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| Newton was our first ferret. She was a dark-eyed-white and was the most human-oriented ferret I've known. She would cuddle on my lap while I watched TV and she slept in our bed. She joined our home in 1993 and taught us what ferrets were all about. She was clever and mysterious and we swore she could pass through solid walls. We were always surprised to find her on the unexpected side of a closed door. She loved cats almost as much as she loved people, but wasn't happy when Dobie joined our household. When Newton was 8 years old she developed lymphoma. She has been sadly missed since January 2002.
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| We brought Dobie home in 1995. Newton had been an only ferret for 2 years and did not take kindly to Dobie's presence. It was a slow process, taking 5 months before Newton could be trusted with Dobie unsupervised. Despite the cold welcome, she loved Newton. Dobie exuded innocence, even while pushing a vase off a table. She was known for testing gravity with any object not nailed down. After we lost Newton, Dobie developed a stomach ulcer (maybe from the stress of missing her) which perforated, causing peritonitis. Despite treatment, we lost Dobie in February, 2002. |
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| Mojo was Dobie's brother from the same litter. My friend and I got them at the same time and they knew each other their whole lives. When my friend moved away in the summer of 2000, she gave him to us. Dobie and Mojo always had a special connection and we were happy to have him. Mojo was with us for approximately 7 months before he succumbed to cancer at the age of 5 1/2. |
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We brought Fig home in January, 2000. She is extremely animated and has been known to launch herself off furniture into the air repeatedly. She, like many blaze ferrets is deaf, which makes her a very visual ferret. Unlike many ferrets, she is extremely indiscriminate in her tastes, loving a wide range of foods. This has proven to make it rather easy to train Fig, and she learned to roll over in only 3 days of clicker training (using a small flashlight for a clicker). Fig came down with ECE when we brought Pesto home in February, 2002. She recovered, but the ECE was followed by Inflammatory Bowel Disease. She became quite ill, and was unable to use her hind legs for almost 3 months. We can only speculate that her weakness was caused by her inability to absorb dietary fats due to the IBD, but she made a spontaneous full recovery.
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| Pesto came to our home February, 2002. He is a happy cinnamon ferret, with a sunny disposition and an admirable philosophy of life. He is laid back, big and lumbersome with a beautiful coat and always seems to be in a good mood. The poor guy had remnants of anal glands left from an incomplete descenting procedure. He needed surgery twice to remove the remaining gland tissue. He loves water, but hates baths. I guess it has to be on his own terms. |
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| Liam is our newest addition, joining out home in November, 2004. He belonged to a friend who had 2, and when one was lost to lymphoma he was given to us so he wouldn't be alone. He is a cuddly little guy who loves human interaction and has taken a particular shine to Fig. A definite lady's man! He takes our dog Maggie for granted, and isn't bothered by her lack of respect for 'personal space' |
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