Fungus is home....

On Jan 20, 12:21 am, wrote:
I collected Fungus Ferret this morning. )

He was neutered, microchipped and vaccinated yesterday and came
through surgery very successfully and the RSPCA Instector came over
last night so that I could fill out the adoption paperwork.

Don't get me started on the Inspectors attitude to my *fat collie*
(quote: "your dog is rather fond of her grub I'd guess - have you
thought about putting her on a diet?" - my reply, "yes it's being
supervised by the vet that put *you* in touch with *me* in the first
place to adopt one of *your* animals that *you* were going to PTS" ),
my *thin* elderly ginger cat (quote "This chap seems a bit thin, does
he have health issues?" - my reply, "yes, he's on Fortekor for kidney
disease and being monitored by a feline specialist vet - you know, the
one who consults for Bristol vet school and he's monitored on a
monthly basis") and the fact that I have *so many* animals (9) -
(quote: "how can I afford them?" - umm.... that would be because I
work for a living and don't have human kids and don't drink or
smoke.....)

So anyway, I met Fungus this morning at the vets. Fungus is a cream
ferret with black eyes and black guard hairs - he looks like he's been
stained with nicotine!! Photos soon, I promise!

Anyway... so that I could introduce Fungus to Barney and Gertie
successfully, I put him in a cat carrier and placed it next to Gertie
and Barney in their cat carrier whilst I scrubbed out their hutch with
enzyme cleaner and soap and water and replaced all the bedding with
clean stuff.

Then I gave them all a bath so that everyone smelled the same and put
them all in a large box filled with towels so that they could dry off
and I could supervise carefully....

After play-time (escaping from the box and running around my lounge
for an hour) I put them back in their cage. Everyone is asleep in a
ferrety heap in their bedding and you'd think the 3 of them had been
together for ever. There was a bit of squabbling as Fungus tried to
drag both Gertie and Barney around by their scruff initally, but it
was soon quickly resolved and then they started to play. )

Fungus is very thin and needs to put on some serious weight, but as a
whole he is friendly, affable and he's going to be a handsome boy when
he fills out and his coat improves.

So thanks for the purrs.....ferret math has struck again!

Helen M

I'm so glad that Fungus has settled in well

I can't get over what an arrogant prat that RSPCA guy is! I guess
they've seen the worst and assume everyone out there are stupid or
irresponsible.

Dewi