A Sunday Lay in!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

Last night, after our dinner, Old Two Legs and The Missus left us on our own and headed off to the local church!

Seems there was a show on involving violins and a cello! No don't ask, us woofers are not into violin stuff, it seems that when they are 'Playing' the violin it looks more like they are trying to saw it in half!

That of course left us on our own to stretch out on the sofa and nibble on a carrot until they came back!

Now all this going out means that they came in late and went to bed late and of course you know what happened next!

Yep! They got up late and in the case of OTL it was a whole hour and a half later than normal!

On our walk the sun was up but there was no sign of a sun rise, it just sort of didn't happen!

No Sun, just clouds and a wind!

The ferrets declined the offer of coming out with us and stayed late in bed a little more than OTL!

Miss May was awake when we got back and after a slurp of Ferretone she was galloping around chasing Eric in and out of the plastic shopping bags and cardboard tubes!

Lunchtime they were all asleep again and not interested in coming out with us, even if we were an hour and a half late!

We got down there and met up with Max and Oscar and Bryn! We hadn't seen them for ages. We walked with them for a while, discussing sniffs and other woofy stuff!

Look it's The Lads!

 OTL has been playing on the computer doing work type stuff and every so often he sits back and falls asleep!

That will teach him to stay out late!

See you tomorrow when we should have the results of the visit to the vet with May, Eric and Wendy!

Bye Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

A Lazy Saturday

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

Oh! We do just love Saturdays, Old Two Legs leaves the work computer switched off so he doesn't get involved with spread sheets and invoices, and orders and other really boring stuff!

Instead we go out walking over the foot paths and around all the trees and bushes!

This morning it was rather chilly and dark, really dark, so OTL didn't see us having a roll in a particular whiffy sniff! Mine you, when we got back he could see the skid marks all over our harnesses!

That means that tomorrow OTL will get them washed and hung up in the airing cupboard to dry off!

Miss May was a bit dopey this morning and didn't come out to play but rather wanted to have a cuddle with OTL when he was cleaning the cage.

OTL says it is right difficult scooping ferret poo out of a cage one handed whilst holding a ferret in the other arm!

It was only after her and Eric were back in the cage that she really woke up and went ferreting around the cage!

Lunchtime came and OTL asked Eric if he wanted to come out but Eric stayed curled up in the ferret Cuddle Cup saying it was just too cold. Miss Wendy and Monty were offered the chance of coming out but they both stayed hidden in the ferret bed, cuddled up and told OTL to 'Walk the Dogs' and to leave them alone!

The wind was coming in off the sea and the tide was in so it was rather nippy.

Back home we cuddled up with OTL on the sofa and watched  some TV, well we started off watching but we all fell asleep after a little while, only to be woken up in turn by the dustbin men, one of the neighbours, two visitors to next door, the postman and the Avon Lady!

So the snoozing was a little broken!

Then late in the afternoon, The Missus returned from her glue slapping, well actually it was an 'Inky Day' which means she is covered from head to paw in inky splodges and and inky looking moustache where she wiped the back of her hand under her nose!

Tonight it will be a relaxing night and OTL has threatened to put both Holly and I in the shed if we wake him up tonight and he will know about our guarding 'cos he has set up a security camera to monitor our movements.

He can be dead sneaky sometimes!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

Busy Busy Day!

Hello Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

Well, we tried Archie Babes trick of moving the paw to prove we have been doing our guarding job.

It didn't work, you see, Holly Chops is a bit of a 'Mover' when it comes to sleeping and we had discussed this paw moving trick and Holly said she would try it first. So, on the hour she rolled over and stuck her back leg out straight with a bit of force.

It was then that we heard Old Two Legs shout out as though he was in pain, which he was, 'cos Holly had managed to stick her back claws straight into his ear!

OTL was not happy! Neither was I 'cos I was forced to go out on the rounds while Holly stayed in bed saying that her claw was bruised and she couldn't walk properly!

It was dark this morning and just a little chilly, the Weather Man says it will get colder as we get nearer to the weekend, nearer? The weekend is tomorrow!

The Missus is off tomorrow to the village hall for a bit of glue slapping so we may have a relaxing day watching TV and nibbling on treats!

OTL has been busy and had some boxes to dispatch at lunchtime so we went along with him, just to woof at the carrier man!

Eric came with us but he stayed in the bag when we were walking along the sea shore he even refused to move when OTL put him down on the concrete!

I'm not moving at all, it is just too cold for any sort of moving about!

 It was just the same when we got to the football field, OTL found a Mole Hill that had some fresh earth where the mole had been busy but Eric even turned his nose up at a Mole Hill, he just wanted to get back into the bag again!

I just don't do Mole Hills in this weather!

