A Bitter-Sweet Day at Ferret Fuz

As time passed since adopting Loki and Pinkin, it had become apparent that Loki was developing some behavioral problems. Her biting continued to get worse, consistently drawing blood and as new ferret parents, we didn't feel we had the experience to handle it. So we called Nancy at the shelter who asked us to bring her in right away. I felt so horrible, that I had failed my Loki, but I knew we had to do something to ensure her quality of life. So we took both Loki and Pinkin to the shelter today. We put Pinkin in a large enclosed area and introduced her to several different ferrets. It didn't seem that she really wanted to be with the girls and rather preferred hanging with the guys. So we tried her with Tim (now Jester) and they got along quite well. Jester was cagemates with Tom (now Oliver) so we began to consider having 3 fuzzies in our home. Oliver and Pinkin needed some time to work out who was boss but soon settled down to playing together. While we are very saddened to not have Loki anymore, we are at the same time happy that she WILL end up in the right loving home for her AND we were able to give two other ferrets a loving home.

Oliver (a one year old male mix)



Jester (a one year old male point)