Kerryf
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Post by Kerryf on Jul 23, 2007 18:47:08 GMT 1
She's a character and a half that Welshy of your's. She makes my blimmin day ;D
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Post by fin on Jul 23, 2007 21:15:26 GMT 1
Lol! She's a pain in the ars ;D Given that all of you lot seem to have had Welshies that were equal pains in the bottom, why on earth didn't you warn me?! ;D ;D ;D Mind you, I suppose anybody stupid enough to leave a parrot cage out in a turnout pen probably deserves it (I have a bad record with cages--when I was renovating my house I left a spare cage in the house and the builders put it in the garden and drove the digger over it ) Anyway. Mr Weasely made another appearence tonight and came running to meet me. I was mixing up JJ's feed in a bucket so he climbed up the haybales to see what was going on, which makes me think he's definately a domesticated ferret. I was planning to catch him after I'd fed the neds but unfortunately JJ noticed him and tried to bite him. Poor ferret fled and I haven't seen him since I've put some catfood (borrowed from a neighbour--not sure its ideal but it's the best I could do in a totally veggie household!) and some water in the feedroom, but I'm a bit worried that the poor little chap's got hungry and eaten the rat blocks. He certainly didn't seem as pingy as I remember ferrets and he certainly isn't what I'd call cautious Oh well, fingers crossed. If he turns up tomorrow (assuming he hasn't got poisoned, squashed on the A55, pecked by irate jackdaws, or killed by two psycho ponies) I'll definately catch him. One of my ex-students' dads used to keep ferrets.....he shouldn't be too hard to track down so I won't be tempted to keep the little chap
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Post by Hannah on Jul 23, 2007 21:33:46 GMT 1
Oooooooooooooohhh another H story, I love it I think you will have to write a book about H and JJ's antics, you never know, your ponies might earn their keep And if you get CCTV then you will be able to book a permanent slot on You've been framed, so that's £250 per week, surely that will be enough to keep them?!
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Post by gingitsu on Jul 23, 2007 21:37:53 GMT 1
she should have her own tv show...im going to call up channel 4 now and see if they can do one called 'Big H versus the world'
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Post by Hannah on Jul 23, 2007 21:43:45 GMT 1
You are just lucky there was no parrot in the cage ;D
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Post by fin on Jul 23, 2007 21:47:13 GMT 1
£250 a week might pay for my rehabilitation after my nervous breakdown, so it's worth a go. ;D H would make a good TV pony--I don't think the world would stand a chance, though. World Domination here we come!!!! Mwhaaa haaa haaaaa snicker
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Post by fin on Jul 23, 2007 21:53:05 GMT 1
You are just lucky there was no parrot in the cage ;D Ha! H was lucky there wasn't a parrot in the cage. I have two senegals and they're both such little s0ds that they make my horses look angelic One of them watches the cats and the outside birds in the garden and dances about in rage desperately trying to get to them to give them a good pecking, and the other shouts rude words, laughs at inopportune moments in conversations ("Did you know Mrs X has just died?" Parrot: "ha ha ha ha ha!!!"), and looks all cute and fluffy and asks for a scratch to lure unsuspecting strangers' fingers near him....... ;D On the whole I think H would have gotten a bit of a shock as well as a couple of nose piercings!!!! ;D ;D
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Post by sooleo on Jul 23, 2007 23:05:41 GMT 1
I read posts like this with a cetain degree of horror as I realise we now have three Welshies.Why did we do it? I ask myself. Well, you see. they have this trick of looking very cute and innocent and vulnerable when we go to see them.
And then IT ALL CHANGES!!! I wouldn't swap any of them for the world, they light up my life and make me laugh every single day.
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suzieq
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Post by suzieq on Jul 23, 2007 23:20:53 GMT 1
He hehe.. my welshie (other half is shettie so no hope really!) is a bit of a terrorist too!! Muzzling her has effectively taken away a number of her 'tricks' but she still herds people, winds her body round them, limbos out of her stable and chases chickens away from chicken scraps..its quite comic watcing her trying to suck corn on the cob up through the hole in her muzzle!
