So I'm sure anyone who knows the story of my last two ferrets is probably tired of hearing it. Long story short, both of my (very young) ferrets passed away within two weeks of each other. Latte left us a few days after Christmas, and Furret left us shortly after the new year began. Those two were my whole life- outside of my husband, my profile picture here is of the two of them (Furret on the left, Latte on the right), and I seriously loved them so much.
So, skip ahead to April. I "liked" a ferret rescue page on Facebook, and the shelter is in the Pittsburgh area, just a half an hour away from me. The woman who runs it posts that she and her husband are going on vacation mid-May and need some knowledgeable volunteers to watch after the ferrets she has in her care. There are a BUNCH of ferrets, and she spent a ton of time grouping them together to go to various homes for the week and a half that she'd be away. After discussing it with my husband, we decided it'd be a good time for us to get back into the swing of things with ferret care. I message the woman to let her know that we're interested, and she got back to me with this picture:
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login"I was thinking of letting you watch Maximus." She started, "He needs some TLC to finish recovering from severe flea bites." His previous owners didn't feed him the correct types of food, and he was abandoned, later found just walking down the street, covered in fleas and near death. I was crying when she told me all of this, but seeing that picture made me smile so much. He's such a cutie!
We went to pick him up and the woman informed us that he was off of the meds he had been on for his anemia! It was great news, since that was a sign that he was getting better, and we didn't have to worry about making sure he took his medicine. We were also told that he wasn't very playful, and that his back legs were too weak for climbing activities. He also isn't a fan of other ferrets, and we think it's probably because he can't really keep up with your typically ferret. She wasn't sure of his age, but estimated that he's about 4, and may be developing Adrenal Gland Disease (which isn't deadly if it's treated. Our ferret Furret had the disease and was fine up until he ended up having unrelated problems).
Anyway, we had him for the duration of the week and a half and fell in love! He actually loved playing with us and running around our bedroom. He especially seemed to like our cage set up, which is just the cage being in our walk-in closet, which is between our bedroom and master bathroom. We can shut the bedroom and bathroom doors, so that he only has access to our bedroom and the closet. There's a scratching post in the closet as well, and various toys in our room for him to play with. He ended up sleeping so much because he'd just wear himself out playing! He's litter trained, so we have litter pans set up in our room and in his cage and he knows to use them (huuuuuuge plus, because our other two ferrets pooed and peed where ever they felt like it). He also really liked my pony room, so I snapped a few pictures of him during his time in there (as well as his new favorite hiding places) and posted them to the ferret rescue page.
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So, as obvious from the title of this topic, we were able to adopt him! He's such a wonderful addition to our family and he loves everyone. We had a cookout at our house on Monday, so he got to meet our family and friends, and he was so playful with everyone. We've met a vet appointment for him so that, if there are any problems, we can work on them so he can live a happy life with us. Our plan was to adopt a ferret in the near future, but we didn't think it'd be this soon. We just knew there was no way we
couldn't adopt Maximus, he's the sweetest.
Here are a few more pictures:
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He likes cuddling with me (our other ferrets didn't), but he especially likes sleeping in the "crinkle sack", which makes crinkly noises every time he moves, but hey... whatever floats his boat...
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