My little ferret has proven to be quite the cute handful! I've let her have the run of my bedroom and she's had a lot of fun tunneling under my quilt and chewing on my Wii nunchuk thumbstick. Watching her scoot around with reckless abandon is fun in and on itself. It's hard not to smile when the silly little thing goes bonkers for no reason other than the fact that its happy. There's only one little snag - its a bit bitey. Ferrets love to nip and nibble with other ferrets as part of their play. The problem is, a human's skin isn't as thick as a ferrets (though I do know of some extremely thick skinned people). This pretty much means that a ferret will bite on your extremeties as it plays, and it hurts. The little girl doesn't draw blood often or anything, but both my hands are covered in red, criss-crossed welts as a result of her teeth. Fortunately, its only a trait baby ferrets have and most of them will outgrow the phase as they get older. This is a blessing because being carnivores, their jaw strength will easily increase past the point where they can break a man's bones.
Currently, i'm training her out of biting by scruffing (holding her by some loose skin behind her neck much like cats and parent ferrets) and saying no. I've only had her since Thursday, but by now she already knows that when I say no, scruffing is sure to follow so she lets go. Intelligent little girl. Now that I can stop her from biting, i've got to train her to refrain from it altogether. To help me do that, i've bought a spray that I can coat my hands and legs with that will give her a terrible taste if she bites. Sooner or later she'll equate human skin with yuckiness and she'll stop. Then I can train her proper ^_^. Ferrets are smart little creatures and if i'm not consistent i'll be playing right into her paws.
In other news, I finally went to try acupuncture out today. The whole experience was over in about 30 mintes or so, and having a very specific request (I needed something to help me sleep) the practitioner only stuck about 7 needles in me. 1 between the thumb and forefinger on each hand, another pair on my wrists, 1 for each leg and finally a single needle for my forehead. I've also got some ginseng pills and a herbal detox to try out.
Why not? I've tried pretty much everything else.
Oh, i'm also very happy to announce that i've decided on a name for my little bundle of toothy mischief. She shall henceforth be known as 1-UP. That's right. She's named after that sweetest and most magical of lifegiving mushrooms.
Mario would shed a tear.
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It must be me or something, but MAN did I ever see enough double entendres to last me a while in your post.
Also, while it is known that feeding stuff like chocolate to dogs will do very nasty things to the doggies, it is a little known fact that feeding pets electrical wiring will in fact cause them to be able to shoot bolts (the thunder kind, not to metal kind) out of their mouths.
One of those is true, though it takes a special kind of person to believe the latter bits as the kind of truth you'd hear if you aren't wearing a spiffy white straitjacket.
I am officially attracted to your ferret just because of her name. Haha.
Yeah well she's mine! All mine! Though I can't fault you for having good taste. You'd be surprised at how many Mario related ferret names are out there, but none compare to my little 'shroom.
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