At the beginning of this year I noticed that Seamus’ right eye was bulging slightly so we went to my vet for a check-up. The diagnosis was glaucoma There’s nothing that can be done for that and, as a blind ferret is not a handicapped ferret, it didn’t upset me too much to hear that he had it.

Chucky, my first male, developed cataracts when he was about 6 years old and it didn’t stop him from racing around the house. I guess if there was something on the floor which shouldn’t have been there he might have bumped into it but for the most part, he was pretty good at navigating around the house.

I love researching stuff about ferrets  

I was wondering if coconut oil was good for ageing ferrets and, lo and behold, Google produced a link to the Goat Mountain Soap Company which has ….

ta dah ….

Fffferret Ffffffarts Ssssoap!!!!!

What a brilliant present for us to give our family and friends, don’t you think? Quirky, silly and useful! Hey, what more could you ask for as a present

Now to find out if they ship their products to Oz!

It’s been so hot recently that I was wondering what I could do to keep the ferrets cool and then I had a great idea … ice cubes in their water dish

I know they melt quickly but I was very curious to see what the reaction would be so when Mojo was at the dish, I dropped a few cubes in and stood watching.

It was hilarious! Talk about bob the apple

She was mesmerised by the ice cubes floating past her nose and decided she had to catch on and see what it was all about. I didn’t think she’d manage but manage she did!

I love my sleepy ferrets but I adore it when they stick their tongues out when sleeping – it’s so cute

I found him zonked on our bed, snoring quietly and dead to the world, so had to take these photos.


Poor guy, the hair on his belly still hasn’t grown back fully after his ultrasound all those months ago! It was a relief to know that he didn’t have any problems with his adrenals but he really has wound down quite a bit since then.

I promised my long suffering husband that Dash will be my last addition and, as my older guys leave us for the Rainbow Bridge, I also promised I wouldn’t replace them.

I wanted to have one of each colour and, of course, in a perfect world I would have a boy and a girl in each of the main colours, ie sable, silvermitt, black-eyed white and albino. However even I know that I must be sensible

So now I have 3 white ones and 3 brown ones!