Posted

Feb 9th 2005

Mood

Depressed

Yes... This evening has been an interesting one... Quite by my own doing as well. What did it consist of you ask? One simple thing... Ferret grooming. How I got the idea in my head that doing such was a good idea, I'll never know. My clawed up arms may never forgive me.

The first task was to clip Artemis' toenails. Simple enough yes? Apparantly, no one decided to inform me that my ferret should have been drugged and restrained during such a task. I spent a good 30 minutes just trying to get a hold of the squeaky slinky, then another 10 just on his first paw. I soon called in reinforcements and had Zachary hold the victim down while I proceeded to trim his other toenails.

Of course, after such close contact with my darling little creature, I soon discovered something not quite so lovely about him, an odor wafting up from his fur in particular. So, being the bright person that I am I decided that it was bathtime. Which of course I soon discovered was another activity in which I had to have an unconsious ferret to succeed unscathed. After lots of squealing from Artemis (who seemed quite sure he was melting in the lukewarm water), a few more scratches, and water all over the bathroom floor, he decided he'd had enough and left a little present upon the bathroom rug. I can now quite seriously say I have scared the shit out of my ferret.

NONETHELESS! I was not dismayed! For look, my reward was a handsomly groomed creature...
who then proceeded to roll around in the bedding of his cage as soon as I set him down...
Damn it...