beach we noticed that the breakwater had a couple of planks missing and it will be interesting to see what that will do to the sand and shingle on the beach!

Two Planks Missing?

We started to head for home when Holly spotted a Woofer in the distance. She knew who it was and sat down to wait.

It's Bert!

WE hadn't seen Bert for some time, so we all had a chase around, but not very far 'cos he has to be kept on a lead!

Hello Little Girl!

 Holly, being the Tart, was jumping around in front of him and being all Soppy!

Can't catch me!

 In the end Bert had to carry on his walk even though he would have rather stayed with us!

Bye Girls, see you again soon!

Back home Snowflake was busting to get out and after a quick charge around the office, she settled down to a drink of her Lactose Free Milk.

Miss May was going potty trying to get out but Snowflake ignored her, until she had finished the milk.

Then is started, she was up at May's cage, rattling it with her paws and telling that she would 'Sort May Out' if she came out!

After her cage was cleaned, OTL put Snowflake back and let out the Page 3 Girls, May was straight up to Snowflakes cage and started calling her to 'Come outside and we'll sort it out!'

OTL kept picking May up and taking her out of the office to try to calm them both down!

It didn't work!

In the end he had to hang a blanket over Snowflakes cage so they couldn't see each other!

You could hear Snowflake muttering but in the end even she climbed into bed and fell asleep!

Holly and I had some chicken waiting for us but we let it get cold 'cos it was such fun watching the pair of them trying to fight through the cage bars!

Lunchtime we took the Page 3 Girls with us for a walk. At first they were all snoozy and really wanted to go back to bed but a bit of sea air soon got their noses twitching!

May was rushing about having a game of 'Chase' with OTL while April spent most of the time trying to get OTL to pick her up again!

This is a good place to wee!

We noticed that the 'Half Boat' had slipped further down the beach but it hadn't floated off yet.

Miss May said that she thought, if we all pushed together, we could float it away with the tide.

OTL pointed out that we would all get our paws wet, Holly backed off straight away and April said we were 'On our own!'

Ho well, maybe next time!

If we all shoved together?

 We have just got a phone call from TM, seems like she is ready to be picked up in the big car. OTL did suggest she get the bus home.

I think he will be on Doggy Scoff for the next week or two!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Wot A Grey Day!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Miss May and Miss April!

Well, it is Saturday again, so that means that The Missus pinches the car and goes off to her 'Master Class' to slap the glue about again!

That also means she is out early and pinches the little car to take all her stuff up the hall and that means we have to make a choice, do we walk up to the Village Hall and collect the car or do we say 'Stuff It' and get in the big car and do it in style?

'Stuff It' we all said and headed off to the beach in the big car!

Miss Snowflake was interested in the 'Half Boat' and reckons she found that it has a sort of Anchor that is preventing it from drifting off!

Well it looks like an anchor!

Then after that she headed off to do some sniffing and found what she described as a 'Super Ferret Sniff!

Like me, she just loves a roll and unlike me, she gets away with it!

This is how it's done!

We met up with The Lads out on their morning run and Young Poppy went up to Old Two Legs and tried to swap her mate, Boo, for Miss Snowflake!

Come on, I'll do you a swap for Snowflake?

Snowflake heard what was being proposed and decided that the best thing to do was to get to the vet early!

I'm Off, Vets appointment, Sorry!

It was the truth, but we were half an hour early!

Holly and I stayed in the car while OTL and Snowflake headed in and poor Snowflake got stabbed twice and OTL says his wallet got stung as well!

Still it could be worse but tomorrow we are not going to the vets 'cos Snowflake got a 'Double Dose' of antibiotic and another anti inflammatory jab, so she will be OK until Monday at eleven when she is due to see the vet again.

Back home it was Snoozy Time  while OTL cleaned out the cages and then sat down to watch the F1 Practise. Well, that's what he thought he was going to do but instead we decided that we wanted our Lunchtime Walk!

Trouble was, it was raining, not hard but enough to get too wet!

As we had made such a fuss and the ferrets were all dressed up in their harnesses, so we couldn't really back out!

OTL has taken the big camera out and already he has found the B&W button and of course, the first to get their picture taken is me!

and I got Wetter and Soggier as we headed home!

The ferrets didn't mind the rain and they found the sniff that Snowflake was rolling in this morning.

Yes! They even stopped for a roll themselves!

How do they get away with it?

Snowflakes been here!

We didn't hang about too long 'cos Holly and I didn't want to get too wet, so it was back to the car A.S.A.P!

I don't care if you are related to Otters, get a move on!

Back home we all got dried and snuggled down for a snooze. Snowflake wanted to come out for a run around the office, so I was sent out!

OTL had to give her a wash 'cos she had not been able to get to the Poo Pot quick enough and had wee all down her leg. We are hoping that the antibiotic stuff will clear up any infection that she might have and she gets better soon. We will get a better idea when she visits the vet again on Monday. Claws crossed!

F1 Racing tomorrow, so we may have to have our lunchtime walk a little earlier!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

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

A Monochromatic Day!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Miss May and Miss April.

Well, he is at it again!

Old Two Legs is trying to get all 'Arty' with his photos and has dug out the Yellow Filter, switched the camera controls over to Black & White and started up the Computer Program for processing B&W!

So, here is the first!

Old Sheerness!

When The Missus saw this she said she preferred colour to B&W but if you took a colour of the same scene it would be almost all B&W!

Holly and I had more important things to do, like suggest that the 'Half Boat' packs up it's gunwales and clear off!

are you Still Here?

Miss April suggested we dig a trench in front of the Half Boat and run it all the way down to the sea, then when the tide comes in it will fall back into the sea and go somewhere else!

We could start here!

