An apology to Ferrets Everywhere...

Baphnedia · Post by **Baphnedia** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:56 pm

Recently I started referring to ferrets (like Moonkit) as tube-rats. I got beaten over the snout with an admin stick elsewhere and I totally blame Sluggy Freelance for the behavior. I apologize for this terrible, undignified behavior, and it will cease just as soon as I can dig another ferret out of my nostril.

Sigh.

(can't you tell I'm having an interesting night?)

MoonKit · Post by **MoonKit** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:10 am

And the winner for most random post goes to....BAPHNEDIA! Congratulations.

Hey, I dont blame you. Ive seen how excited ferrets get from running through tubes. I bet you didnt know that they wag their tails! But they arent actually in the rodent family, blah blah blah.

Throw in a white ferret and this is what you have at my house every afternoon:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g5hPo4KCnKg

Blue-eyes in the dark · Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:13 am

Awwwwww, those two looked like they were having the time of their lives.

Sioux · Post by **Sioux** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:27 am

MoonKit wrote:http://youtube.com/watch?v=g5hPo4KCnKg

I so want a ferret!

Irish Wolf · Post by **Irish Wolf** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:21 pm

My sis got two for her b-day last year...one died, poor Magoogoo...and we sold the other one cause he smelled bad

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:05 pm

Ferrets are cute and cuddly, and have the most incredible feel to them. They literally feel like warm fuzzy snakes, the way they can wiggle and flex their way around your body.
Regrettably, the few ferrets I've encountered have 1: investigated my ears until I'm ready to go nuts from the tickling, then 2: crawl under my shirt and go to sleep against my stomach.
Yeah, I like Ferrets.

outwarddoodles · Post by **outwarddoodles** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:45 pm

"Tube-Rats." LOL!

I've always detested ferrets after I saw what their poo looks (and smells) like while at a pet store. It wasn't until a student at my school brought in her own pet ferret awhile ago and proclaimed that ferrets can be potty trained that changed my opinion.

Then I realized how adorably inquisitive that ferret was.

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:48 pm

Remember, Ferrets are Mustinidae...like weasels and skunks; and their poop smells much better than either of the above others.
Skunks are notoriously bad.

MoonKit · Post by **MoonKit** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:28 pm

Why does everybody always talk about ferret poop?

I think rabbit droppings are way more disgusting. They never seem to STOP! And I should know...i work in a pet store!

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:40 pm

You can ties ferrets in knots. Oz noz theyz soz kee-yoooote!

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:31 pm

MoonKit wrote:Why does everybody always talk about ferret poop?

I think rabbit droppings are way more disgusting. They never seem to STOP! And I should know...i work in a pet store!

Just to keep you well grossed out; Rabbits have two kinds of poop- the stuff they eat and the stuff they don't eat. Their digestion is such that in the wild, one pass through the ailamentary canal isn't enough; so they re-cycle their day poop and digest it fully the second time. Night poop osn't eaten, it's recycled day poop. So you see, Rabbits are already into recycling on a very personal basis.
Note: Commercial feeds are already pre-digested, so they're a one pass-through item.

You learn such interesting things in sixty years...

WerewolfKeeper3 · Post by **WerewolfKeeper3** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:49 pm

RedEye wrote:
MoonKit wrote:Why does everybody always talk about ferret poop?

I think rabbit droppings are way more disgusting. They never seem to STOP! And I should know...i work in a pet store!
Just to keep you well grossed out; Rabbits have two kinds of poop- the stuff they eat and the stuff they don't eat. Their digestion is such that in the wild, one pass through the ailamentary canal isn't enough; so they re-cycle their day poop and digest it fully the second time. Night poop osn't eaten, it's recycled day poop. So you see, Rabbits are already into recycling on a very personal basis.
Note: Commercial feeds are already pre-digested, so they're a one pass-through item.
You learn such interesting things in sixty years...

Why am i not surprised he's sixty plus years old?
(Cause of his sagely advice? Yeah, we like ferrets too. Never met any, but look hyper. Like RedEye after having one too many cups of coffee.

http://pedestrianwolf.deviantart.com/ar ... e-74358262 )

Baphnedia · Post by **Baphnedia** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:21 pm

Coffee is the elixer of the aged. <3 my coffee. Actually, in a recent turn of events (never saw this one coming), the mess hall actually has chilled espresso. ^^

Granted, it isn't as filling/flavorful as Starbucks, but it is FREE (well, for me anyway). I think if I stay in the Army any longer, it'll be for the little things...

MoonKit · Post by **MoonKit** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:52 am

RedEye wrote:
MoonKit wrote:Why does everybody always talk about ferret poop?

