From:
autumn_whispers2me
Date: 2005-04-29 21:19:39 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Ferret Behavior, Stress and Depression
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <33539718.1114811236753.JavaMail.nobody@strontium.smartgroups.com>
Wellll, my biter is a true biter, she likes to draw blood when she does bite, which is
how she got her nickname "Claudia," for the little vampire girl in "Interview With A
Vampire." lol She can and will bite right through socks, pants, etc. and it's all she's
interested in when I play with them in the dining room. She'll bite hands, wrists,
arms, ankles, feet, toes, calves, shins.. whatever. She's not picky. :o)
As for games, we do play them, including the sheet, towel, or teeshirt game.. and I
give them 'rides' on them by dragging them around the floor while they're on them.
But they're funny in the sense that they what "the other thing," the one they can't
have, whatever that is. Let me explain:
If we're playing in the dining room they have a blast for about 5-10 minutes tops,
and then all they want is on the other side of the baby gates. When they're in the
front room, which wears me out more than them, all they want is past the hall
doorway into the hall, or into the closet, or in whatever room they can't go in. lol
It's cute and funny, but it's also frustrating because they spend all their time pawing
at the doors or skin-rugging in front of them. I can get them to play on average
about 5-10 minutes before they're bored, and even then that's 5-10 minutes tops.
I've talked to a couple of people via private email, folks I've known for about a year
now who have ferrets, and they just don't understand. They say they don't have this
problem with theirs and they like to play in their play area, and they don't beat on
the door barriers/gates to get out the way mine do. lol
But seriously, I just don't know what else to do. :o(
ferretface@aol.com wrote:
I agree w/ Roary. They want you. They want to play with you...it's even better if you
play with their toys with them. I also have a little ankle biter. I have a great solution
to that! Now, it's not a fashion statement but I actually will put my pants in my socks
so she can't get to the skin.