We didn't think it was a good idea 'cos it was full of stones and rocks and stuff!

Holly and I headed off and Miss May followed to see if we found any good sniffs!

Sniffed that one yesterday!

When we got home, OTL had found Miss Snowflake had got 'Caught Short' and missed the Poo Pot all together, which is most unlike her. So, after clearing everything up he made a call to the vets and got an appointment for nine fifty, just twenty minutes away!

So off they went, Holly and I stayed at home, we're not daft!

OTL thought that Snowflake might have got an infection but her temperature was all OK, she did a wee on the inspection table and that was pronounced as 'Normal'!

The vet and OTL just couldn't decide if there was anything wrong and if it was, then just where it was wrong!

In the end they decided to put her on a course of antibiotics and also give her an 'anti inflammatory' injection as well, just in case!

If you remember before she was given a course of antibiotics that was supposed to be taken through her mouth but as soon as it was squirted down her throat, she spat it back out all over the vet!

So, for the next five days she has an appointment with the vet to get stabbed with a needle!

Back home she spent most of the day sleeping, except late afternoon when she got up for a little rampage, that was until she found Holly's new bed and said it was the most comfortable bed she had ever rested on, and immediately fell asleep!

I Love this Woofer Bed!

So, leaving her to snooze we took the Page 3 Girls out again for a second rampage on the beach.

April decided to dig her own hole under the boat so it would float away.

I'll dig my own hole to get rid of the boat!

Mind you, in the end she got fed up and joined me sniffing for new sniffs!

That camera clicking sound can really put you off you know!

Back home I got a full wash down with soap and water, you see I had found this really super stinky sniff and just had to have a roll!

I got washed, scrubbed, rinsed and wrung out too dry!

But was a really good sniff!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Polly is in the Poo!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake, Miss May and Miss April here!

We have been hearing that there is a storm heading towards the UK today but it will stay up north in the North West of Scotland! Which is just as well 'cos we don't want the storm down here, just imagine it, the wind blowing all the sea into big waves and crashing on the beach and there he is, Old Two Legs, trying to get a photograph!

It was bad enough his telephone making a 'Bing Bong' sound as he got an SMS saying that the  Lochaline to Fishnish ferry is on an 'Amber Alert' due to the high winds and may be cancelled!

Yeah, like we are heading for the Isle of Mull today??????!

Mind you, the sky was a bit dark this morning as we headed towards the Beach!

No Storms Thank You!

We met up with the Lads and young Polly on the way and she couldn't wait to say hello to Snowflake who she has fallen in love with!

Hello Miss Snowflake!

On the beach it was good to see that the 'Plank' had sailed off into the distance and not returned. Miss Snowflake did her normal 'Ferreting' in and under the sea weed. Then she scampered up the beach and stopped, 'I Sniff Woofers' she said, which we thought was daft 'cos Holly and I are Woofers and she was sniffing us!

'No, you Daft Doggies' she said, 'I can sniff 'Other Doggies'!

I Sniff Doggies!

We couldn't see any woofers, so we headed up to the grass path and half way up the path Young Polly appeared at the top!

Well, we had to take at least two looks to make sure!

She was covered in Medway Mud from the river!

It was amazing 'cos we have never seen her all mucky like that before. She has always been a very well kept and clean woofer, always well brushed and looking neat and tidy!

Wow! You look great!

It didn't take long for the others to arrive and it seems that it was Bryn who had been leading them all astray, but he only got his paws muddy, Polly was covered!

You know, she even had the cheek to ask OTL for a cuddle but before he could say anything, Polly got put on a lead and marched off down the path and off to home for a bath!

Wot About a Cuddle?

Holly said that if it was warmer sh might have gone for a paddle in the mud!

Yeah, Right, Old Scary Knickers in the wet, that will be the day!

Back home OTL has been worrying about Miss Snowflake 'cos she has been forgetting where she left her Poo Pots! Which is most unlike Snowflake who has always been a clean and tidy little ferret. Mind you, she is eating well and her poo is a 'Healthy Poo' as OTL says, it's just she has sort of 'Missed' the poo pot!

She is getting near to her birthday and OTL says that she could be anywhere between five and six years old. She is still full of fun and loves to play games and have a cuddle with OTL and she still climbs up onto his shoulders to lick his ear! So, we are keeping our claws crossed that it is just that she is getting old and she isn't so fast on her paws between bed and poo pot!

Lunchtime we woke the Page 3 Girls up and headed off to beach again.

This time OTL had swapped his lens over to the one with a Yellow Filter!

Scary clouds over Sheerness.

While OTL was snapping away, we all had a game on the sand 'cos the tide was right in and it had even covered the rocks!

Miss May, being deprived of a rock to wee on decided to wee on the beach instead and do it before the wave reached her!

She loves living dangerously!

It can't catch me!

April had fun sniffing around the 'Half a Boat' and even had a go at digging a hole but she wasn't going anywhere near the waters edge, another Woofer who doesn't 'do wet stuff'!

You won't catch me down there!

Holly, who is getting over the 'Grumbly Tum' was developing a 'Short Attention Span' and after having a sniff, decided to flop down to wait for the ferrets.

Why do they take so long over a sniff?

We have been told about a Two Legs who, in the early hours of the morning, decided to mow their lawn in the front of the house. Being very dark at that time in the morning, this TL decided that
getting all dressed up just to mow the grass was a waste of time, so, with a wide brimmed hat and still wearing her Jim Jams, she set about mowing the lawn and scaring everyone who looked out of their windows wondering who was making so much noise at that time in the morning!

It's a good job that OTL doesn't get ideas like that, he doesn't wear Jim Jams, scary or wot!

We're off to do some mugging now, watch out for the grass cutter in a big hat!

Luv,

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