Baby Farris and Arnold
Baby Farris DOB November 6, 2005
Arnold Approx age 4 years old
Surrender Date June 30, 2007
Found a new 4-ever home July 25, 2008
These 2 fur kids come from New Jersey. Owners place of residents was sold out from under him he could not find a place to live that allowed
ferrets in the time he needed to find a place to live.
Update: October 23, 2008
The Kids are good; Arnold had surgery yesterday to remove the tumor on his neck. He's doing great, eating good, bouncing around like a ferret. He looks like frankenferret with his shaved spot and stitches though. But he's such a trooper he doesn't seem to notice at all. We just wanted to let you know that Arnold is doing fine. He is eating well, has as much energy as ever and there is no sign of infection or other problems with his stitches. Baby Ferris is looking after him and keeping him company while the others wonder what they have to do to get so much attention.
Pete and Lisa
Update: August 2, 2008
Things are going much, much better today. Arnold's poop is doing alot better, still a little loose but
no longer runny. Both of them are doing well, and seem to be very happy.
Update: July 30, 2008
Baby Ferris and Arnold visited Dr. Chris today. The check-up went well, with both of them receiving
distemper and rabies vaccines.
Lisa and I decided a few days ago to are hold off on trying to do any more introducing of Arnold to
the others. We decided that it would probably be best to wait until he 100% knows that he has a
forever home with a loving mom and dad. When we are home we rotate the two sets of ferrets from the
living room to the back bedroom. Baby Ferris spends about 95% of her time with Arnold with occasional
play with the other three (usually when Arnold is sound asleep). Both Arnold and Baby Ferris are
eating and drinking well and are alert and active. We give them both a little soup in the evening and
let them eat kibble with the occasional snack the rest of the day. Arnold's poop has been fairly loose
to very runny over the last few days. It is not at all slimy and basically resembles Duck Soup. I
talked this over with Dr. Chris and she said that it is probably due to the change, but that if it is
not better by next week we will have to have him back in to see her. I hope the new kids are doing
well and that they have been given cool new names. I will keep you updated to anything new going on
in our neck of the woods.
Update: July 26, 2008
Baby Ferris likes Duck Soup.....yippie!!!!! Lisa was able to get her to start licking it off the end
of her figures, and after a few tastes she stuck her face in the bowl and started slurping away last
night. I have also seen that Baby Ferris and Arnold are quite inseparable. All is going well we will
keep you updated and we will get a photo of the four of us off to you soon.
Update: July 25, 2008
Hi Brenda: I wanted to get an email off to you to let you know how things are going with Baby Ferris, Arnold and the rest of the crew. The trip back to Ithaca was uneventful. Baby Ferris and Arnold handled it traveling in the carrier better than our other three ever have. They seemed to split there time pretty evenly between sleeping, being awake but mellow, and scratching trying to get out. Once home we let them run around the apartment (ferret safe areas of course) alone and check out every nook, cranny, and new smell (especially the new smells). All evidence I see is that they have made themselves quite at home (though a little tentative at first) and are not showing any obvious signs of stress. I gave them both a little bit of Duck Soup. Arnold slurped it up right away, but Baby Ferris wanted none of it (even when I tried to get her to taste some off the end of my finger, she was like "no way Jose".) I am a little concerned about her lack of interest in both the Duck Soup and from what I've observed the food bowl (though she could very well have eaten last night while we all slept.) She is drinking out of the water dish, and she ate a couple of ferret treats this morning, she is alert and active and her poop looks good, so I am hoping that this is just a passing thing (though we will be keeping a close eye on her.) We introduced them to the others for a little bit last night. Baby Ferris almost right away (after a whole lot of sniffing) took to the others, and them to her. In the short time that she was with the other three there was absolutely no aggression and it seems that her and Bandit are quite smitten with each other (they were curled up together in a sleeper in no time.) Arnold on the other hand wants to kick butt and take names. We first let him and Zoey sniff each other while we held on to both of them. Arnold tried to take a good bite out of her, so that was that and we quickly learned that it will be awhile (if at all) before we can integrate them. This is not unexpected, and as I have written before, we can easily accommodate two sets of ferrets, keeping them safe and well loved. I have scheduled and appointment with Dr. Chris on Wednesday morning. And I will keep you updated on Baby Ferris and food and all other things. I will write again soon.