Photo's from the ferret room!

A few recent photos of the family for your enjoyment...

Ozzy celebrating his 3rd birthday playing in the tubes!

Mojo, checking out the world upside down..thinkin' he's pretty darn cute!

Cracker Jack posing handsome for the camera!

Moki demonstrating how to REALLY relax!

Ben Ben "Tastes Like Chicken Poofer" sneaking up on someone....

Bobo, playing with her new favorite toy she got for Easter.

Luna says "This is the face you get when you take pictures of my while I'm sleeping"

No wonder they never have any toys to play with...who put them all under the cage?

The Mystery of Hair

Ever wonder why hair grows the way it does?  Until recently I hadn't given much thought to it.   A few weeks back Ozzy had surgery to remove his left adrenal gland.  I feel it important to share that prior to the surgery he had no pattern hairloss that is sometimes common with adrenal disease in ferrets.

For the surgery as expected the Vet shaved Ozzy's tummy.  Hair is now starting to grow back, but not as I expected.  Big O has random clumps of hair growing very well and then areas where no regrowth has taken place at all.  Huh?

I regularly check to see how his tummy looks, and well it just looks weird with how the hair is growing back.   I have tried to take a picture in order to show the world just how funny this looks.

I will say, wiggly white ferrets and tummy pictures showing hair regrowth is not a good combination.  I've yet to get a picture that has enough detail to be seen.  So for now you will have to use your imagination!

Snow Bunnies..err....ferrets!

Today we received our second measurable snowfall of the season. While I'm not sure exactly how much snow we received, it was beyond ferret deep anyway. The kiddos had never met snow face to face before and we wanted to see what would happen.

One by one we put their harnesses on and ventured out to the backyard. Most of them thought it was okay, Little Luna didn't like it one bit and was scrambling for dry ground and then there was Ozzy. The Blizzard of Oz took to the snow like a long lost friend.

We captured a few pictures of him out playing in the freshly fallen snow.

See what I mean, beyond ferret deep?

Cruising along....

Rollin around....

Gone Poofy...

With the exception of Luna, all had fun and I think we'll try it again sometime.

Ozzy

Introducing Ozzy, otherwise know as The Oz Man. We have chosen to celebrate his birthday on April 2nd and he is currently almost 9 months old.

Ozzy is the closest I have to a rescue ferret, he has only been in his forever home for 1 month. Prior to that he had only known pet store life. I have been told that Ozzy was purchased and returned a couple of times before I found him. Every time he was returned the reason was "because he is mean". When I first held him at the store he cuddled into my arms and gave me kisses, how could he be mean?

We brought him home, and learned that he had ear mites and was a biter. It didn't take long to realize the biting was due to the misery of the ear mites, within a week his biting behavior was all but gone. Now he is a good boy, he is the only one of my crew that acts as if he understands his name and responds when he's called.