Saturday, September 5, 2009

Roster roundup

We've had a change of weasels in the line up.

Simon died in a tragic accident. We all miss Simon. He was an incredible ferret. He seemed to understand us and more than once would "find his sister" when Ursa was lost. Simon was also awesome about using the litter box. He was a noble boy.

The local shelters are swamped, and so we took in some fosters.

Mortimer was with us for a while, but he was depressed here. He went back to the shelter and as it turns out, he is pretty bonded to Mister and Mortimer is happy again.

When Mortimer came, Old Moe and Sonia came too.

Old Moe is a most excellent boy. He's a lot like Simon. He seems to understand things more than the other ferrets. He uses his litter box. He stares at us. He lets us cuddle him. My husband describes Old Moe as one of the old guys in The Dark Crystal, and I think he's right. Moe seems very wise.

Moe came with a cancerous, smelly lump above his penis. He's since had surgery and he smells a lot better and is a bit more feisty. Moe is an elderly gentleman and the doctor says he will probably grace us with his affection for another year or so.

I don't particularly like Sonia, but my daughter fell in love with her. Anna changed her name's spelling to Sonya and gave her a middle name, Rose. Sonya Rose is blind, has insuloma, and is adrenal. I gave her a melatonin implant, and that's helped her fur situation a bit. Sonya screams when other ferrets get near her, but she cuddles Anna, and Anna has been more or less taking care of her.

Because Sonya doesn't get along with the other ferrets, I made one-fourth of the cage hers, and she's separated from the other kids. Once in a while I put Old Moe in with her. She tolerates Old Moe, since he doesn't care about being CEO anymore.

Mimzy is still the CEO. If a group of ferrets is a business, then Mimzy is clearly the CEO of the Nicodemus business.

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