Two By Two

Everybody needs a friend...

After about 3 months when the ferret "probation" was over (and I guess we passed), my daughter decided that Indie needed a friend.  She said it wasn't fair for Indie to be all alone while we were at work and school so she wanted to get another ferret.  In for a penny in for a pound and off we went to Las Vegas to purchase a friend.  We went to a local pet store and there were lots of ferrets to choose from. Indie is dark color called sable so my daughter wanted the new ferret to be different.  She picked out another small female, with a light color coat, a "cinnamon".  It was a quick trip, drive out, eat lunch at In-N-Out, hit the pet store and drive home.  Of course, there was anxiety at the agricultural inspection station but we passed through with no issues.  They ask if you are bringing any fruit, vegetables or plants into California but no one asked if we were bringing in a ferret.

The new ferret became "Liesel the weasel". Ferrets are part of the weasel family so it seemed appropriate.  Liesel was quite a bit smaller than Indie so we had to keep them separate until Liesel was big enough to hold her own.  Ferrets play rough, they pin each other down, bite and a larger ferret will drag a smaller one around.

Liesel as a baby:


Indie and Liesel ran around the house together and had all kinds of ferret fun.  Liesel did not seem as energetic as Indie.  She would actually lay on the carpet and rest which Indie never did. Liesel was calm and very sweet with a gorgeous coat.

Two ferrets were twice the fun and twice the poop. Two needed more space than one.  We ended up purchasing a used Ferret Nation cage.  It had 4 levels, a luxurious ferret condo about 5 feet high, 2 feet deep and 3 feet wide. Quite an imposing edifice that didn't fit in my daughter's room with her other furniture.  Indie and Liesel took over the guest room.  Good thing there were not too many guests wanting to stay.

Here's the ferret condo:

Their new digs had a baby butterfly costume turned into a ferret sleeping bag on the bottom level with a hammock and tent on levels two and three. The penthouse level was devoted to food and water. What more could a ferret want?