| Miss Lucky A Baby Ferret Abandoned in a Park, Survives the Elements. With Hawks and Owls all around, and an attempted Dog Attack, she makes it to our Rescue / Shelter in one piece due to the kindness of a Couple (Sam & Susan) who live in the neighborhood and found her while walking their dogs in the park one evening. And Now, The story as told by Miss Lucky; As she stood there in the cold damp grass watching the tail lights of her humans car grow smaller and smaller she wondered what they were doing. Did they forget something at home? Why did they want her to wait here instead of just letting her go back to get it with them she wondered? She waited for a while, walking around looking at grass and leaves and stuff while still keeping an eye out for her human’s car. It seemed like it had been hours since her human left her there in the cold. She’d looked at everything at least twice, she was tired and getting so sleepy but her human still wasn’t back yet. She was starting to think that maybe they weren’t coming back. She wondered if they were still mad at her for digging that hole in their couch two weeks ago, or maybe because of that time she tried to get that sock, how was I supposed to know there was a foot in it, she thought? Maybe they’re still mad… Come to think of it, her human was mad at her most of the time during that month or so since he brought her home from the pet store! There was that time he knocked her off the dining table after she had worked so hard to figure out how to get up there in the first place, just for trying out that food he was eating! She decided that her human must have run away and she needed a place to hide and sleep. Off she went into the cold dark night to look for a special kind of place to hide, a bush maybe, one with branches that hung down touching the ground with a lot of leaves to hide herself in. As she searched she thought “I could have been a better ferret” “I could have used the litter box a little more often, at least when I was right there. I guess I could have held it long enough to get inside.” After a while she came across the perfect place to hide and wait for nightfall, it was a short bush with so many leaves that she couldn’t tell if anybody else was in there already. She quietly poked in her nose and to her relief, there was nobody in there already and she could use this place all day long. As she looked around for the perfect place and sleeping position she thought about her human and if they didn’t come back, she was going to have to find a new one. She was jolted from her slumber suddenly by the thunderous barking of two dogs who were called back by their human, and just in the nick of time because in a couple more seconds she’d have been dog food! Once the dogs were gone she had a chance to look up to see the nicest two humans she’d ever seen! “These are the ones“, she thought as she put on the cutest smile she could and ran up to them. They picked her up and carried her home with them, played with her a bit then put her in the strangest cage she ever saw. She was hungry but she didn’t like anything they had to offer, except the water because she was thirsty, too. There was a blanket in there so she crawled inside the covers and went to sleep. Some time later, she woke to the sound of two other human voices, this time one of them was kind of old, the man and he picked me up and felt around on my ribs, neck, head, even looked at my “private” parts, said so he could see if I was a girl or boy, like you can’t tell by looking at my beautiful, girlish smile! They talked a little, then the young lady who came with him took me to their car and gave me some food, and boy was it good, I was so hungry! Then the old guy came back and we went for a long drive, and when we got out, they took me inside where there were more ferrets, A LOT MORE FERRETS! Everybody there said this is the best place they ever lived! Miss Lucky, By: Miss Lucky & Micheal Forrest Ó Copyright 2009 |
| Jack and Jill Imagine if you were born in prison, the child of a woman who was doing a Life Sentence, and since you were born there and were her child, the Life Sentence was commuted to you, through no fault of your own YOU were going to have to do a Life Sentence in Prison, starting at your birth! A ferret story with a happy middle, because the ending hasn't been written yet. We all have heard something about a couple humans named Jack and Jill, something about going up a hill for some water bla, bla, bla… In this possibly true story, Jack and Jill are a brother and sister couple who happen to be ferrets. Now, Jack will fill in all the details: In the beginning, Jack and all his siblings were happy to be with their mother in the cage, growing and learning to wrestle, stalk prey and all the things baby ferrets learn to do. Then one day they were taken to a bigger pen where there were a lot of other kits (baby ferrets) and NO mothers! This was new to him but he didn’t mind so much because now he had lots of playmates. That didn’t last very long at all, definitely not long enough as he and all the others were moved, separated into smaller groups and taken to