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Bill Leary

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May 3, 2013, 9:29:50 AM5/3/13
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At 2:00 in the below bloopers video is about ten seconds with a ferret
clamped onto the finger of someone on at TV interview show from years back.
The other two ferrets in the clip appear to be rather better behaved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwXKI7nOOJw

- Bill
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Tristan Miller

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May 6, 2013, 11:32:24 AM5/6/13
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Greetings.

In article <news:goqdnYz1LtNLJh7M...@giganews.com>, Bill Leary
wrote:
> At 2:00 in the below bloopers video is about ten seconds with a ferret
> clamped onto the finger of someone on at TV interview show from years
> back. The other two ferrets in the clip appear to be rather better
> behaved.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwXKI7nOOJw

What a pleasure to finally see some activity in this group again!

Unfortunately the video won't play for me. The organization which claims
to represent music rights holders in my jurisdiction have arranged for
YouTube to block it on copyright grounds. :(

Regards,
Tristan

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Bill Leary

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May 7, 2013, 12:13:05 AM5/7/13
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"Tristan Miller" wrote in message
news:1802420.2...@nothingisreal.com...
>
> Greetings.
>
> In article <news:goqdnYz1LtNLJh7M...@giganews.com>, Bill
> Leary
> wrote:
>> At 2:00 in the below bloopers video is about ten seconds with a ferret
>> clamped onto the finger of someone on at TV interview show from years
>> back. The other two ferrets in the clip appear to be rather better
>> behaved.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwXKI7nOOJw
>
> What a pleasure to finally see some activity in this group again!

I gather most people have moved to forums. I've used them from time to
time, but I don't really much like them. So I've stuck to the news groups.
I don't know how many others are still around here.

> Unfortunately the video won't play for me. The organization which
> claims to represent music rights holders in my jurisdiction have
> arranged for YouTube to block it on copyright grounds. :(

Unfortunate. The gist of the thing is there's a ferret person and a
interviewer on some old television show. It's not exactly clear which is
which. Two of the ferrets are climbing on one of the people and being
regular not particularly cuddly ferrets. The third one, though, has latched
on to one of the guys fingers and won't let go. I suspect the guy with the
latched on ferret is the ferret person because he's not in a panic while
being bit.

- Bill

Tristan Miller

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May 7, 2013, 3:29:21 AM5/7/13
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Greetings.

In article <news:F_adneff0uLK4hXM...@giganews.com>, Bill Leary
wrote:
>> Unfortunately the video won't play for me. The organization which
>> claims to represent music rights holders in my jurisdiction have
>> arranged for YouTube to block it on copyright grounds. :(
>
> Unfortunate. The gist of the thing is there's a ferret person and a
> interviewer on some old television show. It's not exactly clear which is
> which. Two of the ferrets are climbing on one of the people and being
> regular not particularly cuddly ferrets. The third one, though, has
> latched
> on to one of the guys fingers and won't let go. I suspect the guy with
> the latched on ferret is the ferret person because he's not in a panic
> while being bit.

Is this one perhaps another copy of the same video?
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9xHEj3Gk4Q> It plays for me.

Bill Leary

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May 7, 2013, 6:29:41 AM5/7/13
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"Tristan Miller" wrote in message
news:1464204.z...@nothingisreal.com...
> In article <news:F_adneff0uLK4hXM...@giganews.com>, Bill
> Leary
> wrote:
>>> Unfortunately the video won't play for me. The organization which
>>> claims to represent music rights holders in my jurisdiction have
>>> arranged for YouTube to block it on copyright grounds. :(
>>
>> Unfortunate. The gist of the thing is there's a ferret person and a
>> interviewer on some old television show. It's not exactly clear which
>> is which. Two of the ferrets are climbing on one of the people and
>> being regular not particularly cuddly ferrets. The third one, though,
>> has latched on to one of the guys fingers and won't let go. I suspect
>> the guy with the latched on ferret is the ferret person because he's not
>> in a panic while being bit.
>
> Is this one perhaps another copy of the same video?
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9xHEj3Gk4Q> It plays for me.

Yes, it is. In fact, it's higher quality and longer. In the version you
found it's clear that it's the host who's been bit.

It appears the ferret only got it's left fang into the guys finger. I've
been keeping ferrets for fifteen years or so. Some have bitten when I got
them, but I've always managed to break them of the habit. Until now. I
have one who continues to bite no matter what method I've tried to use on
him. And, more, he doesn't just bite. The guy in the clip comments that
the ferret is "...playing with you." Bit and held on. And this seemed to
be the case with all the biters I've had before. This one I've got now,
though, once he's attached he starts to chew.

Anyway, thanks. That's a much better version of the clip.

- Bill

Tristan Miller

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May 7, 2013, 7:48:27 AM5/7/13
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Greetings.

In article <news:DN2dnVFPX_IGShXM...@giganews.com>, Bill Leary
wrote:
> It appears the ferret only got it's left fang into the guys finger. I've
> been keeping ferrets for fifteen years or so. Some have bitten when I
> got
> them, but I've always managed to break them of the habit. Until now. I
> have one who continues to bite no matter what method I've tried to use on
> him. And, more, he doesn't just bite. The guy in the clip comments that
> the ferret is "...playing with you." Bit and held on. And this seemed
> to
> be the case with all the biters I've had before. This one I've got now,
> though, once he's attached he starts to chew.

