Well it is really quite cold in Perth at the moment and both Angus and Seamus have their magnificently warm and soft winter coats.  I have been trying to train Angus to lie across my neck when I work at the desk so that he keeps me warm but the little so-and-so refuses to stay still  ;-)
But I must say, his coat is so beautifully soft and silky … I don’t think I’ve ever had a ferret with such a soft coat.  Seamus’s coat is also feeling soft these days but nothing like Angus’s. However the girls’ coats are nowhere as lush and impressive, poor little lambs.  
I wanted to get a decent photo of Angus on the bed yesterday but for some reason he was terrified whenever the camera went click and would fly off the bed into the chest of drawers, then peer out worriedly. What an idiot. I managed to get a couple of pictures of him but unfortunately you can’t really see his magnificent coat.
I do wish the boys would come and cuddle at night, like the girls do, but they prefer to stay in the chest of drawers unless they have the urge to get up and start chasing each other around the bedroom at 1 o’clock in the morning!  Then they play chase across the bed, usually bouncing across our heads, before running under the chair where they both find it amusing to scratch furiously at the floor.  Very restful … not!
It’s usually Muis who sleeps with us but the other day I was surprised to find that the little lump lying by my leg was Kahlua.  She’s been coming up and lying under the doona most nights this week, which has been great.  
However she does have one very weird and annoying habit … if I put my hand under the blanket to stroke her, she licks my wrist, then gnaws on it before clamping down on it with her teeth.  It’s not so much a lick lick lick chomp but more of a lick lick chew chew chew chomp.  Not very restful when she gets going so I usually end up turning away from her and then she’ll have a frenzied scratching session on the sheet before settling down and finally falling asleep.  Sheesh!  Silvermitts!  Who’d have ‘em ;-)

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