whitrack
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Definition: a weasel; ermine or stoat. (British dialect)
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ferret
Mischief
Trouble
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cat shows
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Word chosen: ferret
Writing:
Kiara and I used to have two ferrets, Mischief and Trouble, as pets. Mischief was a tiny little thing (as far as ferrets go), and Trouble was fairly large ferret. Mischief was the cutest thing you’ve ever seen, and Trouble was down-right crazy, but he was fun to be around.
One of the problems with Trouble was that he was deaf. We got a good deal on him from a pet store in Montana, and the owner of the store told me that he had taken him back two times already, and would not take him back again. Trouble had been returned for biting the previous owners. Dumb owners. Ferrets bite. Duh.
We got him home and after a few days, we noticed that he would not react to someone knocking on the door, running the vacuum, or other loud noises. I snuck up behind him with some pots and pans, and banged them together. It didn’t even phase him.
He was deaf.
Ahh….
That explains his sudden lashing out when someone would pick him up from behind. He couldn’t hear them coming, and it was a startle reaction, not a mean one. He loved being picked up, and loved cuddling. He just wanted to know that it was coming.
In three of the four places that we lived with the ferrets, they had their own room. Mischief would come running when we called her name, but we had to flick the lights on and off in the room to get Trouble’s attention. It worked amazingly well. I think it was mainly because we usually had cooked noodles with us when we did it. Mischief was a picky eater, but Trouble was a cavernous pit when it came to food, and he really loved the noodles.
Maybe I should have named him Noodle instead.
It’s been quite a few years since we’ve had ferrets in our lives. I miss them quite a bit, but I’m not sure that they would be a good thing to have around a newborn, or even a small child. Maybe Kiernan (my soon-to-arrive son’s online handle) will want one when he’s older… We’ll see how it goes.
