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Post by littleweasels on Sept 29, 2010 21:59:01 GMT -5
My mom called me downstairs because she siad the ferrets were fighting over an n-bone. I rush downstairs to break up the fight and found Rena with it sticking out of her mouth. I picked her up and tried to take it from her and she squealed and I thought it was stuck in her throat. I was about to rush ner to the vet so I put her in the carrier then she spit it out and started to chew on it. I picked her up again, she quickly grabbed the n-bone in her mouth and started squealing again when I tried to take it from her. There was nothing wrong with her she just wanted the stupid n-bone. Why did she do that? She has never been agressive over an n-bone before.
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Post by Heather on Sept 29, 2010 22:12:58 GMT -5
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Post by goingpostal on Sept 29, 2010 23:38:32 GMT -5
Throw 4 mice in with 4 ferrets and you are likely to end up with 1 being chased by the other three and a screaming, hissing battle of tug of war. Doesn't matter how much food there is, I've got some that stash their food, then run over to steal the others, in the meantime their stash has been swiped, it's never ending and kind of funny. And only over high value yummies like whole prey. Even the cat goes nuts, she got an escaped mouse one night after I fed her canned (mouse after canned food leads to the whole shebang coming back up btw, not lovely) and I was trying to wrestle it away and she was PISSED! Running away, growling at me which she never does. I got it back, much to her dismay, she spent half the night yowling her displeasure at me.
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Post by Heather on Sept 30, 2010 1:16:56 GMT -5
Better you taking that mousie away from kitty than a hoard of naughty weasels (which is what happens in my house ) Merlyn, evil black kitty, has learned the hard way you do not bring mice into the house (or steal them from the "mouse patch") and bring them upstairs to play with his live toys. He's been jumped, bitten and abused by the furry fang gang, only to loose his live toy (quickly made dead) and then having to suffer the abuse of watching his "toy" become the source of attacks and counter attacks and stashing. Eventually, eaten (much to his disgust) . ciao
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Post by rarnold18 on Sept 30, 2010 5:27:42 GMT -5
Yup! Ferrets are just like toddlers.... This is actually called the Toddler Property Rules but it applies really well to ferrets!
•If I like it, it's mine. •If it's in my hand, it's mine. •If I can take it from you, it's mine. •If I had it a little while ago, it's mine. •If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. •If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine. •If it looks just like mine, it's mine. •If I think it's mine, it's mine.
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Post by Kerit on Sept 30, 2010 8:35:32 GMT -5
Throw 4 mice in with 4 ferrets and you are likely to end up with 1 being chased by the other three and a screaming, hissing battle of tug of war. Throw TWO mice in with TWO ferrets and you'll get the same results. They'll end up swapping mice a half dozen times, with a lot of hissing and barking, before actually getting to eat
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Post by littleweasels on Sept 30, 2010 11:11:27 GMT -5
So its normal. I have just never seen any of them do that before. Usually they share but someone finished their n-bone quickly and tried to steal Renas and she did not appreciate it.
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