Oatmeal, Anyone?

Who likes Oatmeal? I have three fuzzie lil girls that love it! Please meet 3 of our 4 Ferrets as they enjoy a lil treat after a morning at the Vet's.


Top left is Spice. Below her is Cinnamon (Cinny) and on the right is Baby Girl. We do volunteer rescue work in the county we live in. These girls came to us just before Christmas 2005. They were in a horrid, filthy-dirty, abusive home setting. For the first 6 months we had them, we had to keep them isolated from our other ferret, Mocha. It took that long to get their coats clean and shining and their bodies healthy. Also took that long to get them used to us, to teach them that we loved them and would not hit them, starve them, ignore them.


Our Vet provides their health care since they were "rescues". We provide a home, food, toys, and endless love. The girls are 2 and a half years old, now, and Mocha is 5 years old. We were so tickled when they first got to be together... they bonded instantly! It is such a Hoot to watch them play together. Our TV room is their playroom, since we can close that room off from the rest of the house. Ferrets are sneaky and fast escape artists, so you have to watch them all the time.


Besides eating a snack of Oatmeal, they also enjoy begging for sips of my sweet tea! We have a big box that is half full of raw rice that they adore digging and playing in. Alan just bought them a pop-up tent and I just crack up watching them tumble around in it. The teeny cage behind them is their travel cage. They actually have a 4-story condo that they live in when not out playing with us. Lots of hammocks and beds and snuggle sacks in the condo along with their food dish and water bottle. Every morning, when Alan gets home from work, he brings the girls upstairs and puts them in bed with me. There are many days of a week when I am not able to go down the stairs, so I really enjoy having their company in the mornings. They love to get under the covers and slide into the pillowcases. And I always get tons of kisses from them inbetween the bouncing! They truly are our lil girls, and we love them dearly.

Did I hear someone say Oatmeal and Ferrets for breakfast?! I can't think of a better way to start my day. God Bless...

Until another time... Pearl