Aww, man, I've missed you too!!

I'm all about the fuzzy advice! Just hit me up with any questions whenever you like. :D
The cubes and hammocks are (miraculously) still holding up! They love the mess out of them. I can't even take their favorite hammock away to be cleaned without them pouting. All five pile into whichever is the current favorite at the moment. I'm surprised they haven't worn from the strain. But, alas, winter is coming. The fuzzies will be fatter and the real test begins!

The thing with Insulinoma is that ferrets WILL develop it when fed kibble. There is no way around that. Kibble is just not formulated for ferrets, even if it claims to be. Ferrets are carnivores. They eat meat, meat, and more meat. (If you've heard anything about the Ketogenic diet, that is the way ferrets are naturally programmed, just with higher macros of protein and moderate fats.) The only way to successfully prevent Insulinoma is to adjust your furbabes to a diet of raw meat, bones, and organs. Raw-fed ferrets are healthier, happier, have more energy (because they can actually use what you give them; carbs are poison), shiny, alert, generally smell much better (sort of sweet, not stinky at all), and everything a fuzzy should be. If you decide to get another ferret, I can hook you up with a lot of good information, a strict diet regimen, and some insanely helpful people on the Holistic Ferret Forum and Facebook group.

One way to look at their diet is with this mindset: if you eat Taco Bell every single day you're gonna smell bad and be lethargic and most likely will end up with cancer down the road. That's what kibble is to ferrets.


But anyway, I just digressed a lot. I had no idea you guys were moving! That's fantastic! You'll be a lot closer now. :D

There are some really good companies that sell franken-prey, but honestly our feeding schedule is crazy cheap per week:
$6.99 10lb bag of chicken quarters
$1.80 pack hearts/gizzards
$1.25 chicken livers
$3.00 other protein source meat on sale

The 10lb bag of chicken quarters typically lasts 1 1/2 weeks, as we do 1 per day and it comes with 10. And that's all for 5 fuzzies. It's best to toss in some whole prey too, a frozen mouse or do, as the brains are crazy rich in nutrition. They really do not eat a lot. If you only get one fuzzbutt, you could easily freeze the meat (don't hnderestimste a ferret's love for meatcicles) and it would last you ages. They're literally our cheapest pets.
Also, be sure to get wheat litter, as the clay stuff can cause serious harm to their respiratory system. We use Swheat Scoop Multicat.

Any time you feel you have extra fuzz cubes or hammocks laying around, we would be more than happy to accept them! I still need to sew you a hat in return. :B

That is really the worst. Poor Tiri. :[ Troy Pets was the worst. Well, not as bad as that Montgomery super center, but they should be legally obligated to tell you about sny predicting conditions.

We got all of ours from Petco on sale and they're healthy as can be after switching their diet. Pretty much impossible to not get a Marshalls ferret unless you find s breeder. :/ Also, it's easiest to switch babies, as adults can imprint on their kibble pretty hard. Btw, Petco gets their shipment on babies in on Thursdays.

Apparently my phone hates the letter 'a'. >_>

Haha, yeah, it has been ages since we last chatted!

If you get a mentor on Holistic, I highly recommend Katrina Crouch. She mentored me and is veeery knowledgable and easy to access. She was actually Kris's gf back in the day, but they're still good friends hehe. She has a crazy amount of pet experience from snakes, to lizards, to breeding mice, and of course ferrets. Feel free to ask me anything too. :3
You have the cutest ham by the way!

Guh, poor Tiri! He had it rough. :[ Traded because it was the "wrong pet". Sheesh. Yeah, I love our Petco. It is staffed with a lot of knowledgable and caring pet people. I honestly don't know why Petcos get so much flack. They take really good care of their pets.

If our bank account was more affectionate, we would make a trip to Atlanta to see you an Tommy. But maybe in the future. We could all go to Six Flags.or something! Or, better yet, a furcon!:D

I wish I could go, but I'm stubborn about not wanting to attend a firkin without a suit. And my wallet is constantly empty. I can't even think of investing in a suit with all these bills and now student loan payments. DX
But one day.
One day.

I've heard UGA has a pretty decent vet school, not as good as Auburn, but not bad. That does sound like a really fun career. I totes know what you mean, though. I have a degree and work at a dry cleaners. .__. Granted, it's the cushiest job ever and the bosses are crazy nice, but it doesn't pay what I need.

Alabama may not have cons, but Auburn has a chitin of furs around here that are constantly getting together for events and fun. :]

We'd be thrilled to have you up here! You can see all 12 of our pets. (HolycrapIfeellikeananimalhoardernow...)

Damnit phone. Stop autocorrect me because you know nothing of furs!

furcon*

shit-ton*

Hey, that's awesome! I can't believe you guys are going to own your first home. That is so exciting! Sounds like you have a pretty fun job right now too. :]

Yeah, there's a huge group of furs here, but I am so disconnected. I never hang out with them and only talk to a few. I've made some cool hoodies for a couple, but ehh, just too busy to find my social life.

I have so many pieces of my suit I need resin for (hooves, finger hooves, horns, possibly head), I honestly think it would be cheaper to get into making my own. But it looks so scary. It sure does look fun to work with in terms of foam and fur, and a helluva lot more comfortable at that. Trading for a base is a good idea. At least for practice. You really should make one for you to keep, hehe. Your heads are looking better and better every one I see! :D

Welcome back, Tippy! I know I'm late to the party. XD

Thanks! :D
Never too late for a party~!