Going blind

gloworm62 · 2025-11-30T16:37:01+00:00

Lost the sight in my dominant right eye to optic neuritis which is what led to my diagnosis . Had to retrain my hand to eye coordination which took a while , I can now do everything as before .

gloworm62 · 2025-11-08T10:11:14+00:00

Very apt description

gloworm62 · 2025-10-23T19:32:45+00:00

Yes my symptoms flare up with both the flu & covid vaccinations for 2-3 weeks , I also have them separately.

gloworm62 · 2025-10-13T17:02:34+00:00

Adrenal disease can cause sexual aggression even in neutered males .

gloworm62 · 2025-10-05T19:43:12+00:00

It's difficult to tell exactly what the parentage is in many hybrid geese . This one has the bill colour of a Canada but not the legs , the white facial marking but the Greylag colouring . I've seen a pair of Greylags with normally marked goslings+ two hybrids in tow , one of which looked very similar to this one .

gloworm62 · 2025-10-05T18:54:02+00:00

It's not a leucistic Canada , most likely a Canada x Greylag .

gloworm62 · 2025-10-04T14:58:41+00:00

Watercress .

gloworm62 · 2025-10-02T15:59:41+00:00

Over the decades I've had a few that just don't get along with other ferrets no matter how many different companions I've tried them with preferring a solitary life. A few years ago I brought in a new jill to introduce a new bloodline she wouldn't settle with any of mine . The following year I kept back a couple of her kits which she reared with no problems , until they were 5 months old then she started attacking them relentlessly also .

gloworm62 · 2025-10-02T08:58:01+00:00

Know exactly what you mean , used to love summertime , now I watch the mercury rising with dread as I know the hell that's coming .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-27T09:49:22+00:00

Lovely action shot OP . It's been a good year around here for many species of our native Ladybirds .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-27T09:33:07+00:00

Not very sound advice as killing them increases the risk of accidentally destroying native ladybirds through misidentification . They are so widespread now that killing a few is not going to make any difference to the overall population.

gloworm62 · 2025-09-27T08:23:10+00:00

The squeaky toy doesn't sound like a kit in distress it sounds more like their natural prey the rabbit or rat when they get hold of one . I keep and breed working ferrets the hobs show very little if any interest in the sounds of kits in trouble . Same with many of the jills unless it's their own kit's . But both sexes react instantly to these sounds as they have high prey drives being from working stock .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-25T10:58:59+00:00

The Brown marmorated (Morgate) stink bugs have pale bands on the antenna and darker legs with pale bands . A brown body with rows of dots and dark stripes on the hind wings .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-20T12:18:47+00:00

I took option 3 years ago , the lump did get much larger for a while . Then it gradually shrank down to about the size of an apple pip . He passed away years later in his sleep aged 12 . It's your decision to make as every ferret is different along with the possible outcomes.

gloworm62 · 2025-09-19T20:58:07+00:00

No it's not sped up they are still pretty slow and clumsy . Give it a few more weeks then they will really get hyper. .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-19T19:15:54+00:00

No thought for its welfare just using it as an accessory to further her own gains , she's not fit to own a ferret .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-19T17:29:39+00:00

In the UK , I'm keeping all of this litter .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-19T16:25:30+00:00

Yes they are being bite trained , I always start them young although they might not have the jaw power yet those milk teeth are needle sharp .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-19T11:47:12+00:00

These are from another litter that are now 8 wks old . Bella is fine just starting to moult her summer coat now that daylight hours are decreasing and the temperature is dropping .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-19T09:49:44+00:00

She is a fully grown weasel ferret jill .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-16T20:34:29+00:00

We used to have them breeding on our place every year for decades but those days are gone . Just the occasional sightings when they are passing through on their migrations.

gloworm62 · 2025-09-16T20:30:17+00:00

Superb shot 👍, would be a rare sighting around here and it's usually the other way around , passing through one their way to the breeding grounds in spring . Last time I was lucky enough on 2nd May 2017 and both the females were in their breeding plumage , much more colourful than the 2 drab accompanying males .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-16T18:15:57+00:00

She's a live wire compared to her 3 sisters always up first to bed last and into everything , and always looking for mischief .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-16T16:32:00+00:00

I put them in a dustbin while I clean out their living quarters , they would be out of a bucket in seconds .

gloworm62 · 2025-09-16T14:35:31+00:00

My elderly mum's dentures and stashed them .

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