Tommy Joe wrote:
>
> Pretty funny scene. Ferrets must be unusual in that way as over
> the years I have never seen a cat or dog or even a guinea pig react
> negatively to a fart. It's like they're oblivious to it even thought
> their sense of smell is greater than ours. Maybe the ferrets were not
> staring with murderous intent. Maybe the fart made them hungry and
> the look you saw was not one of hate but one of silent begging. Until
> ferrets learn to talk we will never know for sure.

Oh I know for sure. If you live with ferrets you learn how to communicate
with them.

A smelly fart will wake them up and they stare at me. Cartoon daggers coming
from their eyes to mine.

They don't meow or bark or make much sound but they alway make faints sounds
and you learn what they all mean after time. Some are happy play sounds.
Some are upset sounds and you might be stepping on their foot or something.

That's me understanding *their* language. They have also learned to
communicate with me. If they are out and want to play with me, Mia will jump
on my leg, Jackie will run by me then stop a few feet away.

If they are in their cage and either wants out to play or if they want some
gravy meal...they both have different ways of getting my attention:
- Mia will start batting around a plastic ball that has a jingle bell
inside.
- Jackie will go downstairs in the cage and push her food dish into the
water dish constantly, making a loud clinking sound.

Each way gets my attention. Once I pick them up, a struggling means they
just want out to play. If they are hungry, they will look as me and lick
their lips.

I guess I can add "Ferretese" to my list of languages

Gary