#ferretchat
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If that's where she feels comfortable sleeping, then we're going to make sure she sleeps comfortably gosh darn it
Even in her sleep Kitty is the happiest ferret
She is such a cutie
Am i looking at the wrong butt? Kittys tail is shorter (this is probably peanutu)
did someone just misname a fert?
that's punishable by death!
If that was punishable by death there wont be any viewers left
This is more of a learning experience
wiggly babies
I think it was Kitty I saw her leave the box a bit later and Peanut was in the pufferfish
Definitely Kitty (no darker mark on the head, a bit yellow, small tail) her tail may look bigger because of the zoom
Pickle spotted
First pic, sable: thelma, hazel, under hazel is kalu, in the upper middle is mimi, next to kalu is chili, next to him is cash, and mai tai is next to cash. Also pickle and misto
Shaye helped in the ferret discord
Second pic kalu, pickle, chili, deme, peanut? Not sure for the sable
Mimi (i think), pickle, lucky, kalu, peanut. Under kalu is mai tai i think
I thought it was tobert at first lol
And yeah mimi on the left, kalu in the middle, seems a bit chonk for Mai tai, if peenut is there then maybe beans
Shaye confirmed all except the mimi and mai tai ones
They are both one of the 3 girls
The one on the left i the 2nd pic is mimi. I think chili is under kalu
I think you are seeing the picture wrong one sec
-> mimi, pickle, lucky, kalu, (chili), peanut
Oh i was seeing it wrong (the red one is the one i was calling mai tai)
Thought blue was kalu body but you are right that deff chili
As for the other pic its mimi in the back and eugene next to pickle
Dont ask me about sables
Mimi in the back is confirmed ya
Well its double confirmed now!!
Take a guess on the first pic sable, you might get it
It is thelma (i guessed jinx)
I knew it was a girl but i would have never guessed thelma :p
nuuuuu i cant watch shaye stream
That looks like a poster for a super heo movie starring ferrets
Has anyone had any experience with Solensia in ferrets? It's arthritis medication for cats, but often non ferret meds are prescribed off-label for ferrets. My vet suggested I research it.
Please do not tag shaye
Shaye is streaming rn you could ask there
i dont draw furries too often so i hope you like it shaye
Cute :D
Is this really comfy? Linguine I worry for you sometimes 😂
my cats sleep like that. further proof they are just snakecats
The closer the head is to the crotch and booty, the more comfy it gets 
When you pick him up and hold him, does he just fold in two halves like a wet noodle? Because when i was holding ferrets thats what they would do and it was a little silly
maisy was busy 
Sometimes other times he crawls up me like his life depends on it lol
We definitely saw Kitty emerge from there later, I'm sure (I was watching this live before going to bed 😛 )
how old are your two noodles? They’re literally so cute!!
Thank you! They are both 1 year and a few months old 😊
lol gen pop flinging poo poo at Shaye whilst cleaning. rude babies
"pay attention to us!!!!"
that's shaye?
I thought they were also 50 ferrets in a trench coat
sometimes they have to take the trenchcoat off to clean but rest assured that skin suit is full of ferrets
artistic wizard ferrets
hmmm, wonder which little criminal it was
Snoots are loooooooooooong
OMFGGGG THIS IS SO GOOD WTF
dont say that i worked on it for like 30 minutes
still really good tho 0-0
ty tho ;u;
Definitely ask your vet to research adequan!!!!
I have seen very good results for arthritis but haven't used it yet myself
aaaa now I want to get back into trying art
ive been in a bad artblock so i just wanted to doodle stuff i dont normally draw.
but absolutely get back into it
draw cowboy in all his chap and the hat he refuses to wear
looks perfectly sized to me
I’m dead! Lmfao 🤣💀 Goblin clip of the month here 😂
I'm just curious..
I know if I didn't have ferrets anymore, I'd still be in here looking at adorable pictures and videos, because ferrets are obviously the best animals on the planet, but they are extremely high maintenance, and you have to make sacrifices, and not everyone has the same resources to take care of them
How many of you peeps are ferret owners?
i really want to be, and i would be if i was able to be
It's really cool that you aren't and you're so active in here. I could totally see myself in a position like that. It would drive me nuts
It did actually. There was like a 15 year period where I couldn't because of different factors
lol i have hyperfixations that my brain requests i fulfil
Do you think you will one day?
Pickle seems like so much fun to draw tbh

If i could i would
yeah maybe in like 6 ish years
he is pretty hard to draw tbh
fun tho
https://fixupx.com/PirateSoftware/status/1942751064148582465
The goblin lord needs his glasses it seems
Awesome, well keep the logs, you're going to be going in with so much more knowledge than the average person getting a ferret
Oh I can imagine!
i know lol. shaye needs to teach him better
how dare he, onion is much more dignified with her escapes
I stopped asking people in public situations about ferrets. I've heard too many heartbreaking stories about ferret owners who didn't know what they were doing, and there were sad outcomes
Thor likes being wrong about ferrets
He does at times ye 
i had a really good public interaction with a ferret. talking to the guy while holding his (one of 4) ferrets and im like wow you are so responsible. it made my day tbh i was really happy to hear it.
Yeah keep it up, there are a lot of ferrets out there, especially at rescues that need love, and someone who knows what they're doing
I'd never be able to afford it or handle them, being disabled and all, but I'd love to have a new real life interaction with them, my first (and last) interaction with a ferret got me traumatised lol
sleepy
We got this sweetie when he only had a few months left, his owner was going off to college, and we're pretty sure he had never been to a vet, and was always in his cage. Which is heartbreaking, but we made sure to spoil him as much as possible in his twilight. There's a lot of fuzzies out there that need better than what they have
the ferret discord makes me happy to see all the cute and well cared for ferrets. i dont like watching random ferret youtube vids and shorts, because they are often mistreating the ferret or straight up spreading misinformation. the one that makes me so mad is the "if you dont accept a ferret mothers kits she will kill them" like no thats not how it works even a little bit
the reason ferrets bring kits to the owner is unknown, but its likely just strong mothering instinct going a little wild
Yeah. The internet can be terrible, stay with reliable sources. The world was much different before social media
i really like kingsdown ferrets. they are the best youtube channel for educational ferret vids
Who'd win at identifying the ferrets, thor shaye and maddie vs 3 chatters chosen at random
i would volunteer
My theory is since ferrets have a dominance hierarchy ingrained into their DNA, they see their human as the leader, and they're just looking for approval.. but that's just a theory. Ferrets are smarter than both cats and dogs, so it wouldn't surprise me
but shaye would obliterate us
Kingsdown is a good one
"hand is good, hand gives food, baby meet hand!" is always what my thought is with such things tbh
Shaye on their own vs 10 chatters would still win, they're Shayes babies after all!