Now, as you know, Eric and Wendy have been booked into be stabbed on Monday, well, OTL made a booking for Miss May as she seems a little off colour. OTL has been studying her and her actions and thinks she could be troubled with Insulinoma which is a sort of reverse of Diabetes and is common in ferrets of her age. With diabetes you don't produce enough insulin but with Insulinoma you produce too much!

I don't think it can be cured but there are pills she can take each day to keep it under control, providing of course if OTL's diagnosis is correct!

We'll find out on Monday!

Have yourselves a good weekend!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

It's a Yum Yum Day!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

Wot a super day it's been. Old Two Legs woke up late this morning and we were a whole half of an hour late in going for our morning walk. It was still black out and not even the moon was visible!

Maybe the Chinese nicked it with their rocket and now it's No9 on the menu.

Moon Chow Mien?

Lunchtime was great, the sun was out and sky was blue and Eric managed a little longer walk than normal!

Sunshine on Sheerness!

The sniffs were OK but Holly kept loosing the sniff on the top path. I did suggest it had rolled down the hill!

No, it's here somewhere and sniffs don't roll!

 Eric was in his bag as normal and he decided that being in a bag was the best place for a ferret, especially when there is a sniff on the loose!

Well, I reckon the sniff got blown away!

OTL dug Eric out of the bag when we got to the bench and suggested that Eric go and have a ferret around for the elusive sniff but Eric decided to leave the sniff and did a very fast exit and returned to the bag like a streak of light!

Just watch out for the burn marks as I head for that bag!

On the football field I was showing Eric where the sniff might have disappeared to but he said it was the wrong sniff!

Hey, what about this one, it's 'Mouldy' enough!

Back home we had a snooze while waiting for Michael and Sue to arrive. It was super seeing them again and we got two bags of Doggy Treats, a bag of Rawhide chews with tasty bits stuck to the rawhide, plus, a bag of Doggy Sausages that we will save until tomorrow!

OTL and The Missus were given a 2019 Calendar with pictures of the places Michael and Sue have visited during the year. There were pictures of Scotland and Yorkshire and Kent, right dead posh it was!

I suppose that TM and OTL will be fighting over who has it and I reckon TM will be the winner!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

More Star Gazing!

Hello Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

This working for a living is not much fun, you know we have been up almost all night doing our guarding duties, marching around the house, checking all the doors and locks. After that we have to inspect under all the beds to make sure no Nargles or Nifflers have crept in during the day.

Of course, there is the sniffing out of all the ferret nibbles that have been stashed away. It almost wears your nose out!

After all of that is done we have to wake up and go for a morning wee!

It was dark this morning, loads of dark clouds and the only thing we saw was the Moon and Venus!

Taken using the phone camera

We don't take the camera with us in the morning 'cos most of the time there is nothing to photograph. The Sun is still in bed and there is no morning glow on the horizon!

Mind you, lunch time is better, providing there is something to photograph!

Holly Chops catching up after a stop for a wee!

Now, we expected that the Two Legs would all be back at work but there were a number of them wandering along the sea shore, some even had woofers with them!

Where did that lot come from?

Eric is still playing his game of 'Hide in the Bag' but when we got to the football field Holly and I headed off to the Mole Hills for a dig while Old Two Legs coxed Eric across the field by showing Eric the bag then running off as Eric chased after OTL to get in!

I don't think this is funny. Just wait until I catch you!

We got back home and was settling down for an afternoon snooze when we heard OTL making a phone call.

Normally his phone calls are boring beyond belief but this one was to the vet!

Seems that January is the time when Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret have to go in for their Distemper jab.

Jab? Have you seen the size of the needle compared with the size of a ferret? It's like getting stabbed with a bicycle pump with a sharp end!

Rather them than me!

Anyway, an appointment has been made for them to get stabbed next Monday and already OTL is counting the contents of his money bag to make sure he has enough!

Poor OTL!

Tomorrow we are expecting Auntie Sue and Michael to visit, should be fun!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret! 

My List Of New Year Resolutions!

Happy New Year Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret again!

Well, last night was a bit of a Whizz Pop and then nothing. Holly woke up to the sound of Whizz Bangs at twelve but they weren't close and she only had a little woof and a cuddle with The Missus.

After that she crawled onto TM pillow and after another cuddle and a stroke, went back to sleep.

Old Two Legs didn't wake up at all!

I must admit that was it not for Holly treading on my ear as she headed for TM's pillow, I wouldn't have heard the noise either!

As normal, we were our at six thirty and it was black, as normal. There were a few minutes when the cloud parted and we could see the crescent moon and Venus up  in the sky.

Miss May was too sleepy to get up this morning and decided to stay in OTL's arm while he had his breakfast and cleaned the cages out!

Lunchtime Eric was woken up and invited to go out for a walk and even though he said he would rather stay in bed, OTL scooped him up and off we went with Eric in the bag with his head poking out the top!

