I had a couple of requests for ferret pics ( @weirdsociology​ @stripedroseandsketchpads​ ), so here goes. I’m not putting them under a cut because everyone deserves to enjoy them :)

Also I stg they are different ferrets, but yeah, working out who’s who does often involve a process of elimination. The first four are siblings, who were referred to as the pirates because they came to the rescue from Penzance. So they have pirate names.

1) Gráinne Mhaol (aka Grace O’Malley aka Not-the-Face Grace), scourge of soft plastics, bullyer of brothers

2) Somerled, a good Hiberno-Norse pirate name for a lilttle berserkr. He wants to eat you. In a mostly friendly way.

Mostly.

3) Longjohn. Because ferrets would love to be allowed to go up your long-johns! And you’d almost trust this lad, he’s a sweetheart.

4) Hook. When he decides to hook those teeth in BOY do you know about it. But mostly he’s just a big lazy potato. Too beautiful for boiling, mashing, sticking in a stew.

5) Frobisher. Not a pirate! The only chap we still have from the Arctic exploration gang (we had a Tuunbaq and Lulik (<pualulik, an Inuk word for a baby seal that I probably made meaningless by splitting like that, but we liked the sound and it suited her).

Frobisher is the kind of guy who would get excited about iron pyrite and you’d just have to have a mutiny against him. The most pathetic wet rag of a ferret. But we love him. He thinks everyone’s out to bully him, when really they just want to use him as a comfy pillow, which he’s ok with.

6) Calico (aka Cally). This boy’s got Fashion - not an albino! But he did come with the pirates, so he gets a pirate name. The rescue mostly palmed albinos off on us because they’re slower to get adopted, while we don’t mind what colour they are. But Cally’s allergic to Outside, so he had to come with us and be an inside ferret. He’s got sqeaky lungs and he loves to cuddle :3

Where's the mail carrier?

Oh? What's that?! Exciting!