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Friendly ferrets need jumpers! (PICS)

 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
13:17 / 31.10.06
Hi all,

I hope nobody minds me using Barbelith to advance a good cause. Apparently, hundreds of feral ferrets have arrived in the sleepy village of Bartleshire. They're not entirely sure how they got there, but they are awfully hungry and if you're not eating that it would be much appreciated thank you very much yum yum got any ferret complete.

They are also a tiny bit chilly. At the moment, the problem is being resolved by volunteers, who are fortunately in good supply, giving them lovely warm hugs and putting them to bed. However, an appeal is going out for jumpers, for the ferrets to use as nests.

"Obviously, we need a sustainable solution. A jumper may provide layers of snuggly warmth for a pink-nosed ferret to peer sleepily out of, our even two entwined ferrets, both called Gerald," said a spokesman. "However, in the longer time we hope to start knitting tiny jumpers for the ferrets to wear. Where necessary, until they can be clothed. Emergency ferret teams are currently out and about, kept warm in socks with the toes cut out, but this is a temporary solution. Oh. I'm sleepy."

The spokesman, pictured earlier today:



Please help, Barbelith. I know you'll do whatever it takes to warm the ferrets.
 
 
pointless & uncalled for
13:26 / 31.10.06
I pledge to give one ball of fluffy thick yarn to aid in the knitting of stylish yet warm ferretwear, but only if eight other 'lithers agree to do so.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
13:30 / 31.10.06
I'm prepared to perform free of charge in any telethons set up for this noble endeavour.
 
 
electric monk
13:32 / 31.10.06


Seven more!
 
 
Ex
13:38 / 31.10.06
I say no to these scrounging carnivorous freeloaders. And so does a spokesman for the shrew population of Bartleshire.

"Each of these ferrets consumes as much in a day as a shrew would in a month," said Vincent. "Also, some of that food would probably be shrews. We're not a pressure group, we just want fair treatment. And not to be eaten."


Vincent, earlier today.
 
 
pointless & uncalled for
13:42 / 31.10.06
That's the first time that Vincent has spoken since the Church Cat Scandal. Still fresh in our minds though.
 
 
Persephone
16:11 / 31.10.06
I didn't know shrews were so small! Are they really that small?
 
 
Mistoffelees
16:30 / 31.10.06
This thread desperately needs a link to that ferret clothes shop thread I started once.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
16:33 / 31.10.06
Words fail me.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
16:40 / 31.10.06
 
 
Feverfew
16:46 / 31.10.06
Words may fail you, but it's unlikely a faithful ferret ever will.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
16:51 / 31.10.06
Word from the ferrets is that they understand Victor's concerns, and will undertake to be friends to the shrews. As a sign of peace, they are currently taking the spare wool from the jumpers and using it to knit a shrewvet cover, which will be able to keep perhaps 800 shrews warm and housed at a time.
 
 
StarWhisper
17:10 / 31.10.06
Oh it has a funny nose!

There was a beetle in my house once with a nose like that, it turned out to be a weevil.


Mustelidae are nice, Pine Martins, for example, [begin martens] also:

wolverines, mink

oh I just went to look at picture of a pine marten and there are loads of different kinds of marten!

American Marten, omnivores, martens.

Yellow-throated Marten, martens are fairly wide-spread it seems. 'tis russian! It has a pale body and a brown face.

Beech Marten, or Stone Martin lives in the himalayas, screams, growls or squeaks depending how it feels.

Fisher Marten, it eats porcupines! And looks good in a long trenchcoat with a high collar.

Nilgiri Marten is the mysterious marten of the High Wavy Mountains of Kerala and eats crows

Pine Marten - lives in trees yeah.

Japanese Marten, it looks good in anything because it is

BRIGHT YELLOW


Sable, paintbrushes are made from these beasties. They are so rare and expensive that they brush them to remove the hairs.
[/end martenism]

Weasels. etc. but do they make good pets or fine spokes-people?

I think a rolling stones T-shirt would look good on a ferret.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
17:11 / 31.10.06
Just warm enough for eating, I'm guessing.

Hot shrew = good eatin'
 
 
bitchiekittie
18:29 / 31.10.06
please, please don't make us choose between the ferrets and the shrews!
 
 
Mistoffelees
18:35 / 31.10.06
Ferrets prefer their shrews to be shaken, not stirred.
 
 
StarWhisper
18:37 / 31.10.06
Vote for martens.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
18:43 / 31.10.06


Have we forgotten about the hedgehogs?
 
 
HCE
18:46 / 31.10.06
I am knitting a tiny sweater RIGHT NOW.
 
 
Mistoffelees
18:55 / 31.10.06
I say we "loan" sweaters from the chihuahuas, while Fred and the gang are busily knitting away. Those pooches hang in handbags most of the time anyway.
 
 
Jack Vincennes
19:02 / 31.10.06
Here is an example of a ferret sleeping in its bed after a lovely warm hug.



All tucked up and watching over the shrews.
 
 
HCE
19:05 / 31.10.06
HA! THE LITTLE PINK TONGUE!
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
19:11 / 31.10.06
Verily, I say unto thee: "Barbelith, hast thou forgotten the hedgehogs? They too suffer inclement weather and shew no signs of warmth."

 
 
Mistoffelees
19:19 / 31.10.06
Barbelith hath not forgotten. Nay, especially not yonder hedgehogs behaviour, after Barbelith had helped them out the last time with those warm green blankets. Little pink tongue, indeed.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
19:22 / 31.10.06
Um, it looks like it ate a large candy.
 
 
StarWhisper
20:05 / 31.10.06
Threads that you go awwww.
 
 
Mistoffelees
20:27 / 31.10.06
Um, it looks like it ate a large candy.

Yes, go ahead, do a "spin" on the hedgehog´s behalf, until the truth is squeaking like a ferret in heat. Here´s more proof: It was laughing at our naiveté, called us names, wet the blanket (on purpose), then laughed some more.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
20:32 / 31.10.06


Father Hedgehog says: "Judge us not by one apostate."
 
 
Mistoffelees
20:55 / 31.10.06
Good evening, Ferrets! How much longer do you flail about freezing frantically, while feisty hedgehogs are derailing your threads? Stand up on your hindlegs and be counted.

In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of Ferretkind. "Ferretkind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!" We're going to live on! We're going to show those hedgehogs! Today we celebrate our Ferret Jumpers Day!
 
 
Olulabelle
21:57 / 31.10.06


and



and



and for the discerning ferret:



straight from ferretcouture.co.uk

I think they will be warm enough with that little lot.
 
 
Disco is My Class War
22:36 / 31.10.06
Forget sweaters. Those ferrets need lilac silk gowns.



In my early years in a rural backwater, the really scary hunting and shooting family who lived next door had ferrets. They were kept in cages and only let out to kill smaller animals. They also made quite frightening noises. The whole idea of pet ferrets leaves me somewhat icy.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
22:38 / 31.10.06
Loads of people in BCN keep ferrets. They're a really popular pet. People take them walkies on tiiiiiiiiny leads.
 
 
Disco is My Class War
22:39 / 31.10.06


But at least the ferrets of Bartleshire aren't being forced to participate in heathen rituals involving pumpkins three times their size.
 
 
Olulabelle
22:51 / 31.10.06
I think that ferret might have magic-ed that pumpkin.
 
  
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