I think rabbit droppings are way more disgusting. They never seem to STOP! And I should know...i work in a pet store!
Just to keep you well grossed out; Rabbits have two kinds of poop- the stuff they eat and the stuff they don't eat. Their digestion is such that in the wild, one pass through the ailamentary canal isn't enough; so they re-cycle their day poop and digest it fully the second time. Night poop osn't eaten, it's recycled day poop. So you see, Rabbits are already into recycling on a very personal basis.
Note: Commercial feeds are already pre-digested, so they're a one pass-through item.

You learn such interesting things in sixty years...

Yuck! Interesting...but yuck!

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:04 pm

WerewolfKeeper3 wrote:
RedEye wrote:
MoonKit wrote:Why does everybody always talk about ferret poop?

I think rabbit droppings are way more disgusting. They never seem to STOP! And I should know...i work in a pet store!
Just to keep you well grossed out; Rabbits have two kinds of poop- the stuff they eat and the stuff they don't eat. Their digestion is such that in the wild, one pass through the ailamentary canal isn't enough; so they re-cycle their day poop and digest it fully the second time. Night poop osn't eaten, it's recycled day poop. So you see, Rabbits are already into recycling on a very personal basis.
Note: Commercial feeds are already pre-digested, so they're a one pass-through item.
You learn such interesting things in sixty years...
Why am i not surprised he's sixty plus years old?
(Cause of his sagely advice? Yeah, we like ferrets too. Never met any, but look hyper. Like RedEye after having one too many cups of coffee.
http://pedestrianwolf.deviantart.com/ar ... e-74358262 )

Look, as I've said in the stories, regular Coffee is like speed to Werewolves. One cup will keep you up for three or four days straight while your body burns off the caffeine.
And don't get me started on what Espresso does to you...Ohhhh my head... There is just a smidgen of caffeine in De-Caf and that works like regular Coffee does to the rest of you...

Ahhh, to be as invulnerable as the movies make you out to be...

WerewolfKeeper3 · Post by **WerewolfKeeper3** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:15 am

RedEye wrote:
WerewolfKeeper3 wrote:
RedEye wrote:
MoonKit wrote:Why does everybody always talk about ferret poop?

I think rabbit droppings are way more disgusting. They never seem to STOP! And I should know...i work in a pet store!
Just to keep you well grossed out; Rabbits have two kinds of poop- the stuff they eat and the stuff they don't eat. Their digestion is such that in the wild, one pass through the ailamentary canal isn't enough; so they re-cycle their day poop and digest it fully the second time. Night poop osn't eaten, it's recycled day poop. So you see, Rabbits are already into recycling on a very personal basis.
Note: Commercial feeds are already pre-digested, so they're a one pass-through item.
You learn such interesting things in sixty years...
Why am i not surprised he's sixty plus years old?
(Cause of his sagely advice? Yeah, we like ferrets too. Never met any, but look hyper. Like RedEye after having one too many cups of coffee.
http://pedestrianwolf.deviantart.com/ar ... e-74358262 )
Look, as I've said in the stories, regular Coffee is like speed to Werewolves. One cup will keep you up for three or four days straight while your body burns off the caffeine.
And don't get me started on what Espresso does to you...Ohhhh my head... There is just a smidgen of caffeine in De-Caf and that works like regular Coffee does to the rest of you...
Ahhh, to be as invulnerable as the movies make you out to be...

Something like this?

( Tack on another weakness: caffeine.)
"This just in: a werewolf was killed today after accidentally taking the wrong foam cup from the duken doughnuts counter. His name and age have not yet been released."
(... oh that sucks... didn't you make yours alcohol intolerable?:drunx: )
Yeah... i was thinking about that.
Oh, let's not forget cigarette smoke. I get a headache everytime i smell either that, or regular smoke. Can't imagine what it would be like for a werewolf...
("Today on ask the werewolf: What are you weakness?")
Oh we need to stop.
(Why? we have have yet begun to fight!

)
Oh brother.

Edit:
(What do you get when you cross a ferret with a can of coffee?)
I don't know, what?
(the only land mammal able to out run, out swim, and probably outfly the rest of them.

)
Ugh...

Baphnedia · Post by **Baphnedia** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:55 am

Actually, I have to disagree with ferrets+coffee. Ferrets+sugar however...
*thinks of Kiki from Sluggy Freelance*

WerewolfKeeper3 · Post by **WerewolfKeeper3** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:09 am

Baphnedia wrote:Actually, I have to disagree with ferrets+coffee. Ferrets+sugar however...
*thinks of Kiki from Sluggy Freelance*

(

)
I second that

What's sluggy freelance?
(Or would we prefer not knowing... Oh, and, what's up Baph?)

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:56 am

It's a web comic: http://www.sluggy.com/

Personally I think it's well past its best... but for a while it was fairly darned good indeed. If you're interested, start from the beginning and give up once you lose interest.

WerewolfKeeper3 · Post by **WerewolfKeeper3** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:21 pm

Will do when i have the time...
Thank you...