Being a Bank Holiday there loads of Two Legs and Woofers running about all over the place. Eric got Oooo'd and Aaar'd at and stroked as well. he really enjoyed the walk especially as most of it was spent in the bag!

Once we got to the Football field, OTL dug him out again for a run and a sniff at the Mole Hills.

Hey Lads! I can sniff Mole Holes!

 Now I know our sense of sniff is better that any TL but we were quite a way away from the football field but Eric was positive he could sniff moles and he could even tell which direction the sniff was coming from........impressive!

Hey Lads, it's coming from over there!

 As soon as we got to the Football Field Eric was off hunting moles and soon found a pile of mole diggings he could have a snuffle in!

It's here, I just know it is here!

 Eric made a great mess of the mole diggings and even though he didn't find a mole, he certainly help spread the diggings all over the place!

Back home there was a bowl of chicken waiting for us and for 'afters' a big chew!

Now to cheer you all up..........tomorrow it's back to work!

Now,  about these resolutions.......................bye the way,........what are resolutions?

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

It's not the same!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here on the last day of 2018!

It's been a mixture of a year for us all, we lost Freddy de Ferret to old age earlier in the year but have been blessed with little Monty de Ferret who has fallen in love with Miss Wendy and keeps her on her claws!

Miss May is showing signs of age now but she is looked after by Eric de Ferret who gives her loads of cuddles when she is not feeling well and plenty of chases when she has the pickle in her!

Holly and I have been doing well for our age and we haven't been to the vets so often and cost Old Two Legs a fortune!

We have all been away on some great holidays in the caravan and had some super times on the beaches!

OTL had some excitement when we were on holiday, the car decided to throw a wobbler and catch a cold in the engine and had to be 'Rescued' by the garage and driven to the menders to pick up a loan car, (250 miles) then do the whole trip again to take The Missus to a Craft show, another 250 miles, then do it all again to collect the mended car and TM and back to the caravan site, (another 250 miles)!

It's a good job OTL likes driving!

We are planning to go back to the same beach and caravan site in 2019, twice!

Claws crossed that the car behaves its self and claws crossed for some sunny weather like wot we had this year!

Today is the last day in 2018 and OTL had to go out at lunch time so we were walked around the foot ball field by TM! That means we don't get our normal walk and Eric had to stay in the cage and miss out on his ride in the bag!

Never mind, he should get a walk tomorrow!

OTL says that he will have a slurp of Single Malt Whisky tonight to 'See the New Year in' and he might have one earlier to see the old year out!

It's tonight we expect that there will be the normal Whizz Bangs at midnight, so Holly will have to stay cuddled up to OTL until it all goes quiet!

Better still, let's hope they have all run out of Whizz Bangs and we get a noise free night!

We wish you all a Happy New Year and may all your wishes be granted, except for the next Euro Millions numbers 'cos we want them here, just so we can have fillet steak every day for 2019!

Bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Monty get's Bored!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

How's your day been? Here in North Kent we have not been too active today, mainly 'cos Old Two Legs has been too efficient and got all his jobs done before time and decided to watch some TV, which is another excuse to fall asleep with his feet up! Needless to say, us woofers jump up onto his chair and cuddle up and have a snooze as well!

Well, what's good for OTL is OK by us!

This morning we were up early, no I don't know why, so that means we were down the sea shore early, which means it was dark and because it was cloudy, we didn't see any stars or UFO's just the glow of the moon behind the clouds.

A bit boring really!

Back home all the cages were sorted in double quick time. Miss May had a cuddle with OTL and fell asleep in his arms for half an hour or so. She does that a lot nowadays, OTL says it is because she is getting old.

He also uses that as an excuse for doing the same thing as well!

The ferrets get a run around the house for an hour or so until they get too tired and find a sleeping place in The Missus card store or under the sofa. Miss May woke up from OTL's arms and had a ferret around until she found her Lactose Free Milk and some Brambles Biscuits and headed off to bed again in her cage. Eric was behind the boxes in TM's store room but came out when OTL squeezed the Squeaky Chicken, Eric is a big sucker for a Squeaky Chicken!

After May and Eric retire, out comes Monty and Wendy for their rampage. They chase each other all over the house, in and out the chairs and the cardboard tubing OTL puts down for them. They also love the plastic shopping bags to roll around in!

There are times when Monty gets a little adventurous, he climbs up the side of May's cage and then taunts May and Eric through the bars on the top of the cage!

It's alright, he can't get me, I'm standing on the tray!

 He has to be careful 'cos Eric tries to nip his paws through the bars! Painful!

Get off my roof or I'll be up there to sort you out!

Luckily for Monty, OTL rescued him from the top of the cage and put him on the floor where he could blow raspberries at Eric!