pet stores, where there was yet another cage they were locked up in, this time with some older (not like his mom) strange ferrets. Jack saw all kinds of humans too, walking around and past the cage, some stopping and looking in at him. There were tall ones, short ones, all kinds. Jack would have been alone in there but he was lucky because his sister Jill had stayed close when they were being sorted out to go to pet stores back at the farm. One day, one of the humans, the smallest kind, stopped off at his cage looking and pointing at his sister. One of the humans he’d seen lots of times and a few others gathered around and he, Jill and a few others were being picked up passed around and stuff. Anyway, one thing led to another and he and Jill were put into a small box and taken somewhere, then when the little box opened again, he saw that small human, the one that had been pointing at Jill. Jill was picked up by the little girl human and she was carried around while Jack was left out to explore the strange new place, there was a new cage there, this one was really nice, it had ramps and holes and tubes, a hanging thing he could crawl into and sleep if he wanted. Later, he was picked up and put into that new kind of cage, and he looked at everything, in every corner, under, above and around everything! He went up and down the ramps, through the tunnels, into the hammock, all over! Jill was put in there with him and then suddenly it got dark, but that was okay because Jack and Jill were sleepy so they crawled into that hammock and went to sleep. The next morning when they woke up, it was already light out, and there was that little girl human again. She opened the door and took Jill out and closed the door, leaving Jack behind. Soon Jill came back by way of the little girl, was put in with him and the door was closed again. He wondered why he hadn’t been given a tour of the new place but Jill told him all about it. She said that she went all over the place and saw lots of strange things she’d never seen before! She said she was carried around, but she didn’t always like the way she was held, sometimes up side down even! She said he was probably lucky not to have gone because she didn’t get to smell anything, or even get close to all those things she wanted to look at! They talked while they ate, then soon they began to get tired and sleepy, so they crawled back into the hammock and went to sleep. Later that day they were awakened by that little girl again, she came to the cage, opened it and took out his sister Jill and off they went. Jill came back, and Jill left over and over again that whole evening, the same way, the little girl would open the cage, take Jill out and leave with her. Then while Jill was there telling him what happened that time, sudden darkness, just like last night. They slept. For about 2 weeks, this was the schedule, Always the same little girl human, and always Jill got to go out and see stuff, then come back and tell Jack about it. Jill was tired a lot, because the little girl human would wake her up to take her places. Sometimes the food bowl would get empty, and a different human, a bigger one would come and fill it back up again. Not always right away though, sometimes they would get SO hungry! They never understood why, but that little girl stopped coming to get Jill one day, she didn’t come for Jack either, she just stopped coming all together. They would see her walking by sometimes, but she never took either of them out of their cage, only the big one sometimes would take them out to clip their nails and give them a bath and stuff, but then it was right back in the cage and the door would close. The food bowl would get empty more often now, and even the water pipe they went to for licking up a drink would get dry, never for a REALLY long time, but they did get pretty thirsty sometimes before the water came back to that pipe. After a while, Jack and Jill guessed that this was what they were supposed to do, this is what life is for a ferret. This is how it went for so long that days and nights got mixed up in their heads, they only knew that the lights went out suddenly and no body bothered them by waking them up very often. They would sometimes see other humans come in the room their cage was in, they would sometimes look at them but no humans hardly ever opened the cage and pet them or picked them up and held them. The big one that always filled the food bowl, sometimes would play with Jack and his sister Jill for a few minutes or so but they never got a tour of the house again like Jill did when they first got there. Then one day, two other humans they never saw before came to their room (where their cage was kept) and they were taken out and handed to them. The next thing they knew their cage and all their stuff was being moved out and put into some kind of thing that moves around. It was, as best they could remember the same kind of feeling they felt when they were little, when they wound up at that pet store. They could tell they were moving, but this time it was different, they weren’t put into any kind of cage, their cage was right over