I wish shaye had a journal or would write a book. Our vet was taking advice from her because she has so much experience. It's really cool too, because our vet didn't just use that info to help ours, but she told me that using that advice she helped other ferrets at that clinic.
It's criminal that we live in an age, where we practically have all of human knowledge available to us at all times, and there's still so little info about ferrets out there
that is a pretty cute way to think about it. i personally think that mom ferrets trust you to take care of the kits while they go off and rest a little (kinda like when 2 bonded cats have kittens and share custody)
That's probably true, or a combination, or something we can't understand because our brains work differently than theirs
mhm
Especially considering how much they're being used in labs, it's insane how little we know about the creatures we use for science so much...
Oof I don't even want to think about that. Although now that your say that, reminds me of Thor's yt video on the subject. I think I'm going to try to see if there are facilities around here that do that and offer to take them in.. thanks for the reminder, even if it's sad
its sad, but animals are used extremely often for labs and medical stuff. the main issue i think is marshals failing to realize that pet ferrets should not be treated like a lab ferret (and i also think lab ferrets should be treated better as well)
Just pit shaye vs chat after a coat change
I wish there had been resources like this when I had my first ferrets.. but there was no real info about ferrets available, other than "random pet store worker" and they didn't know either
Yeah i know, I did not know ferrets were used that way until Thor, not that I don't care about other animals such as mice.. but learning ferrets were used was extra heart wrenching.
I want to save them all. If i had the money, they would all be saved
I feel like this would be a fun game.
Take a screenshot of stream and zoom in on a particular ferret. Then its chat vs shaye
You know shaye can legit just pull a id off a screenshot right?
Plus chat has a secret weapon its shoon's ferret reconition software
the thing is, they are extremely helpful in labs. and in the past there has been a study intentionally poising animals (ferrets included) with mercury tainted chicken to see the transfer effect is small predatory animals. and these are useful studies that i wish could be done without the death of these little guys ;(
Well. That is awful. I am extremely helpful in the next few years they will be able to map biological functions using AI and explore every possibility so that they can get equivalent results without suffering
i really hope so! ai could honestly do amazing things in medical fields
ok someone pls remind me tomorrow to try drawing someone (probably pickle, maybe someone else)
i say draw gort 😆
I'm one of those that can't really have a ferret. Besides my financial constraints, my body likes the hotter temperatures. I'm comfortable in 100 degree weather and will start shivering around 70 degrees; when possible I like to keep my house around 80....that makes it kind of a non starter when it comes to ferrets.
Oh, if anyone was following me to find some supposedly abandoned ferrets in a recreational area, since I couldn't find them after 3 tries, I contacted the county's animal control and asked if they could look and I would take responsibility for getting them to a rescue. The person on the phone said "they'd look into it" and let me know
So I just live vicariously through the stream and enjoy watching them.
Nothing wrong with that
Not just that, Shaye can id them on nightcam... from a screenshot... it's scary sometimes xD
i mean... she is the ferret mom... and mothers know their children. 
no contest, could put whole of chat and Maddie against just Shaye, and Shaye still win. Those are their children afterall
wait, Shoon has a software that does fuzzy recogniztion?
Perhaps you could've play some ferret noise while searching for them? Like a Bluetooth speaker strap behind the cage with chicken feed inside to lure them.
No unfortunately its just my brain
unfortunately? that is awesome
Clearly you havent met my brain
mine prety awful too, but doesn't haven't any kool skills like that, unless count remembering in detail all my Final Fantasy games, lol
I miss the old playtime cam but what can ya do. Hopefully they get around to installing a second camera soon
I havent really kept up with the new coats in a while
Here is Charlie being cute and lazy this morning
odie doing a henry eep
wow, Mouse has gotten so big /j
poyo
This is what impresses me most w identifying ferrets- old pics aren’t always good comparisons
Some marks stay mostly the same
Do their noses ever change? I think I remember that dogs’ do
(Also, I thought Cash’s short tail would always be an easy identifier lol)
I wonder how long i'll be able to identify mike. Prolly til his boots go away
His mask evolved :0
Clyde is adorable is his little hat (ignore the other doodles, ive been drawing lots of ferrets)
If you want a whole mess of coat changes check boofs gallery https://ferrets.piratesoftware.wiki/wiki/Beef
This is over the span of 4 years
oh I love this, I dont know how else to describe it but this doodle is very squishable
Pickle has also had a lot of mask changes right?
Yes
Impeccable pic of baby Beef for those who haven’t seen it before (me)
Aww that's so sweet
You should draw one of them now :p
CHAOS IS OUT
How can Maddie keep a straight face when walking past THAT
I'd be a mess on the floor, crying laughter lol
Kirby fighting demons
Misto lmao
Camera on ferret stream is frozen 
Last Chapter in the "Abandoned Ferret Saga"
So... went by the vet's office to pick up medication for Sushi, told her I looked for the abandoned ferrets for quite a bit of time but couldn't find them, then she said "yeah our last sighting was 2 weeks ago" "the first sighting was 3 months ago" so I pulled out my phone to show her pictures of minks. "Could you have possibly seen minks? Ferrets wouldn't make it more than a few days" She said yeah that's probably what it was. Then she said "I don't know a lot about rodents"
Then my eye twitched and I said "yeah me either" and she said "oh that's right they aren't rodents"
So, I guess I was right about the mink theory. So.. that's it. Apparently it seems no ferrets were ever in danger, and now I can sleep a little better
Unlocked the best ending.