Lunchtime Eric came out with us, we were going to take Monty and Wendy but they were fast asleep and Eric was awake and bashing the cage door, so he came out with us!

He spent most of the time sitting on OTL's hand in the bag with his head poking out the top, watching the world go by!

No thanks, I'm quite comfortable where I am, keep walking!

 We got stopped a couple of times by Two Legs who wanted to stroke Eric and go Oooo! Aaaah! over him, as normal, I mean, it's not as if they have never seen a ferret before!

Oh Gawd, more TL's to stroke Eric!

Mind you, when we got to the football field OTL put Eric on the floor and made him walk all the way back to the car!

Back home again for some more snoozing!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

A Hard Days Snoozing!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

You will be glad to know that there were no punch ups today!

Mind you, when Eric got put back into his cage he spent ages climbing up the cage door and giving it a really good shake!

We went out at lunchtime for a walk and a wee but Eric decided to stay in the bag and watch the world go by from the top of the bag!

He was put down on the ground for a run several times but would only run back to Old Two Legs and climb up OTL's leg to get back into the bag again!

We reckon that he can't wait until Spring time when the weather will be warmer and he will feel more like having a run in the grass.

We will have to get Wendy and Monty out for a run 'cos they haven't been out for a week or so.

When it comes to lunch time they both have been tucked up in their sleeping blankets and refused to come out!

OTL says that they will have to stay awake by not letting them go to sleep!

That will of course be a difficult thing to do!

Today we have been lazy, watching DVD's and catching up on recorded TV programs.

The Missus has been plonking about with some cards and perfecting a Multi Layering Technique that she hopes to demo up at the village hall when that glue slapping starts again in January.

She has been banging the card with a strange array of tools, like bottle tops and credit cards and cotton buds and fuzzy edge paint brush!

No, don't ask, just go Oooo! and Aarh! and Mmmm, Interesting!

We hear that Archie Babe will be rid of his neighbours soon, the ones that don't like his choice of fence panels!

It's nice when you can start off the New Year on a positive note!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret

Just a Little punch up!

Hello Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

We had a bit of fun this morning, Old Two Legs had almost finished cleaning out the ferret cages. Miss May and Eric had been out charging about and got sleepy so she hid in the innards of the sofa. OTL found her and enjoyed a cuddle with her in his arms while she gently snoozed!

She is getting on a bit now and needs her sleep more than normal, plus it takes a while for her to wake up!

A bit like OTL really, he always takes time waking up!

Eric and May were back in their cage while OTL cleaned Monty and Wendy's cage. Eric, was still wanting to rampage was rattling the cage door. Monty was hunting for nibbles that may have been hidden in and around the office.

Wendy, on the other paw had decided that she wanted a snooze in the box where The Missus keeps her Pinafores she wears when crafting, a super place to snooze, all warm and soft!

So, we have Wendy snoozing in warm place, Monty behind the bottom drawer picking up Ferret Nibbles and Eric rattling the cage door 'cos he's still awake and wants a game!

OTL gets a bit fed up with Eric making such a noise and opens the cage door, picks Eric up and plonks him down on the desk top and squirts some Ferretone into the flip top cap.

Eric licks his lips and dives in for a king size slurp!

OTL goes back to cleaning and goes off to the bathroom to wash out the cleaning cloth.

Eric, finishing the Ferretone decides to go for a wander and soon finds the tube that leads from the desk top all the way to the floor.

Landing on the office floor he was about to head out of the door when he hears a scrabbling sound coming from the bottom drawer.

Mmmm! Must be Nargles or Nifflers stealing our stuff concludes Eric and in a flash he was into the drawer and out the back.

That's when all hell broke loose 'cos in the back of the drawer was Monty, rearranging the nibbles when, from a great height came Eric who hunts Nargles for breakfast and Nifflers for dinner!

There was a great deal of squealing, squeaking and crashing about!

There was Fear Farting and Weeing and biting and clawing!

Oh Gawd! Says OTL as he started to pull the drawers out and stack them on the desk top. After taking the three drawers out he dived into the empty space and grabbed Monty as he was about to sink his teeth into the tail of Eric!

Next Eric got picked up and deposited into Monty's clean cage while OTL marched Monty into the bathroom for a quick wash down to get rid of all the wee that covered him!

To keep him out of trouble he was put into the shower cubical and the door shut while OTL went in search of Eric to treat him to a wash and brush up!

Eric was put back into his cage and Monty was dried again and taken down stairs to have some milk and nibbles while OTL finished tidying up the office and the cleaning stuff!

It's a shame that the two ferrets don't get on together, they would have so much fun chasing around the house but I think it is a 'Territorial Thing'!

Lesson learnt by OTL and Monty has a tale to tell to Wendy!

See you all tomorrow'

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!