Ferret Update
Just now I went in to give Snorri some more food, as they've actually eaten most of their AM meal and he was staring pathetically at me (this is one of his two major hobbies, the other being creating the largest possible mess). I put the bone-in chicken in the dish, and then the weirdest thing happened: Snorri started chewing it and then carried a piece off to the feeding den! Someone has replaced my weasel with Folgers' Crystals! Standard behavior would be trotting off disdainfully, possibly after a few halfhearted licks at the chicken, or taking a piece behind the couch to abandon for 6 hours.
They've also acquired more nicknames.
Snorri the Viking Ferret, Destroyer of Worlds, is also now "Fur Collar." First, because he's got the most amazing, soft, lush white winter coat ever and I want to make a collar out of him, and second because he continues to be a royal pain in the ass and a force of chaos and destruction and I want to make a collar out of him.
Dominique the Chew Toy is also now known as "Nibbles." The poor little thing just cannot figure out how to fight properly, no matter how much Will and Snorri beat the snot out of him. I think maybe he was an only ferret, and learned never to open his mouth wide to bite. He's great at playing with human hands because of that- no chance of a bite. He just nibbles. But he doesn't seem to realize that he is allowed to bite other ferrets, he just nibbles at them and they try to eat his head.
They've also acquired more nicknames.
Snorri the Viking Ferret, Destroyer of Worlds, is also now "Fur Collar." First, because he's got the most amazing, soft, lush white winter coat ever and I want to make a collar out of him, and second because he continues to be a royal pain in the ass and a force of chaos and destruction and I want to make a collar out of him.
Dominique the Chew Toy is also now known as "Nibbles." The poor little thing just cannot figure out how to fight properly, no matter how much Will and Snorri beat the snot out of him. I think maybe he was an only ferret, and learned never to open his mouth wide to bite. He's great at playing with human hands because of that- no chance of a bite. He just nibbles. But he doesn't seem to realize that he is allowed to bite other ferrets, he just nibbles at them and they try to eat his head.