Aimless ferret chatter

Wow, I have had absolutely zero time to post. Things are definitely starting to get busy! Pain in the butt Christmas season. I've only been able to spend about half the time I usually do up in the ferret room, and I think they're mad at me. Sophie, Cheeba, and Jebabba all stared at me defiantly while they backed right up NEXT to the litterbox. That's my ferrets - the passive aggressive floor poopers.

Sophie seems to be feeling a little under the weather, I'm concered it might be time to up her dosage of Prednisone a little. Right now she's at .25, and I think it might be time to go to .3. I was hoping we wouldn't have to do that so soon, but I've definitely seen her laying around more like she was before she was diagnosed with the Insulinoma. I definitely don't want her to have another seizure, that was absolutely terrifying. Thankfully her first and only (that we know about) was shortlived, only about 8 minutes, but it took her a full 30 minutes to bounce back after we rubbed Karo syrup on her gums.

I had the ferrets down in the family room again on Friday night, but Steve had the camera down in Southern PA, so no more fun pics! There would have been some great ones too - they were all bouncing around like little maniacs. I love watching them play. I think they're getting bored with their room upstairs, though Steve swears he hears them playing up a storm around 2 am. In January, I think he's going to build them some stuff to climb in so they can have a new jungle gym.



So this is my new thing - I've decided to offer up some knowledge as bribery for the reader(s?) who make it through my ramblings! Today's ferret tip is about ferrets and christmas trees. While ferrets may find Christmas trees to be wonderful fun toys, trees can actually be dangerous for ferrets. If you're going to have a live tree, I would recommend blocking it off with a ferret playpen, putting it up on an unreachable table, or putting it in a room where the ferrets don't go altogether. If you have to have it in the same room, make sure you block off the water or soil it's in (if it's a live tree), put all ornaments beyond their reach, and use ferret safe ornaments (metal or plastic) attached to the tree with yarn (as opposed to metal hooks). Don't use any garland or tinsel (potential blockages), and make sure the tree is securely weighted so your ferrets can't knock it over.

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ferret, ferrets, Insulinoma, Ferrets and Christmas Trees, Ferret Tips