well, i went into my storage room to get two towels that i had thown in there after cleaning my bathroom floor a couple of days ago so i could wash them. i reached down to pick them up, and as i began to pick them up the towels started rustling aroud and a little rodent head popped up up. i sort of freaked out, jumped back and slammed the door. after a few seconds to process what happened, i went back in there and it again popped its head up and it is a weasel, with one of those "bandit mask" faces.

i went around back and opened up the door to the outside then went back and opened the door (the storage room has 2 doors, one to the outside and one door from the kitchen) with a piece of bread in order to lure the weasel outside.

i walked in and it popped its head up again and started to come over so i held the bread out so it could sniff it and then threw it out the door so it would go get it, but it just came over to me and started sniffing my shoes and rubbing its head against my feet and ankles as a cat would. it is definitely not a wild animal, it's probably someone's pet that escaped. i was finally able to lure it outside and so i closed the door.

i went back in a few minutes later and there it was all cuddled up in the towels. i went around to my neighbors to see if they had lost their pet weasel, but no one claims it. it is so cute, but i don't really want a pet weasel at this point. i don't want to harm it, but i'm not sure i want it living in my storage room either. ???

awww... umm, i dunno what u should do with the poor little thing...

did it rip your flesh?

shausler said:

yeah, u should keep the lil guy and name 'im moon unit!

adopt it... This one loves you...

medoc2003 said:

OH... you made me say 'Awww' out loud in my office Be kind to the little guy maybe spend some time with him while you look in the phone book for weasel rescue...or try an anti-cruelty animal shelter so they won't kill him.
Poor little guy

shausler said:

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very good one. i haven't tried to shave with it yet, but that is a possiblity


for those that don't get shausler's referrence, my avatar is the cover of a frank zappa album called "weasels ripped my flesh". i had not even realized the connection. this post is not a take off on my avatar, it is for real.

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Ferrets are cool... as long as they are de-scented.

Rock out with your new ferret and be glad that you didn't have to pay for that bad motherfucker!!!

IceNine said:

Can you keep him at least until you find him a permanent home ?

Let it hang out a while - it might offer you a recording contract.

OMG...he's so cute I could die right now!

applekisses said:

The Black Footed Ferret...

applekisses said:

AWW how cute.

it looks a little bigger than that one, similar face, but its feet are sort of tan/brown. it appears be pretty sweet, but i'm moving to portland in a few weeks and starting a job that makes owning a pet pretty difficult, especially a new pet that i'm not really bonded to and isn't bonded to me.

and, on top of that, my favorite pet of all time, my kerry blue terrier, jenny, just died about 7 weeks ago, and i really am not emotionally ready to get another pet just yet.

klaatu said:

I agree this one'z a keeper

awww!!!

reminds me, my sister had a pet ferret a while back...its name wuz lucky bug.

awww. give it food and a little house of its own outside. also, maybe take time and post flyers or call in an ad like: found! weasel or ferret! someone somewhere is crying because their pet is gone

Here's Perot and Wally the Bagpipe playin' Weasel
from an episode of EEK. Did it look like that???

shausler said:

Nice one!

XxAxX said:

yeah. that's what i was going to say. let him stay until you have to leave. in the meantime, put an ad in the local paper and try to find it's owner. also, try to find a shelter or refuge that will take him in and not harm him.

he obvious likes where he is.

medoc2003 said:

He needs you to help him find his way home I'm sure he's pretty freaked out.

This should help...

The Ferret Haven By The Sea is a non-profit no-kill animal shelter which is dedicated to helping ferrets, and educating the public in the proper care and treatment of ferrets. We take in lost, unclaimed, or owner-released ferrets and place them in homes. If the ferret is sick, veterinary care is provided before adoption. All ferrets are current on their distemper shots. If a ferrets' health or age does not allow for adoption, we care for that ferret until its natural death. We NEVER put a ferret to sleep because we could not find him/her a home.


link: http://www.ferrethaven.org


Let us know what happens

I would make sure you take apostraphate measures to contain that nasty weasel, preferably in your pants. Nobody wants to look at that mess, this isn't PORNO.ORG!

Quite fartly, I am sick of such smut. Pass the genitelles.





pie

BrianFellows said:

hee hee

man oh man, do i love the org characters!

1st thing i thought of when i saw the topic:

Bobby 'the brain' Heenan

WEASEL!
WEASEL!
WEASEL!

the resolution of the weasel incident is that my friend, laura, told me of a local pet store that carries ferrets. i called them and the woman that runs it assured me that if i brought it up there, that she would care for him (i found out that it was a he), make sure that he was healthy, and then find a home for him. so, i took him up there to be with some other ferret buddies. she was very nice and i trust that he is in very good hands.

medoc2003 said:

YAY! I love to hear happy endings You were very kind to give him a ride to the pet store

had a friend in college

he had a weasel for a pet

he used to do this thing where

he would pretend that the weasel

was a rifle and cock and shoot it

in the air as if at skeet

it was funny

Ferrets are illegal in some states, including California.

Same with gerbils.

FYI

Natsume said:

Weird. Why are ferrets and gerbils illegal?

We had gerbils in my classroom in elementary school. And my brother had a ferret. They are actually nice pets.