Adopts Both
I just learnt another Japanese word because of this, thanks
Himitsu = ひみつ = 秘密
What do you use to learn
I was using Duolingo, however I keep forgetting to practice xD
Duolingo is good for, like you said, practice, not so much for learning the basics
It's good supplemental material
I have a good friend whom speaks Japanese whom I will be conversing with in the language.
Lucky!
ye
Started with these, then a combination of anki and Tori SRS, now duolingo.. I still review every day so I don't lose what I've learned, but I haven't had the time to push forward lately
Ferret in Japanese is shiroitachi (白イタチ) which literally translates to "white weasel"
They also use feretto as a loan word, but I consider that the lazy way
I facepalmed a little too hard at her response, which is not great with a migraine but omg.. that's just.... I'm glad no ferrets were ever in danger, but by god....
Ikr
Everyone can have a complete brainless moment once in a while. At least she caught it and realized she had one.
On twitter the ferret hashtag is #フェレット which i think is feretto
it is
I’m watching the genpop playtime from a couple hrs ago- does anyone know which ferret was scruffing Cash?
(I’m just curious- it seemed like the same ferret twice so far, but he didn’t seem like, bothered by it)
can you send timestamp
I don’t remember if this is the first or second time, but 1:17:27:40ish?
I’m not great at reading ferret interaction, but it seems pretty casual? No like, poofy tail or anything
how do i see the twitch vod time?
(I’m not very familiar w twitch) I just watch the latest vod under recent broadcasts on tv or mobile and it’s there?
hell yeah
I really was just curious if we knew who it was (I can’t see the twitch chat replay rn), but its a sable 🤷
i cant really tell, maybe mishka?
Probably Louise if it was a smaller sable, she plays hard
from shayes chat
ferretsoftware went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Animals, Aquariums, and Zoos VOD now.
maybe they dont have a tail kink lol
i think im just misreading the movement of the tail
Kirby looking cursed next to sufferfish
derby and sufferfish

we need shaye's emotes in here too
its the double mouth of sufferfish that get's me each time I see it
lol
!pobox
Send me stuff! The weirder the better! yarrHeart 15613 Olson Drive NW #65, Vaughn, WA 98394
lmao
Torch is free
Linguine
SOOO CUTE TY!!
Also here is just ferret wardance no one specific
The tail ❤️
Aw, it reminds me of Mishka's mugshot~

this sort of looks like a frame from one of those OMORI stylized drawings that cycle multiple very similar drawings
Maisy and Cowboy kiss !!
cute ferret stories https://youtu.be/7w8H3XfnETc?si=0FPw96JdM4sfGYkp
A few animated anecdotes about my silly business of ferrets using their brains for mischief.
Thanks for watching!
Buy them a treat on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/williamsnekspeare
Music by Daniel Vilaire from Perplexing Bestiary: https://www.youtube.com/@PerplexingBestiary
Ferret further reading:
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Stoffel would be proud
Does Torch make noise when we see him with his mouth open like here ? https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/DependableEphemeralScallionAMPEnergyCherry-1-q0NkkN19V5TGa3
Princess Willow says good morning (she is the best ferret ever made)
You may recognize her from one of her hit movies, such as Banana Bed
Yesssss it’s back
Adorable sweet old lady
Fun fact
'While they share the "ferret" name, black-footed ferrets are a distinct species from the domestic ferret, which is a different animal that has been domesticated for centuries, according to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Black-footed ferrets are wild animals'
From Google ai
thats why i like the name American polecat more than Black-footed ferret
Makes sense to me
Loooong
that looks incredibly comfy
hehe
between cats and ferrets, Im not sure who looks comfier in the most pretzel/uncomfy positions 
Well, as long as he's comfy, I guess 
is that a beans plush? /j
I know I’m spamming today but this was just heartbreaking cute 😭
Babiesss
Dooka
Double swirl 
So cuuuuute
yin and yang
Will it takes a single fluffy to wake the other one?
Always spam ferret pics
lol thats so funny
wow cowboy smooching with a young one huh. Cowboy u dirty ole man u 😏 😆
maisy kiss her elders
EXCUSE ME maisy is MARRIED to a handsome young man named mike
pff they r too young to be married. M&M r still babies. Ure pushing them out of the cradel too fast
arranged by shaye
The stuggle is real
"I will find a way through this magic wall. Mark my words."
The amusing thing is, she knows how to climb the white fences but refused to once they changed
Mix between fig and eedie
yea
love her nose aw
Watch FerretSoftware's clip titled "shaye helps figgy to the kirby using his ball <3"
Ferret clip of the day
https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/SullenSpikyRutabagaDxCat-c7cRiH0vuxvFU9vk
She is incredibly precious and I love her already
Almost done with the nails clipping?
what do u mean improving? King Henry has always been a pro with those rolls 😆
I do be clipping nails
Nail clipping is eternal and never ending

Hey Shaye, talked to the vet today about Adequan for Sushi. She was afraid of the shots being too painful for her and wanted to try Rejensa.
That's interesting, it's usually just administered with an insulin needle so the worst part of it is the poke, but oral supplements are a good place to start if she's not comfortable with injections
Do you all do subcutaneously or intramuscular?
Does anyone know the name of this bed/where to find it? I think my cat might love it 
When I do an image search it just shows me beanbags -__-
https://www.amazon.com/Winsterch-Large-Washable-Warming-House/dp/B081V9MDCV?th=1 the google image search worked for me :D
Omg thanks! Literally adding the words "cat bed" did not help my google search somehow :/ Silly google, us UK people aren't allowed to have cute pet beds 
yeah the google image search feature is actally a lifesaver xD
toast you beat me to it! I just found it on Amazon. Google images was having a bit of trouble for me finding it
It appears that I can't get it in the UK 😔 Amazon US doesn't ship it to the UK and I can't find it on amazon UK
I searched “hooded cat bed” and was able to find it that way
I will keep searching, thanks! 
