ASK A FERRET

Our community is so loving and supportive of each other. So many of you have shown your affection for these sweet pets time and time again with adorable photos, silly stories and charming antics. For this issue, we wanted to know,

What would your ferrets be thankful for?

Jay Hufty

I am pretty sure Keiko Jane would give me a big thank you for rescuing her when I found her scared and hiding under a ramp to a house two years ago. She just sat there and let me pick her up and take her home to Fert-Topia. She is a very happy and energetic girl.

Stephanie Currier

All my ferrets come from irresponsible, neglectful and abusive owners. Mine would say. “Thank you for the warm blankets, clean beds, healthy food and tender scratches. Thank you for rescuing me!”

Sherry LaDuca

They would say thank you for a good spoiled life, with lots of attention, treats and toys.

Alicia Smallwood Williams

Thank you for putting those white pads down for me to tunnel and play under and for allowing me to poop on the bare floor in the opposite corner!

Krystal Gransbury

My Mocha would thoroughly thank me for her snackies. She’s always begging for some, she’s so food motivated. She’d probably profess her undying love to me for being the giver of the snackies. My Latté, on the other hand, loves to play fight and jump at me when I instigate her. She loves it cause her BFF Mocha likes to eat and chill, she doesn’t play fight with Latté much so her human has to provide some play time for Latté.

Amber Burgess

I think my Pixie would thank me for driving three hours from PA to NY to pick her up during the COVID ferret shortage and giving her a great home. I would like to thank her for helping heal my broken heart after my little soul mate Bandit crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

Tessy Weigold

Thank you, Mommy, for kisses when we wake up and at bed time. Thank you for the Duk Soup and Bandit treats, especially the bunch you give us when Dad is not home. Thank you for not putting us in a cage and letting us free roam in your bedroom and sometimes the whole apartment. We enjoy snuggling with you in your bed. Thank you for taking care of us when we are sick. Thank you most of all for your love, attention, allowing us to explore and spoiling us.

Shona Busch

Chupacabra would thank me for keeping her even though she’s a bit of a biter. Love all my babies. They are my lil’ loves.

Anni Chance

Thank you for rescuing us, loving us no matter what, and making our lives worth living.

Elle Stanwood

My baby was underweight and being handled roughly by unsupervised children when I rescued him. — “Thank you Mama for getting me away from the grabby hands and only giving me soft warm snuggles, and for getting me onto a delicious balanced raw diet!” And my girl would definitely say, “Thank you for taking me from your coworker who had me living in a hamster cage, on nothing but Tidy Cat litter, eating Meow Mix and living in their dark storage shed.”