there, but they were not in it. They were walking around looking at everything, the new humans were there too, and all they had to do for a chance to look at them and smell them was just walk right up to them. The new humans would pick them up and pet them and stuff. There was laughing and talking (human kind of language) and they were really paying attention to them. The human that was controlling that thing picked up Jack felt him all over, on his sides and legs, head… all over, and said something, then handed him to the other one. They did the same thing, felt his ribs, his legs, head, everything! This was really strange Jack thought, but soon they stopped moving and they were taken into another place, where they met some more ferrets. There were lots of ferrets there, and everybody got to come out and meet them. There were ferrets of all ages there, and everybody got to come out of their cages. They told Jack and Jill that they always did this, two times a day! Jack and Jill couldn’ t believe their ears, TWO times a day! Yeah, and the humans play with us all the time too! We have these toys on strings and they pull them around by the string so we can chase ‘em, that’s lots of fun! “Then the man, he plays monster with us, well mostly me“, Says Curi! “We really like it here, because the food bowl is always full, well it never gets all the way empty. Sometimes he waits until we eat most of the crumbs, he says that stuff is expensive, what ever that means.” Charlie told them. “Well!” Jamie interrupts. “I was a baby when I came here, and the first ferret to ever live here. I never lived with any other humans, but it's always been fun, and anytime I want to play, my humans were ready to play too. I never had to stay in my cage all day long, and can't remember my food or water bowl ever being empty. By: Jack & Micheal Forrest Copyright 2009 |
| Jack's Thigh, He's spent the first 3 Years of Life in a Cage AND We Think He Frequently Ran Out of Food |
| Sam's Thigh, He is a Mid to Small Sized Male Ferret, He is Free Fed and Plays usually Twice a Day, He is also 3 +/- Years Old, but He is on the Flabby Side (Fat N Lazy) but Happier than Most! He's a Really Good Boy! |
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| If you have lost a ferret and think we may be the organization who rescued it before it died of dehydration, starvation or mutilation from a bigger, more aggressive animal, you will need proof that it is yours with pictures of the ferret that show markings that are unmistakably unique. We will not give up a ferret on someone's word that it was theirs, it will have to be proven, then you must have identified how it escaped and have repaired the problem before you have a hope of it's return. We do not adopt out, but if we are overwhelmed with relinquished ferrets we have other rescues that help us find homes for them. We are still taking in ferrets and if they are found abandoned or lost we will come pick them up ASAP because they need to see a vet to be sure of their health as they could be next to death and the average person would not know it as they tend to hide their illness. We have so many here to care for and we do it for the ferrets, not the people so we don't mind if you lie to us or fail to give a donation after you promised you would or give a very small donation respective of what we're doing for the ferret(s) you no longer can care for properly...We don't care! We will take the baby and be perfectly happy to care for them, so don't hesitate to call if you've found one naked of fur, abandoned in a parking lot or whatever has happened because we don't care if it's true or not, we will believe you and not judge you or even care if your story is true or made up. We are in the business of saving the lives of one of God's helpless little creatures that deserve a full life and are not guilty of anything other than being a ferret. If it's yours or not we don't care or judge, but that baby needs medical attention that we will be happy to provide. We prefer not to take in ferrets that are already ill, but if there is no hope for them besides us, please call us so we can get them to a veterinarian so they can get the help they need...We are life savers and life fillers...We will save their life then give them the longest and happiest life God intended for them to have. A life filled with love, understanding, patience and all the play they can handle. Jack, one of the most recent rescues was really poor when he came here several months ago and is still too weak to keep up with the others as far as stamina because about half way through their normal play time, he wants to go to sleep, he's tired. We keep encouraging him to eat and play to restore his muscles to what they should be but as you can imagine it is going to take a while after the 3 year term of imprisonment he suffered since he was a baby. He is doing better and better every day and we are so proud of him for his efforts to be just like one of the gang. Kudos to Little Jack...Keep up the good work Buddy! Sincerely, ♥♥♥...Ferret Rescue and Adoption of South Texas's Team of Care Givers and Ferret Lovers...♥♥♥ |