I'm finding similar ones that might do, they don't have the bonus of this one though, this one has the "blanket" part stretched over it, the ones I find it's loose so they can be on top or under it which means my cat will NEVER figure out how to get under it (it's never his day with the braincell...)
I have a hooded bed for my dog because she likes to burrow under the blankets, however she doesn’t know how to get under the hood herself and will bark at me to lift the hood for her. 😂
That';s adorable though xD
While looking for the bed I saw this and now I kinda want to buy one for Gort...
Gortbee
It can be administered either way, the only thing that changes is absorption rate
I usually prefer sq injections for any medication I can for older ferrets primarily because they often have loss of muscle tone
Not much to poke
Yeah. She said she wasn't sure about efficacy doing subcutaneous injections of adequan. She said she's heard mixed reviews
I suggested anesthesia, she didn't want to do it that frequently, understandable
There's not a huge amount of info on adequan for ferrets in the first place unfortunately and it's an off label use of it (similarly to cats)
Yeah
I will say I do injections regularly for many different ferrets and they don't really mind, it's not that bad
Of lots of different things, even meds that sting like injectable b vitamins and cerenia
It's ouchies for a second and then they don't care
Okay, so I'll shoot her an email about the diabetes syringe
Insulin syringes work best for like, all ferret injections
I go through them like candy
are they cheap?
I prefer the 1/2cc syringes because they're easy to read
Talking out my ass for this but i guess those work because they are small?
Oh god, needles are like wire guages
Somewhat
smol needle for smol creature
You really need to write a book one of these days. You're more informed with ferrets than any vet I've met or any information online
It's only because I work with ferret specialist vets
I'll buy 10
With 20+ years of ferret specific experience
i think the reason needles are so easy for animals is they dont freak themselves out like we do lol
Well... that's more of a reason to
Today I learned how to do unsedated cranial vena cava blood draws on them by myself (moxie was my guinea pig)
Easiest blood draw I've ever done in my life on any animal
oh awesome
And moxie fights normal back leg blood draws hard
For those not versed: bigger numbers mean smaller for this
Yes
Absorption rates goes fastest to slowest: IV / IM / SQ (there's others but those are most common)
@tall path would you recommend distracting her with a treat during an injection? Like salmon oil/"pickle juice" or is that risky? That's how I get nail trimmings done around here
those are fancy words but im guessing a vein from the neck? idk medical terminology lul
(Not all meds can be done all ways tho, injectable doxycycline causes tissue necrosis if it's given SQ)
Oh yeah totally
That's how I do fluids
Yes it's lower down on the neck towards the first rib)
is im intramuscular
So in your opinion adequan via insulin syringe would be the way to go over rejensa? She doesn't have loads of time left, and I know the adequan works much more quickly
I think it's more effective personally, you get varied results with oral supplements
Like for example some supplements have poor bioavailability when taken orally like B vitamins
Plus I've read rejensa can cause diarrhea, which we've finally got under control after 2 years
I will say though for adequan it's good to make sure her kidneys are chill first since it's filtered renally
Yeah i saw that too. I've used Grok and asked specifically listing all of her health problems, and it's been spot on with your suggestions and her concerns. It's almost scary
We do IM ostilox for birds
(Meloxicam)
I don't know about mammals specifically though
I assume you know, but grok is an advanced ai model
i never knew this :o mines 25g and i was like "why is the ferret one bigger" 
I'm gonna look that up now for fun
If you mean grok, you should. It's wild
Aye, 30G is the like tiny thing and 13G is giant and used for rapid blood transfusion in people
my draw one is 21
Oh haha about the IM ostilox for mammals
Lol
I know about grok! I'm not huge on AI
i dont like ai for animal info
It's caused issues at work
its good for like, physics
Oh god
I don't like AI
But if it's here, I'm going to use it
It's a tool and is okay as long as you take it with a grain of salt
mhm
It changes constantly too. I would take your advice or my vet's any day over AI. It is nice to have confirmation though
its quite nice for a good outline to a project imo
Its great for condensing topics but not for stuff like art and being a diagnosis tool
I've just had a lot of struggles with clients disagreeing with doctors because of AI
Its kind of frustrating
Yeah i could totally see that
Thanks Shaye! I'm going to go shoot her an email
yeah some people just dont want to be wrong ever
lol
admitting you are wrong makes you looks way smarter than most people think
i never learned my yours
xD
it can be
That is a weirdly interesting fact to know actually! 
