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Note: These pictures were taken PRE digital cameras!
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The Amazing Ferret Cam began about 14 years ago, back when web cams were virtually unheard of and digital cameras were really hard to find. The original stars were Ferrety, Blip, Pbob (pronounced "bob"), and Yoda. It was set up so that Roman could keep an eye on his animals and home via the internet from work, but it soon got so popular that he started a guestbook that was signed by hundreds of people per week towards the end (We took it down when we moved to the burbs around six years ago), and he was approached by a writer with the Washington Post who was writing an article about cameras on the web. (Click here to read article.)
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Previous stars of the Amazing Ferret Cam:
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Group shot from left to right: Pbob, Ferrety (aka: "Speeder"), and Blip
(Sans Yoda.)
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Ferrety (aka: "Speeder")
(1995-2001)
Ferrety was Roman's first experience
with ferrets, and he liked her so much that
he got 3 more! She was a tiny thing
probably because she was so hyper, much
more so than the others, and she loved to
climb. There were many times when Roman found her on
the top shelf of his closet - about 10 feet up!
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Blip
(1997-2003)
Blip wasn't really a blip - she was short and
fat and liked to climb into her sleeping bag, turn
over, look up at me, and have me read
her Snow White.
She'd stay like that with her head stuck
out from the covers looking up at me till
her eyes closed and she fell into her deep
ferret sleep.
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Pbob
(1996-2004)
Pbob (pronounced "bob") was white and long
and lithe. He loved to get into the shower
and lick the skin off your nose. He eventually
got sick, gained 6 lbs. as a result of the treatment for
his disease, went bald,
and passed away to ferret heaven - the sad fate of so many
ferrets. (We miss him much, as we do all of them.)
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Yoda
(1996-2004)
Yoda was the cutest ferret in the world. He
was a big boy with a short, pug snout, who
absolutely loved to repeatedly dive-bomb off the bed onto his stomach with his legs spread-eagle. We didn't get it, but I guess to him it was like riding a roller
coaster to us.
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Otie
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We've had several other ferrets since, but the Amazing Ferret Cam is now the home
of 1 ferret we call Otie. When got her, we thought she was a boy because she was a ferocious little baby and the breeder called her "killer."
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We didn't ask the sex. We just assumed, and we named her Otis. Then we found the truth, so now she's Otie.
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She's very tame because we carry her around with us often and handle her as some ladies carry around their yorkies or chihuahuas :).
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She plays more than any ferret we've known and grabs things in her mouth trying to tear them up like a wild animal shreds a piece of raw flesh by shaking
its head really fast!
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Hide and Seek.
(I see you!)
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She likes chocolate. But NO! She can't have it! French fries! She steals onto my
plate and races away with a mouthful - no mistaking because they're sticking out
from the sides of her head as she runs away. Peanut Butter! Mmm hmm! And soy milk , which she gets just a little bit of every day and for which she is very thankful.
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She "gruzzles" a lot, too - ("gruzzle" = our word for snuggle, nuzzle, and nestle.) She'll clean us and then clean herself...20 seconds us, 20 seconds herself...and this could go on for an hour or more if we let it. It is how she shows her love. And love is exactly what it is. It couldn't be explained as anything else because she's content and warbles like ferrets do, and gets really close. It leaves us with a real appreciation for her and ferrets in general. We hope she lives a long life and are making sure it is a very happy one.
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