they are indeedy.. some are nicer than others yeah lol.. the male above will let me sit in the doorway and tickle him on the back whilst he is drinking from a bowl i am holding... which is sweet, the female is a bit more nervous but will still come when i call, and come up and take food from me.. she is a bit more shy of being touched tho yet.. i think they will end up taming down really nicely for their new owner

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was nice to see a pic of what was in the box they are really very cute

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If you still have them Nerys you might like to try them with garden snails. My girl used to love going out on her harness to forage for them in the garden (which was expressly allowed in my DWA licence at the time) and crunched the shells in her jaws before scraping it away and eating the snail.

She was also keen on prawns and -especially - king prawns as a treat. It might have been a better idea not to introduce her to those though - it got pricey

Mark

i have for this week yes, they go this weekend.. have to admit it will be a shame to see them go as me and them are getting on well together.. even if they are eating me out of house and home!

will go snail hunting later cool ta.. how about slugs??

N

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they are unreal, good little house guests, much better than my relatives

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lol, and mine.. i've been inventing things for them to play with, bless them.. they are not in as big a space as i would like them, being only here in holding, so i've been working on enrichment and giving them things to do..

big knuckle bones have proved popular.. and another fun game is fruit bobbing.. i fill a big deep bowl with water, and dump a load of fruit in.. and then they spend the time apple bobbing and fishing it back out..

it does make a bit of a mess, when they throw water everywhere. but they seem to enjoy it and its fun watching them i have to say.

they came out for a stretch the other evening.. which was fun.. until the female shimmied up the ferret pens and into the roof rafters.. cue nerys shedding shoes and shimmeing on up there after her lol.. so that was fun.. we played scramble round the rafters for about half an hour before she decided that the food on the floor was looking good.. they are seriously agile i have to say..

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No not slugs - I think a lot of them make up for the lack of a shell by producing a foul tasting foam if bitten. Garden snails were the first choice.

Mark

kk ta

i have to be honest and say so far i have not found an awful lot they don't like..

they love quail.. they smelt it before i even got near them... i had two noses and 4 paws sticking out the bars as soon as they smelt them...

and they also like gerbils.. the male raided one of my boxes...

but then they loooove over ripe fruit.. like sharon fruit or kiwi, and banana is a big favourite too.. as is water melon..

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Yes - seeing how fast they can rip the skin off a rat reminds you they don't have to be all cute and funny.

Boiled eggs (she would spend ages taking the shell off) , most any kind of fruit and M&S flapjacks (but only M&S flapjacks ) were all favourites of Bungle. I used to drill holes in a coconut and fill it with treats for her to get out. I tried one of those pet shop treat balls but she realised it only took a moment to smash it - coconuts were tougher.

Giant mealworms were an occasional treat and she loved locusts. If you fancy some fun release 7 or 8 locusts with one coati and watch her try to work out how to catch them all at once!

If you can get them the little pots of jam and marmalade you get in hotels with breakfast are favourites too - Bungle would never break the jar but spend ages getting every last drop of jam out with her tongue.