Oh my heart
When she finishes she spends a good 2 or 3 minutes wiping the soup off of her mouth and chin on whatever she can find
When momma makes a delicious supper. I’d do the same thing Sushi 😆
Best reason to be ferret is to not be shamed for licking up every last drop of soup
Thinking about getting a 3d printer to help me with work stuff, and I was thinking about ferret toys, and how they're really just cat toys... I wanted to design something like a "forever play set" involving a series of tunnels that are made up of sections of tubing that snap together, imagine big Legos but with tunnels in the middle, some turn, some fork into two directions, some go up.. but you can reconfigure it endlessly, and one of the four walls is clear plastic, so you can watch them
Printing clear plastic is sorta tricky, it would be very frosted
Well.. I hadn't anticipated printing that part, I didn't know you could. but i will keep that in mind! Thanks! I'm sure there will be a lot of learning involved
It would be nice to design it, and make a few bucks for those who didn't want to bother making their own, but I'd like to make it cheap or free to get the files, because I want ferrets to be happy. Passion project
sounds like u wanna build a customated ferret highway, but one that u can easily change up the design so u can keep the enrichment interesting for the ferret. What a cool idea
Forgive me complete lack of drawing, but this would be like a view facing the opening of one of the pieces, bluec being the plastic.. I imagined just getting a bunch of identically cut strips of plastic and sliding them into place
Very close. Well.. I guess yeah that too.. I was thinking more of a maze, but yes, constant enrichment
Thinking about how to do different textures to add layers of diversity, but yeah it's all in the Super alpha planning stages, if it (hopefully) goes into the active design phase, I'll nag Shaye to pick her brain for ideas, and then send them a free set as a thank you
Yea printing clear is like impossible, it would be very frosted
my suggestion: design the parts as halves that snap or screw together
that way if you come up with something people are interested in, you don't have to redesign everything to get them injection molded at like protomolds or somewhere like that
I got the idea, because our baby Willow was diagnosed with insulinoma, and she wasn't very active. We moved into a new place, let her run all around the house. She was so excited, crazy, jumping around.. but in the last couple of months.. she played much less.. we assumed it was because the insulinoma was getting worse.. but we had her tested, her blood sugar is still stable. We think she got bored of the new environment
The idea was pieces that snap together so they could be reconfigured at will, but what do you mean by halves and why? I'm very very open to input and suggestions
3d printers are not that giant
Right, but it would be one segment at a time
so you would be making alot of smaller sections but making them in halfs you can fit more per plate
I mean like say you have a single straight pipe. Instead of making it an O, make it a ( and ) piece that you screw together, then connect those assembled pieces for the playscape
For refrence: this whole thing was 4 single prints because of the size
The idea in my case is less to do with size, and more to do with "what if I want 100 of these"
Injection molding of what is basically a curved plane is a whole lot easier than a tube
That is what I'm thinking, scalable so that people could use it no matter the room size.. if you have a lot of space, you can go more horizontal, if you're in a small apartment, they also snap vertically so you can still have a lot of play area
plus making it halves makes it a lot easier to add windows, just slide the clear plastic piece in before putting the halves together
I'm also open to criticism, so if one of my ideas is hella dumb, feel free to tell me
I should go find a CAD thing to show you what I mean X3
im just more wonding how to stop potential breakage of them, pla isnt that strong
I wouldn't turn it down. This is for the fuzzy babies 🫡
tpu
Ehhh can be a pain to print tpu
That's one of the things that will be learned, analyzed, and addressed along the way. I have no delusions of having a fully functional system right away. I imagine it will take many redesigns.. multi month.. perhaps multi year project. Trial and error
That's what I pictured in my head, but with vertical ways to connect as well. I really appreciate you doing that
yeah, just thinking ahead :3 a set is probably gonna need dozens of them, and if you want more than like 3 sets, a 3D printer isn't gonna keep up. by the time you have enough printers to do so, it would have been cheaper to just go to protomolds and gotten a small run done, so if you just design them to be molded from the start protomolds will be even easier to work with; without having to forgo the 3d printed prototyping stages
also, I know they make something very similar to your idea, but for hamsters. so you might go look at a pet shop's hamster section to see if you can find anything to be inspired by; not just overall ideas but really get in and look at how they do things
Screenshotting that to keep in mind
Also thinking of different types of stimulus than just round pipe with turns, like some square areas, triangular.. still just take a bit of testing
Great idea
price wise, last I looked at getting something relatively simple from protomolds it was like... $1500 for a mold. so it won't be cheap to get started, but once the mold is done it can be used for a silly number of runs
keep in mind though that that is for a single mold, and stuff like curves, T junctions, etc are all going to need to be separate molds (hence the suggestion to try and design them to be exact mirrored halves, so you only need 1 mold per part instead of 2)
Understood, that makes sense, thank you
And getting it all over your face in the process! ^^
"Dozens". My babies will get hundreds 🤣
Ferret clip of the day
https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/ClumsyBlatantSrirachaVoteNay-zp-0DwJwTa_xyxVT
That bird isn't trying to kill anything, so definitely not Australian (ignoring the also not a magpie)
Eepy old men
Odie and Cowboy! The grumpy gang!
@tall path oof, well.. that's settled, she got her first dose of Rejensa last night. And we woke up to ferret puke on her bed.
So gabapentin made her puke, Rejenza made her puke. I feel like the vet will be more open to the idea of adequan now, especially after I shared your experience with it and the insulin needle suggestion
When the poor ferret has to yack twice in order for the vet to consider someone else’s advice 😔
He has advanced Adrenal. You can do !adrenal in the ferret twitch channel to get some more info about it
Box of Ferrets is the cutest thing ever ❤️
This snow leopard will melt your heart ❤️ #shorts #wholesome #hearttouching #mademesmile #hearttouchingstory
You can post these in #pets-and-plants This channel's main focus is ferrets. If you can't see the channel I linked, grab the 'enjoy dank memes' role id:customize
Pickle head boof peebutt
Yeah our Sushi is mostly bald. Adrenal causes hair loss. Adrenal causes hair loss. And she's on prednisolone for something else, which inhibits hair growth.
We have another with adrenal, but it's her only current health problem, so she has her hair. There's an implant they once a year for the adrenal. $350 + whatever the vet charge. Ferrets B expensive
Poor noodles
https://youtube.com/shorts/LpuyvgEMVUI?si=6kdTZ8HKX0HPwfvX good thing the ferrets are not like this
sables are like mega upgraded ferrets lol
ferrets have absolutely no agility skills xD
ferrets act like the have an 100 in agility but have a 10
dang that missing 0. It was there earlier I swear 😛
would anyone know of a rescue for disabled ferret? i have a ferret i spent 3k getting both his broken elbows repaired by an accomplished vet at a university... the one elbow was so bad and with such little material to work with, it was likely the pin would slip out of place over time and it has.. its been 3 years since that surgery and he now has significant internal scar tissue and a limp present since after surgery but he is happy, playful, and healthy otherwise. he just cant walk comfortably on hard surfaces and also cannot be housed with other ferrets due to their rough play nature and his fragility... but hes the friendliest little guy and has never bitten anyone or anything a day in his life and is even comfy with dogs of all sizes. he yeeted himself off our stairs/upper floor shortly after adopting him though hence the surgery. it was my sister's ferret and she abandoned him and i dont have the funds to get him another surgery so i have to surrender him to a rescue but need help. im in DC area
If you put in a #ferret-ticket I may be able to help find somewhere for you
i was about to say that lol
I have pre-emptively forwarded this message to the national ferret rescue group chat and will let you know if there is anyone in the area
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Soak up the joyful vibes from today's #SummerSpeciesSpotter post – some very hyperactive stoat kits! 🤪
You might catch a glimpse of these excitable speedsters in grasslands, heaths and woodlands – and sometimes gardens too, if you're lucky.
