Look what we found in Junior's room!!!! [for PG]

Rusty · #1 02-18-2008, 11:02 AM

Posted by Pariahjane, The Information Paradox

Ok, well Junior actually goes by the name Gizmo. Or Chicken (long story). Anyway, Gizmo is a ferret. For those that aren't familiar with these cute little critters, ferrets like to hoard stuff. And they steal what they hoard and, quite honestly, make excellent little thieves. Actually, the ferret's Latin name roughly translates into 'Stinky Mouse Killing Thief'. So there is your useless knowledge for the day - do with it what you will.

This is Gizmo:

Gizmo's 'room' is actually the box spring of our queen size bed. We were not happy with this but, as I've said before, ferrets are very resourceful and quite determined to get their way. It was a good, long hard battle but Gizmo persevered - the box spring was his.

Gizmo also really really likes plastic - you crinkle a plastic bag in the kitchen and he comes out of no where and will go ape shit to get the bag. So, naturally, Gizmo hoards plastic bags. And anything they contain. I've found books in plastic, shoes in plastic (that I carry to work with me), jewelery in plastic, etc. Every month I go through his hidey hole and clean out the contraband and make sure that he doesn't have anything valuable, important or dangerous in there. After this month's sweep, however, the box spring is going far far away.

This is what we found:

Apparently Gizmo's plastic fetish has reached epic proportions. That big mound in the middle of the bed is comprised of plastic bags of every shape and size from sandwich bags to gigantic Target bags. He must have been pulling them out of the pantry behind my back and hiding them in the box spring.

I honestly could not understand why I was going through pocket tissue packs like crazy. It now appears that someone has figured out how to open my purse. Which I hang up on the doorknob, by the way. How he even gets up there is a mystery.

That, my friends, is a EFFING PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH!!!! And it was inside my box spring!!! Gizmo apparently really coveted this gem of a find because I found it inside a plastic bag that was already inside a plastic bag. Oh, and that's also some important looking cable and a maxi pad.

Just for the record, Gizmo has no interest in chewing or eating any of his finds. He just likes to hide them. His box spring days, however, are over.

(Disclaimer for all the rabid ferret owners - yes, he has a cage which he stays in when we are not home. He's perfectly safe and I understand ALL the dangers of letting a ferret roam around the house. This place is like ferrety Fort Knox. He's fine here)

RosaM68 · #2 02-18-2008, 11:17 AM

Oh my goodness that is just too cute...I want a ferret now, But I hope my don't do all that, LOL...Thanks for sharing your findings

Pythoness · #3 02-18-2008, 11:32 AM

No, Rosa, they ALL do that. In fact, that's what their names MEANS. The name "ferret" comes from the Latin furittus, meaning "little thief."

And mine could also unzip zippers, with astonishing ease.

They will hide your keys, all your CDs, and when I moved once I slid the chest of drawers away from the wall to discover that mine had been hiding Trix (the cereal) behind it. Still, to this day, I have no idea how he got the Trix. But it stained the beige carpet in a rainbow of colors.

Mine never took to plastic bags. His fetish (and they all have a fetish of some sort) was socks. He stole all my socks. He especially liked them if they were dirty. Socks under the bed, socks in his cage, socks under the couch. He stashed socks all over the place.

He even figured out how to get under the chest of drawers and climb up through all the drawers that were closed to get into the top drawer (which was also closed) and root through my socks to take which ones he wanted.

They are very very very clever little animals.

19720 · #4 02-18-2008, 11:34 AM

I betcha ferrets fur make warm gloves........

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Pythoness · #5 02-18-2008, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 19720

I betcha ferrets fur make warm gloves........

Their fur is actually pretty coarse. And it smells musky, like weasels. Which makes sense, 'cause they are weasels.

You'd be better off making gloves out of chinchillas.

Panama Girl · #6 02-18-2008, 11:41 AM

OMG

I have to ask my friend Anna in Panama what her ferret's fetish is. Hopkins is a real sweetie... but damn does he stink.

Decent · #7 02-21-2008, 06:35 AM

GT used to have ferrets and I want one but he says he doesnt want anymore and that now we have chinchillas, but I still want a ferret, so eventually, we'll have one, lol.

MetalBrent · #8 02-21-2008, 06:49 AM

It's not a too-mah

In my younger days a friend of mine had a ferret whos fetish was cigarettes
but those things stink like hell tho~

Pythoness · #9 02-21-2008, 09:13 AM

Everybody says they stink.. they really don't. Really.

I mean, no matter what you do, they have a musky odor, but if you keep their cages clean, you'll never smell it unless you pick one up and bury your nose in it's fur.

And by "keep their cages clean" I mean clean them out every day. EVERY day. No ifs, ands, or buts.

max1 · #10 02-21-2008, 04:07 PM

My daughter has one (Jinggles) and she is the same way but she likes everything it makes no difference what it is if she can carry it it gets hidden. Her, and Parkinson (our chihuahua) get along great, I love to see her do the "weasel war dance"

Look what we found in Junior's room!!!! [for PG]

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