Corgi's and small animals.
Okay, so mabye you know a while back we found a "stray?" ferret. I did what I could and finally turned it over to a ferret rescue. Well, I sort of missed the little girl (as smelly as she was) and I recently adopted a ferret kit(baby). He is one of the little brown/black/white ones in that "racoon" pattern, absoutely adorable no doubt. He was sweet when I chose him, he was nice the ride home, he loved his cage (It's massive, the size of an armoire). He was all cuddly in my hands he is using his litterbox! (great). I made sure everything was safe and let him run around the living room with Cheez-it in another room. He pretty much went nuts doing things I have never seen an animal do before. (Back-Side flips while clucking like a chicken anyone?) He seems to nip at my feet a little but he has not bitten me. So his cage is several floors of wrought-Iron ferret paradise, and the lower deck is Cheez-it face height. They check eachother out often. Cheez-it even licks him through the bars and they are really nice together unless there are any sudden movements in which case they both start frapping all around. Eventually they calm down and Cheez-it builds the courage to go back over there and check him out again. My foster ferret was really calm and sweet and got along great with Cheez outside together, but this one oh man he is excitable. Anyone have any experience introducing Corgi's and smaller pets of the non-canine type?
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Comment by momto3ltlgrlz on July 20, 2008 at 12:25pm
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True, a rabbit is a lot different LOL. I am sure that Lily would try to herd Sparkler as he tries to escape her. I have never had a ferret. Have had many friends with them though. They seem like really neat pets. I hope that Cheez-it has a great time with it and they become great friends. You must take a pic of the two of them playing!
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Comment by James on July 20, 2008 at 12:35am
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I think a ferret is a little different than a Rabbit. They have much more energy. I finally let them both in the living room for about 30 minutes and they just sniffed eachother like crazy and chased a little. Both seemed playfull about it and I was very cautious to watch them so they were playing nice. Cheez-it was all "chase" until the ferret does his jumpy-clucky thing, then he gets a little nervious and the chase goes the other way around for a minute or two. It was very cute. Cheez-it also thinks the Ferrets nose tastes good cause he is always licking it.
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We have a rabbit who is not fond of Lily so we keep Lily out of the playroom where Sparkler is. When we have Sparkler's cage near the glass doors and Lily notices her, she gets very excited and wants to play with her. I think that Lily is too 'hyper' for Sparkler and we do not want anything to happen to him so we keep them separated. I honestly do not know what would happen if we let Sparkler and Lily co-exist together for even a few minutes. I am glad that nothing has happened and they can be friends. Good Luck :)
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Well, today Cheez seems to spend 80% of his time in front of the cage waiting for ferret to come down to the first floor so they can lick eachother. I held the ferret while sitting on the floor and Cheezit was very intrested but he got a little too licky and I think it might startle my ferret, and once he gets startled, oh man he is everywhere. I think I will give it a week at least of cage sniffing/licking. Besides I need to cut that little guys nails, I think they have never been cut. I forgot Ferretone and SmallAnimal Nail clippers so I need to get that today.
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Comment by CaptainCorgi on July 19, 2008 at 12:18pm
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Lol, it seems that Cheez-it is quite interested in your ferret. Perhaps wanting to play with him, but if they did play they both could equally do harm to each other if they get to riled up. Maybe you could slowly introduce them to each other outside the ferret cage, (perhaps both with a leash) and maybe one day they could be the best of friends! I have two guinea pigs and when Eowyn was a pup, she use to almost like 'dig' at the side of one of my G.P's cage. But, she never harmed them, even when they are out (always supervised). She use to only poke them with her nose, never nipped. Now that she's older, she doesn't obsess over them like she did when she was a pup. She still pokes them, but the Guineas kick at her with their hind legs, lol!
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Comment by Lynn on July 19, 2008 at 9:01am
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Hi James,
Cheez-It seems to be pretty fond of your ferret. Does it have a name yet?
I would just hold the ferret and let Cheez-It check him out. After a while, let the ferret go but always be ready to scoop him up.
One other thing is that, your ferret can likewise do harm to the little Cheez. I dont know why but my ferret loves nipping/biting Toto's ears and nose. Once, Dwaeji bit Toto's nose so hard he yelped and ran to sulk on my lap!
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