Their playfighting may just look like fun (which it is), but it's also vital for honing their skills as grassland predators and will help enable them to take down larger prey, like rabbits.
These kits will have been born in the spring, probably in a group of 6-12 (we'll let you guys guess how many there are here, because we can't tell 🤷)
🎥 Thank you to Richard Arrowsmith for sending us this clip.
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Stoat #StoatKits #BabyAnimals
Wild noodle cousin
humongous
A little something I put together
as a mtg player i approve
Gnocchi likes wearing my hair ties 😂
she is stylish
Thank you hehe
OLD PEOPLE
Awwww
❤️
Glad to know jasmine is settling in
jasmine friends with old peeps alreadyyyyy 💖 i love her
Luna and Peanut going “yep cuddle buddy”
It helps that Luna and Peanut (and the other old ladies) are very welcoming ^^ Actually, the only grump in oldies now is Cowboy 😛
And odin gets cranky
cowboy gets office time outs
Oh yeah, in my head Odie is still solo lol
https://fixupx.com/RiverMakes/status/1944237913178615844 look at the 2 grumps
it seems like odie has been way better recently though
ferrets are friends, not tunnels henny
Sure they are, if your names henry
What a good friend- being both a space heater and a foot rest. Good job Henry!
Henry is best boi
Henry the support ferret 
He looks so soft and fluffy too
We now know cowboy is even ribbed aswell
I did again. I saw a picture and thought it was one of my ferrets for a split second
Hahaha
Sushi looks like Fig tbh
kinda, but with more floof
Cowboy madge
Angry old man
who was he raging at or was it just life
Just life i think
the moon probably
mood tbh
or the sun
perfect clip. 11/10. the scamper, the chin scritchies, the squeaks
Henny teeths
teefs
teef!
did he get his teefs cleaned they look very shiny
That was the sweetest. I need to give our babies more face rubs
Is fig that sweet old man up there
If so, from the neck down yeah, distinct heads though
fig is this one
i know hes the one in my pfp also
He's a very cutie boy
i love him hes so sweet
Tough old man
he has round puppy face
I would be his friend
Fig is happy to be everyone's friend
Of our babies, I'd say he matches Sushi the most. Dat mask
yeah the mask is very sushi like
early on i got cowboy and fig confused and i couldn’t figure out how the “grumpy old man” (fig) was such a cuddle bug
Nothing will ever happen to the rescue, but if you ever have a natural disaster and need to temp relocate some of your babies. We will drive the 40ish hours and keep up to 10 babies at our cost, and keep them quarantined from our babies that apparently have FRECV. Until the insurance money kicks in to rebuild. They'll get the best ferret medical care for ferrets the Midwest has to offer.. which I have learned isn't the greatest.. but.. it'll have to do
They'd have about 1000 Sq ft to themselves
And experimental 3d printed tunnels
Sounds silly, but we have a friend for worst case scenario, like the house burns down, for temp housing
henry is emotional support ferret to me too, not just the oldies. 
henry is loved and cherished by them to, hes like their sweet helpful grandson
Me: "please Clyde, I want to go to sleep! It's 2 am and I'm so tired! 😢 "
"Guess you should have put your Sam's Club order away earlier wench!"
Crinkly bags of fun! 
Too much energy! Please bubby I love you! I need a solid 6 hour break 🤪
Is playtime, yes?
I love him with my entire heart, but playtime no. I have to get enough sleep to pay his bills 🤪
Why not both? 🤷♀️
Okay. This is the most ferret video I've captured in a bit. Clyde is upset because the beds comforter is in the laundry (he was freaking out and scratching a good 20 seconds before I started filming) then he said "maybe I can jump onto that window cill, then he ran to the door
Don't feel bad about this, he is out more than the other 4 (probably combined) We built this home so he and Gizmo and Sushi could have their own room. He also gets most of the "outside room" time, and most of the "explore the entire house time" he is a spoiled boy
henFerret clip of the day
https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/RoundRelentlessThymePartyTime-e6_M7HAVa-lYGbMH
He’s the drummer! I think i remember him from another clip u showed of him drumming on the gate 😆
"I'm AWAKE mom! LET ME OUT!" - Clyde, probably, definitely, obviously 😂 He's very cute
Lol yes I started to repost that and couldn't find it
He's the sweetest and most annoying, I find that's often how goes
Yeah that's it
Yes this is the one! Love the drumming 🤣
What's sad, is that starting at 0:10... I see that poop in the top left, and I instantly know that's Clyde's poop.
Such is ferret life
He had to wait because Rzyna was out, and attacks anyone who isn't her sister Willow.. so we really have 2 ferret rooms
We don't have kids, and we got a 4 bedroom house because of ferrets. This cannot be healthy
its fine. Yall just need to get ur son a drum n let him make music 😉
So cute, just what I needed this morning! 
I totally would get him a drum.......... but he wouldn't use it as one 🤪
Give him a big hug, and tummy rub, cuz I can't all the way over here 
I did, and I said "this is from Kilil" and he ignored me and chased a cat over the gate
Don't worry there's constant monitoring. It's typically not advised to mix ferrets with other pets.
We're in a unique situation
I need a friendly next door neighbor with ferrets that doesnt mind i come over all the time to snuggle them
Kitty is cleaning that bowl
I wanna hug that ferret
Also i call our ferrets kitties because they are related to polecats and kitty is a cute word, and "close enough"
Careful…Kitty might kidnap you along with the lambies and you may never been seen from again

That's fine
I'd be willingly kidnapped by kitty
I love Kitty
LEEEEROOOOOOYYYY JEEEENKIIINS
TIME FOR CHAOSSSSSSSSSSSS

had to do a stupid sketch
thank you so much!!!
sorry ive been super busy this weekend and couldnt get around to checking this
Rude nut sisters in jail
It's perfect! 😆
look at them, roan out so much. Hazel looks almost as white as mouse in that pic.