I've got the same problem. I've had ferrets for ten years, some of which
bit at first, but they always dropped the habit after at most a few weeks
of training. However, now we've got one who bites hard and deep, won't let
go, and starts chewing. We've had her for a year and a half now and no
amount of training has solved the problem. It's rather difficult to treat
because almost the only place she bites is your face. My partner and I
have scars from times we weren't careful enough with her. :(

Bill Leary

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May 7, 2013, 8:46:27 AM5/7/13
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"Tristan Miller" wrote in message
news:1788130.e...@nothingisreal.com...
> In article <news:DN2dnVFPX_IGShXM...@giganews.com>, Bill
> Leary
> wrote:
>> It appears the ferret only got it's left fang into the guys finger. I've
>> been keeping ferrets for fifteen years or so. Some have bitten when I
>> got them, but I've always managed to break them of the habit. Until
>> now. I have one who continues to bite no matter what method I've
>> tried to use on him. And, more, he doesn't just bite. The guy in the
>> clip comments that the ferret is "...playing with you." Bit and held on.
>> And this seemed to be the case with all the biters I've had before.
>> This one I've got now, though, once he's attached he starts to chew.
>
> I've got the same problem. I've had ferrets for ten years, some of which
> bit at first, but they always dropped the habit after at most a few weeks
> of training. However, now we've got one who bites hard and deep, won't
> let
> go, and starts chewing. We've had her for a year and a half now and no
> amount of training has solved the problem. It's rather difficult to treat
> because almost the only place she bites is your face. My partner and I
> have scars from times we weren't careful enough with her. :(

This guy even asks to be picked up. Doesn't bite while I'm doing that. But
once he's up and in my arms he goes for fingers and arms. If he's on the
floor, he'll bite toes, feet and legs. He's never bitten my face, nose,
ears or anything like that. But whether that's because I'm careful or he's
not interested I'm not sure. He has sat on my shoulder a few minutes and
certainly could have bitten my neck or ears, but he hasn't tried.

And I've successfully trained maybe a dozen ferrets over the years to "play
bite." They can use their teeth, but no harm done. This guy, no success at
all.

Anyway, when people want to hold a ferret, he's never the one who gets held.
Except by my kids, since they know how to avoid bites..

- Bill

FerretDad

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May 8, 2013, 1:16:22 PM5/8/13
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Tristan Miller wrote:
>
> I've got the same problem. I've had ferrets for ten years, some of which
> bit at first, but they always dropped the habit after at most a few weeks
> of training. However, now we've got one who bites hard and deep, won't let
> go, and starts chewing.

Hi ferret folks. Didn't get to see the video as my old software won't do
Youtube. My current ferrets only play bite so no worries.

I did have an old one once, Fred, that would bite hard and not let go. I
had warning though....he would lick and lick a spot on my arm, then bite
down. He wouldn't chew, he just bit hard and wouldn't let go. He seemed to
go into a trance. eheheh I sure miss that boy. He remains my all time
favorite companion.

http://i49.tinypic.com/rrp928.jpg

Bill Leary

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May 8, 2013, 6:49:10 PM5/8/13
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"FerretDad" wrote in message news:518A8866...@ferret.org...
>Tristan Miller wrote:
>> I've got the same problem. I've had ferrets for ten years, some of
>> which bit at first, but they always dropped the habit after at most a
>> few weeks of training. However, now we've got one who bites hard
>> and deep, won't let go, and starts chewing.
>
> Hi ferret folks. Didn't get to see the video as my old software won't
> do >Youtube. My current ferrets only play bite so no worries.

Too bad. The longer version Tristan found was better than the one I ran
across, and was quite funny.

> I did have an old one once, Fred, that would bite hard and not let go.
> I had warning though....he would lick and lick a spot on my arm, then bite
>down.

It's funny, now you mention it, but the reason I and my kids can handle
Barnabas is because he usually telegraphs that he's going to bite. He opens
his mouth in slow motion, move his teeth to his chosen location, also in
slow motion, the snaps his jaws shut. Not always, unfortunately, so we
still get bit occasionally, but by far the majority of the time he does the
slow motion thing.

> He wouldn't chew, he just bit hard and wouldn't let go. He seemed to
>go into a trance.

This boy definitely chews. But he'll wait, clamped on, for a few seconds
before he starts chewing. The "wait calmly" method doesn't work with him.

> eheheh I sure miss that boy. He remains my all time favorite
> companion.

Yes. And I'll miss Barney when he goes. He bites, and it hurts and leaves
scars. But he's also got his own distinct personality. I've never seen a
ferret spend so much time awake. All the others over the years, and the
other two now, sleep eighteen or more hours a day. But this guy probably
sleeps more like fourteen or fifteen hours a day. He's often up during the
middle of the day or night whereas the others are almost always only up
around dawn and dusk, as/per normal ferret behavior.

- Bill


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