Squirt

I was away for 2 weeks in March as my mother's health took a turn for the worse, and towards the end of my stay in Germany, Pete said that a lady had been in touch with our neighbours Gill and Barry, she had found a ferret on her farm and was looking for a cage. Gill and Barry put her in touch with Pete and he asked me what to do and since I was involved now, I said take the ferret in. I was hoping (and still am, sigh...) that he would fit in with Honey's group. So on 17/03/10 Pete took Squirt in. These are the first pictures of Squirt that Pete sent me via MMS:

2 days later, Friday the 19th, Squirt was castrated. He is a really cute little boy, looks like a kit. When Pete took him in, he thought Squirt was still a kit because of his small body and big feet and other kit-like features. But his testes had descended so he must be last year's kit.

When I got home on the 19th, Squirt was out and so far Pete hadn't let him socialise with the skunks so I let him into the living room where he met the dogs (who had been in Germany with me), the cats, and skunks. At first Squirt was bewildered and then he just pounced onto one of the cats and I thought he wouldn't get on with the other animals but the next day he was okay and gets on with everybody else, he enjoys having the others around him for company.

Over the next 1 1/2 months, I repeatedly tried to put Squirt into Honey's group. But Charlie would bully Squirt. They could all be asleep and then suddenly Charlie would have a go at Squirt for no reason. So Squirt would go into a cage of his own and then we'd try him in Honey's group again at a later stage. After a few failed attempts, Pete tried Charlie and Squirt while I was away in May/ June and Charlie tore into Squirt so badly that we have given up for now. Squirt gets on with Honey, Snoopy, Franklin and Peanut and occasionally I will let some of them out with Squirt. Squirt loves Peanut and actually lived with her for a while. :-)

But for now Squirt is happy on his own. When Hedgy was alive and out in the garden at night, Squirt would dance around her which was really funny. He also loves to go slugging at night and will come in with a gooey mass in and around his mouth. Yikes!