I put my hand over the gate
Tall
The lil fangs
Omg hazel so pale
Lucky
@tall path doodles of the babies (cheese and hawk)
cheeeeeese
I used some shitty old markers i found and some colored pencils
still looks amazing tho
So cute!!!
So with that clear setup will we be getting more pov cams in the future building?
loving the great see-through wall
One of the most iconic noises ever.
Up there with hey, listen!
I mean the 3d pinball space cadet noises are iconic
It is but the MGS alert is iconic enough that if you play the sound a lot of people will recognise and not necessarily from MGS
Like the wilhelm scream
Ye
Moose is such a dingus wingus.
https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/BumblingSeductivePuddingPunchTrees-bUyXrJdICWT0Q11g
May I save this video & share with very good bean friendos that like it when I share fert content??
Feel free
Thank you 💙
Also, thank you for streaming your weirdo furry family 💙 I haven't had the opportunity to have ferts in a while & they make me happy to watch. Especially since I just heard a very good fert named Tumble just passed away yesterday 💔
It @tall path with henry 
https://x.com/WholesomeMeme/status/1944570176579547614?t=K60XrpBOsrCs2pQAZDVu9w&s=19
I found a more efficient fencing set up for the sanctuary. 🤣
Uh the ferret room is being cursed
Watch just above the logo
Yeah totaly Cursed
what the flux is that can't watch the noodles now, all i do is look at that corner.
@tall path pls help, check what it is
I don't see what you're looking at
Looks like the end of some paper towel blew into frame
look right above snails house sign 😄
Its paper towel
this needs to go on Beans wiki page lol
Ohhh it's dust on the ledge
No, edited versions wont go on the wiki they are just for fun.
I almost said, I would kill to have a ferret that big, then I remembered how they are violent predators, and it would surely try to kill me... so... nope
not henry tho, you'd be more at risk of him knocking you over with a speen
googles "speen"
I would quit my job to care for Henry
Well okay that's not true I need money to care for all of the babies...
But if I could
Ah! I would hire somebody. Problem solved
speen is spin but spelled like you are pronouncing it in a silly way
thank you for the example shaye
What a horrifying nightmare
I like it
Been going through our expenses, Sushi's bills alone have been $1400 in the last 30 days. I'm not complaining. It's worth every penny.
I'm not discouraging anyone. I know there's a lot of people hopeful of adopting ferrets soon, andI think everyone here would be a better owner than the average pet store buying owner.. but I do recommend getting pet insurance, and/or having some money saved and set aside for your fuzzies, especially during their twilight years
She's between 6 and 7
Just a reminder to do some planning
I know Thor made a couple videos on that subject
Yeesh, not even 30 days.. since the first
do you have a picture of sushis face? i want to compare her to fig
It was to amusing not to.
i say she looks a lot like fig when he was younger
nose is less speckled
She's so sweet. You can see the cloudiness in her eyes. 🥺 pretty sure she's 100% blind at this point
WE ARE BLESSED
Still gives us kisses. Still likes to explore, still gets really excited for her soupies, as long as those things continue, we'll throw as much money as needed at her.. even if we have to live in a car 🤪 but let's hope that's not necessary
i know this is a little sad, but she looks a little bit like grandpa/zero, who did pass away. he was a really sweet old man in the rescue
Awww. So sweet. Yeah it's coming. We want to make sure she's as happy, and comfortable, and loved as possible
im sure she is
Oops. Getting a little teary.. it's med time anyway 😺
Sounds stupid, but I've thought about AI having some breakthrough so that pets can live forever... and I'd be really upset about the sweeties that just missed it
I would have given grandpa zero so many kisses
he got so much love, he was very very cherished
Poised and ready to capture Sushi first couple of post-soup wipes.. They're very dramatic and by the time I start recording they aren't as good
Me too, but I should be working 🤣
THe new cam works perfectly for clipping mobile. You can put the small indicator over the close-up cam and the big one as an overview window. https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/TardyFurtiveCaribouVoteNay-pwup8-btBK32ghmg
Would it be possible to get some kind of border around the second feed? Something like the thin brown lines around the bigger feed?
Looking at the second feed I feel a lot of eye strain from how visually busy the corner is; there's a lot of overlapping lines and intersecting objects that make my brain short circuit a bit.
Shaye is gonna work on it soon
Henry spotted
figgy and kitty
Pfftt yep. My brain said "that's Sushi and Sugar." Sugar has been gone for two years
Wanted to post this somewhere a long time ago, but didn't know how to block out my name. This is Sweet old lady Sushi, when she was still sweet but not so old. And her sister Sugar who passed away from cancer in July of 23.. first two ferrets I got a an adult and with my husband.. and here comes the crying I've been holding in this evening
Sound required
The ferret lord at work 
Thanks. She had some really aggressive kind of cancer.. she was fine.. and then she was walking kind of flat, she had exploratory surgery the next week.. and there was a mass. She had a follow-up appointment on a Saturday morning.. 3am.. she wanted out of her cage.. we let her out.. she ran about 20 feet, and then fell.. just laying there.. sometime between then and 8am she passed
Why am doing this?
Okay
Nite friends
goodnight
Ferret clip of the day
https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/TardyFurtiveCaribouVoteNay-pwup8-btBK32ghmg
She has such a cute little face 
ODIE BUTT
is it henry just standing there almost not moving? lol
he took a little nap
soop cam
Noooo pepponi
Foot soop is as good as floor kibble
The old ladies are so happy 
After learning about the Ferret Software Wiki, I now want to make a visual novel of their adorable mischievous antics 
We're happy that you're enjoying it. It took us quite some time to set it up, but it looks quite nice now! 
I have one planned in my head if you need any help 😂 
Might have to colab. Partially thinking of just doing it for the Jam, see whats happens. 
