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| jacquie, kylie & gilbert |
6-15-05: Earlier this afternoon Chuck (the non-animal person) and I were
sitting here in the livingroom and Gilbert was really playing hard with this
new toy he got that has a furry little mouse that hangs on an elasticized
cord. You hang it so the fuzzy is just out of their reach and they jump and
tackle it try to run away with it, and it goes flying back to where it came
from just about the time they think they've gotten away with it - hilarious
to watch. Anyway, Kylie kept watching and watching Gilbert play with this
and was nicely waiting for her turn, but when she finally stepped up and let
him know that she wanted to try it, he got very very possessive and tackled
her hard and ran her off. He did this twice. I finally stepped in and picked
him up and we had one of our 'talks' (I *swear* he KNOWS what he gets talked
to about!) I told him he needed to share with Kylie. He looked away from me.
I moved his face back to look me in the eye again and told him "you share
with Kylie. Kylie plays, then Gilbert plays. Share nice" and put him down.
As I looked up, Chuck was rolling his eyes back in his head and mumbled
something about did I *really* think that I could teach ferrets playground
rules. I said "yes", he knows exactly what I told him - watch him.
While I was talking with Gilbert, Kylie had taken ahold of the toy gently
and was checking it out, then she started attacking it like Gilbert had been
doing - just checking it out a bit. When I put him down, he bellyflopped
right in front of me (about two feet from her) and just layed there watching
her play. Then slowly he started scooting closer and closer. I said
"Gilbert....not your turn yet" and he scooted back a few steps, still
keeping his eyes on the fuzzy bouncy thing. Then Kylie let go of the toy and
just stood there and looked up to me. I said "Okay, Gilbert, NOW is your
turn" and he got over there so fast it was hilarious! Kylie stepped back and
took her turn watching. I looked over at Chuck and said "what was that you
were saying ferrets couldn't learn again???" He grinned, shook his head and
said "I'll be damned" (which translated means "wow, you were right and I'm
reeeeally surprised" LOL)
Gilbert is really responsive to me just picking him up, making him look at
me and talking to him in a soft voice and rubbing his little head and ears
gently, explaining what he did wrong, or what I want him to do to be a good
boy and he'll do it 9 times out of 10 - the other time he runs off laughing
and dancing as if to say "you can't tame me!! And if you *think* you can,
you gotta catch me first!"
Tonight when I got him out of the cage, he had his usual 'snuggle' and
backrub time on my lap until they get woke up enough to deal with the world
(life's hard with this many toys, yanno? Then I pointed to the fuzzy toy
hanging on the elastic string and said "Hey, Gilbert...GET THAT!" and he
took after it like his butt was on fire!! LOL I guess I'm going to have to
find my video camera and get some videos cuz he's really something and hard
to believe if you don't see it in person. I do have witnesses tho and they
can hardly believe it either!
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"It is not happiness that makes us grateful but gratefulness that makes us
happy." - Br. David Steindl-Rast
http://www.gratefulness.org
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| Sanguine |
ROFL. they are so smart, aren't they. I think if you have a good
relationship with any animal, it's learns to understand you, and you it.
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| Nanny |
Joy plays a lot with one half of a plastic ball that's been hanging from a
doorknob on an elastic cord too. She's lucky, she doesn't have to share,
cause the rest never looks at it, but I don't think she'd listen as well as
Gilbert........
Nanny
"jacquie, kylie & gilbert" <nospam@nospam.net> schreef in bericht
news:rhNNe.9559$RS.5367@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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> 6-15-05: Earlier this afternoon Chuck (the non-animal person) and I were
> sitting here in the livingroom and Gilbert was really playing hard with
> this new toy he got that has a furry little mouse that hangs on an
> elasticized cord. You hang it so the fuzzy is just out of their reach and
> they jump and tackle it try to run away with it, and it goes flying back
> to where it came from just about the time they think they've gotten away
> with it - hilarious to watch. Anyway, Kylie kept watching and watching
> Gilbert play with this and was nicely waiting for her turn, but when she
> finally stepped up and let him know that she wanted to try it, he got very
> very possessive and tackled her hard and ran her off. He did this twice. I
> finally stepped in and picked him up and we had one of our 'talks' (I
> *swear* he KNOWS what he gets talked to about!) I told him he needed to
> share with Kylie. He looked away from me. I moved his face back to look me
> in the eye again and told him "you share with Kylie. Kylie plays, then
> Gilbert plays. Share nice" and put him down. As I looked up, Chuck was
> rolling his eyes back in his head and mumbled something about did I
> *really* think that I could teach ferrets playground rules. I said "yes",
> he knows exactly what I told him - watch him.
>
> While I was talking with Gilbert, Kylie had taken ahold of the toy gently
> and was checking it out, then she started attacking it like Gilbert had
> been doing - just checking it out a bit. When I put him down, he
> bellyflopped right in front of me (about two feet from her) and just layed
> there watching her play. Then slowly he started scooting closer and
> closer. I said "Gilbert....not your turn yet" and he scooted back a few
> steps, still keeping his eyes on the fuzzy bouncy thing. Then Kylie let go
> of the toy and just stood there and looked up to me. I said "Okay,
> Gilbert, NOW is your turn" and he got over there so fast it was hilarious!
> Kylie stepped back and took her turn watching. I looked over at Chuck and
> said "what was that you were saying ferrets couldn't learn again???" He
> grinned, shook his head and said "I'll be damned" (which translated means
> "wow, you were right and I'm reeeeally surprised" LOL)
>
> Gilbert is really responsive to me just picking him up, making him look at
> me and talking to him in a soft voice and rubbing his little head and ears
> gently, explaining what he did wrong, or what I want him to do to be a
> good boy and he'll do it 9 times out of 10 - the other time he runs off
> laughing and dancing as if to say "you can't tame me!! And if you *think*
> you can, you gotta catch me first!"
>
> Tonight when I got him out of the cage, he had his usual 'snuggle' and
> backrub time on my lap until they get woke up enough to deal with the
> world (life's hard with this many toys, yanno? Then I pointed to the
> fuzzy toy hanging on the elastic string and said "Hey, Gilbert...GET
> THAT!" and he took after it like his butt was on fire!! LOL I guess I'm
> going to have to find my video camera and get some videos cuz he's really
> something and hard to believe if you don't see it in person. I do have
> witnesses tho and they can hardly believe it either!
>
> --
> "It is not happiness that makes us grateful but gratefulness that makes us
> happy." - Br. David Steindl-Rast
> http://www.gratefulness.org
>
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