Snoopy

Tuesday 6th of May 2008, Pete came to me, there was a Cath Thomas at the door. I was really excited, my ex boyfriend's mum, I thought the parents had come to visit me, I'd visited them in November 2007. She said she had a problem so I followed her to the road where the car was parked. Pete followed me. I saw it wasn't Cath's husband's car so I sent Pete back to the garage because I figured Daniel was in the car. And he was. He'd found a ferret on the road near his mum's, it had been seen several times and he'd just seen it and thought he'd take it to me. Poor boy, very, very quiet and skinny and full of ticks (hundreds!) and also with many wounds. He couldn't walk well so off to the vets for an x-ray which at least showed there were no breaks so probably just an infection so he got antibiotics. He was frontlined twice (Tuesday and again Wednesday after his bath) and I still had to pick lots of ticks off him. He was so good, falling asleep as I held him and picked ticks off him. He doesn't bite, he's good as gold, a real sweet boy. I've looked at the vets whether anybody has lost a ferret and Daniel has spoken to people where the ferret was found and I even looked online whether anybody lost their ferret. Nothing. How can you have such a gorgeous, gentle, sweet ferret and not miss him? I know I didn't want another ferret but part of me thought wouldn't it be nice if Honey had a friend to play with? Ruby is podgy and doesn't run or play much, Nipper is old and only runs around a little and does his own thing. So Honey is trying to entice Daisy to play with her but she isn't interested and is finding it hard with her balance problem. So Honey quietly/ gently plays a little with Ruby or entertains herself. It would be nice if Snoopy fitted into the group, he'd be perfect for Honey.

Update later on in May 2008

Snoopy was neutered Wednesday the 14th May and then I soon put him with Ruby, Honey, Daisy and Nipper. As I'd anticipated, Honey loved him! :-) All those 2 did was play. I've got a lot of pictures of one of their play sessions here. Ruby didn't mind him and even played a little with him, Snoopy was so gentle with her whereas he knew he could play rougher with Honey. Daisy kept doing her own thing and Nipper just chased him around all the time. Soon Snoopy realised that Nipper's eyesight wasn't so good so he would just lie down in the gras and watch Nipper. When Nipper approached, Snoopy would run away and lie down somewhere else. This continued for a while until Nipper got bored and accepted Snoopy.

Update 31/12/08

End of August I took Peanut, Charlie and Franklin in. I partly did it because I knew they would get on with Ruby, Honey and Snoopy. And I was right, Snoopy accepted them straight away and loved playing with Charlie and Franklin (still does) and also with Peanut but mainly the boys.

Not much else to write about now, Snoopy is a brilliant ferret, very lovely and playful and also cuddly. Since Snoopy arrived, Daisy, Nipper and (just recently on 27/12/08) Ruby have died. So Snoopy is now "just" with Honey, Peanut, Charlie and Franklin. The whole group is great and is getting me through the hard times.