I dont have much in the way of practical skills for it but i do know the ferrets pretty well (also vns)
I made a bit of a concept for a ferret game
But it depends what the jam is about, i might not do it
Feel free to steal it (ill dm the doc is anyone wants it)
Other ferret in there is like "dude chill"
I might be able to help o.o
I can’t with linguine today lmao 🤣
Is noodle
While i know that is a ferret
The nose sticking out like that is only making me think of a sleeping opossum
feet on the face
Happy tail is on vibrate
Welp, I pulled the trigger. I originally wanted this to make a ferret tunnel system... but I decided on now to make ramps for Old Lady Sushi to help her get in and out of her favorite beds. Time to study!
https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/a1?id=579550514255634440&skr=yes&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22495821992&gbraid=0AAAAAo9so7MIv6Kw2n-qZ4GuOFSox76sT&gclid=CjwKCAjw1dLDBhBoEiwAQNRiQbP-b8pSfjpIXpl8WsMt607Q8oeen-WMTvKOhpmeGOfi1Lr2gyHEHxoCBR0QAvD_BwE
yesssss join the bambu club

feel free to DM me about any questions, I have 4 bambus now 😅 including the a1
Nice tho also go pick up the art role and you can then access the 3d printing channel, alot of knowing folks down there
looks comfy. back creaking
Ferret clip of the day
https://www.twitch.tv/ferretsoftware/clip/HappyMushyArugulaPogChamp-ssD4uN7bnR409-3P
Thank you! I hope you really meant that, because ferret projects are incoming 😾 😺
he linguining
Being silly btw
Ferret projects best projects
Did Onion try to escape the new fence yet?
Its onion proof so far
The dejected look on her little face. Poor baby. She will come up with a solution eventually
I believe in her
Any moderators here?
You can make a ticket
How
Diggy Henwy
Shaye harvesting the extract again
Im suffering but i think its starting to work
chaos has been released to test new toys!!!
Aww looks great, Toast.
Watch FerretSoftware's clip titled "baby tries to jumpscare shaye, is not succesful xD"
what did peanut do
Dont be mean to the baby. Shaye was clearly terrified.
She harassed m&m
so many ferrets out today.
they were jailed for a while during cleaning. now they are free and making it shayes problem
Thank you for belly lick cam shaye
omg the new bed
genpop
???
general population aka the babys are out
yeah looks like maisy to me
hehe
did Thor and Shaye hire more people on for the Ferrets?, sorry I'm out of date in terms of the lore.
the people visiting Right Now are friends who had to give up one of their ferrets
Ah!
I found this and it made me laugh so hard https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7oe6qLTh8k
Clyde tries to Jumpscare us by jumping onto our pant legs and just hanging
Omg he does look like our Sushi
The bestest lil drummer.
he really does ❤️
I think I got new drumming this morning. Not sure if it's on this tablet..
It was better, I got the tail end scrambling to find something to record
clyde wants nothing but to be free lol
Just like a cat. He freaks out wanting out, but if I close the gate, he bangs trying to get back in
my cat does that to but we stopped her with a plastic thing that she hates on her paws
So with the furless ferrets do you need to worry about the room temp at all or do they call their packmates to help when cold
wdym
The location has to be cold otherwise they can heat stroke and pass away really fast
Ferrets can not maintain their own temperature
So since im relatively new to the community and to watching the ferret streams, I dont have the context necessary for this question:
I've noticed one ferret that looks really skinny until about halfway down, then super fat, with a very pronounced curve in the spine. Is this ferret ok? Or is it a birth thing? Medical thing? Im just worried 😟
do you mean fig? the half bald one
he is full of fluid, its due to heart issues
yet he is a happy boy and full of love
he also has adrenal
I....think? The only one I can point out and know the name of is Henry.
this is fig
Most ferrets are fat bottom babies, its just they also get old with fat bottoms and then lose all their hair which makes them look unwell
like Cowboy is basically a naked mole rat but as far as im aware his spine is in an okay place
first read through i read “hair mom”
Cowboy is doing good
Yah that one! So its fig!
Love clyde’s drumming 😆 Such a silly boy
Yes. A very.. very silly boy
Ordered the 3d printer.
Priority #1: make several ramps so Sushi can get to her favorite places easier
I wish we could get her an electric wheelchair powered by neuralink or something, so she could just will herself from place to place
Do they look like of like this?
Hard to see her ribs here, but they show
When she's walking
Fan art of Odie
The whole ferret jesus thing isnt making sense to me lol
Someone said it during shayes stream and its just stuck
ah i see… got it
The one from the clip up above is the one im talking about, I think.
yeah that is sushi, amyths ferret. they look a lot like fig so its a good comparison
Ah ok. Ive had all sorts of animals as pets before, but never ferrets. Pretty much everything but them lol
My dogs wouldn't like them 😦
Yea you dont mix em anyways, plus they are basicly full on work
Well poop 😦
Hairman is playing with Torch
Need atleast 2 (yes some are happy alone), expensive vet bills, need a cool habitat all the time, need ways to keep them entertained, places to sleep, stuff needs to be kept away or they will stash it on you, cant have cats or dogs because they will be seen as prey, meat items only food.
Torch be like "father you are interrupting my exploration."
Yeah thats a lot
I'd probably put ferrets alongside birds in the category of high maintenance pets 
I've been getting ferret vids on yt now. I like this
not possible. look at those eyes. they could do no wrong. 
no, those 2 are criminals
2 innocent criminals
very unsure what was blocked there but good to know i guess
hehe peanut squish face
if I hadnt seen peanut actively hunting mike, Id say they are innocent as well ❤️ such cute faces
Nut gang being rood
Cash is rood but only to humans
Yeah he was attacking shaye, nice to m&m though
He was attacking the frens over
Bit the guy with long hair. In the leg really hard and had to be pulled off
o.o didn’t see that
I didnt clip it because i thought it was a little much
Cash will probably bite forest today
Because they are coming over
cash was the ferret that likes to play dead when tackled?
Mousey fan art
Is mike in with genpop?
figgy diggy
actually beans is in genpop and mike and maisey are in beans jail together
Oh wait thats kalu in the pics
Oh wait it is mike, that what i get for not reading 😂
Kitty has so much hair now 
Ferret pics!!!!! Thank you 🙂 @coral mango