FASCINATION

This is Bandit. He is best friend of Baxter. Baxter & Bandit are young ferrets who became part of our family on Tuesday. We got them from a wonderful lady who has a ferret shelter (such things exist?) one town over. Her barn was flooded in the recent disaster, and she is surviving with about 40 ferrets (in cages) in her living room, and about 100 more in foster homes across the state. Bandit & Baxter were among the ones chilling out in her living room, and though they were well taken care of, were more cramped than the accomodations that she generally provided allowed for. They were SO happy to come home with us and get to run around the house. We have about died laughing watching the ferrets interact with our cats, especially Baxter, who absolutely delights in cornering a cat & chasing throughout the house! The cats are entirely NOT sure what to make of these long, slinky creatures.
And here's an interesting note- I always thought that ferrets were #1) stinky & #2) vicious. Well some might be, but these two have dispelled that notion. They smell wonderful (in other words, they were given a bath, and no longer have the musky ferret smell about them) and they are super sweet, follow us around and want to be petted & played with.