Did you also ask why they dance when happy? First time i saw it (bought the first ferret i ever saw in real life) i thought she was having a siezure.
--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: RE: Yellow alert! > I had asked the same thing and according to the ferret experts, (i.e.., Dr. > Bruce H. Williams of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology > http://www.afip.org/ferrets/), its an instinctual hold over. > > Our four ferrets do this as well. We have some of the large plastic Easter > eggs and they will grasp the egg in their paws and then move backwards. Its > basic egg stealing - you also see it in weasels and polecats. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:11 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Yellow alert! > > > > > > And moving shiny things by pushing backwards between the rear legs.... > > > > Why do they do this? > > > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > > Anchorage, Alaska > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:56 AM > > Subject: RE: Yellow alert! > > > > > > > Who ever said they would bite. They'd just disrupt the > > entire event by > > > trying to steal of the shiny things etc and acting cute. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > EBStor.com > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > http://www.pacel.com > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > -- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:52 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Yellow alert! > > > > > > > > > > > > Shame on you for perpetuating the myth that ferrets bite. > > > > > > > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > > > > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > > > > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > > > > Anchorage, Alaska > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:46 AM > > > > Subject: RE: Yellow alert! > > > > > > > > > > > > > Myself I'd just sic the weasels on her. > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > > > EBStor.com > > > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > > > http://www.pacel.com > > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: LANCASTER, STEVEN M. (JSC-OL) (BAR) > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:52 PM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: RE: Yellow alert! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am in Texas and I have .45 Semi-Automatic if she had been > > > > > > doing that near > > > > > > my home she would have had to dodge bullets. > > > > > > > > > > > > Steven Lancaster > > > > > > Barrios Technology > > > > > > NASA/JSC > > > > > > 281-244-2444 (voice) > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:47 AM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: Re: Yellow alert! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This one is > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,15410-10277492,00.html > > > > > > > > > > > > If that bimbo was shooting a video outside my apartment at 4 > > > > > > AM, I might be > > > > > > tempted to do the same. > > > > > > > > > > > > Todd > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "LANCASTER, STEVEN M. (JSC-OL) (BAR)" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:40 PM > > > > > > Subject: RE: Yellow alert! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's not in English.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steven Lancaster > > > > > > > Barrios Technology > > > > > > > NASA/JSC > > > > > > > 281-244-2444 (voice) > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