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Post by fin on Jul 23, 2007 23:28:19 GMT 1
Welshies are a threat to Western society. Definately. I think if I had three I'd probably kill myself (if they didn't get me first). H would definately chase the chickens and eat the scraps too Possibly the muzzle as well I have mr Weasley Ferret under lock and key BTW--chap in the pub next door caught him and everyone in the pub came out to bring him round to my house He is now in my second spare parrot cage, locked in, with a pile of hay for bedding, water, and catfood (which he is not impressed with). He's either very tired or poisoned, because his poor little head was dropping, then he was coming to himself with a start Poor little chap. Hopefully I can rehome him tomorrow--cute as he is I don't know the first thing about ferrets, apart from the fact they have a lot of teeth
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Post by kpick on Jul 23, 2007 23:34:22 GMT 1
Maybe use the teeth for your advantage... come oon Finn, im sure you can think of Something...most likely including a certain little pony and those teeth...
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Post by Karon on Jul 24, 2007 8:50:50 GMT 1
I'm beginning to see a pattern here, Finn - H is a little s*d, and you have two parrots who are s*ds as well.... Glad you caught the ferret, they are lovely little animals - I'd have been tempted to "borrow" him if I'd found him! As for H, she sounds as if she had a great time trashing the cage. A new toy for her Makes me quite glad I never had a pony as a child, I went straight to Arabs. Even Ash at her worst isn't half as bad as H
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Post by fin on Jul 24, 2007 9:53:27 GMT 1
Lol. All my animals are little s0ds. We have three cockatiels who aren't too bad though aren't above taking a chunk out of you if you have to catch them for something, a rescued dove who sits on your head and gives you a good pecking, and as for JJ....! I'm supposed to be getting chickens but I'm a bit worried I'll go out looking for nice plump homely birds and come home with Suicide Ninja Assassin Chickens instead. Still, there's probably a limit to the damage a psychopathic chicken can do, even if it has studied Karate. I hope. Kpick, H and the ferret don't get on. She chased him out of the stable yesterday too--personally I'd have taken a chunk out of her nose but poor Mr Weasely just made a run for it..... Anyway, he was alive and well this morning but very, very tired. He's woken up periodically to snuffle about and eat, and to see what we were doing, then curled into a ball and passed out again. I've put him in the corner with a black cloth over the cage so he can get some kip I'm not sure what to do with him though. I've just had a Very Strange Conversation with a poor woman whose number I called thinking it was my ex-student's taxi-driving ferret breeding dad....I think they've moved. Poor woman....I'm sure she thought it was a prank call because she said weakly, 'It's a very bad line....I don't think I heard you properly...' then after I'd explained it all again she said helplessly, 'But I don't know anything about ferrets!!!!' Oh well.... ;D
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Post by Karon on Jul 24, 2007 10:07:56 GMT 1
Er...... They can roost up high then drop on your head The worst thing the chickens did at one yard I was at was all let themselves get caught by the fox and leave dismembered bits of chicken around, horrible birds - they could have tidied up after themselves Still, the fox was happy! The YO never made any attempt to shut his chickens up, even after that when he was left with about 6 of them As for the ferret sleeping, that's pretty much what they do - sleep, eat and then have a mad half hour before returning to sleep They are cats in disguise ;D Poor woman you spoke to, she probably thinks you're mad If you can't find his owner, you could either see if a local animal rescue can take him, if you don't want to keep him, or you could build a nice big run, with secure cage, lots of toys, nice indoor cage with thick bedding, get a lead and harness, lots of tunnels for him and keep another insane pet
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Post by Donnalex on Jul 24, 2007 12:54:48 GMT 1
Ferrets make fabby pets, why dont you keep him? I would have a tame one like a shot our last one died of old age. Tame ones are hard to find and if they are nice and tame like yours, they are good for putting down rat holes and chasing mice out of your stables. Wrap him up in brown paper and post him up to me if you like.
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