Bandit, the School Ferret

For the rest of the summer, we will be taking care of the school ferret. The ferret is a classroom pet of James' 7th grade Science teacher. We took care of him over the winter break last February. His teacher asked us if we would like to watch him for the summer, but I didn't want to commit for the whole summer. So we asked her to find someone to split the summer with us. Bandit arrived last week.



The kids LOVE him! So now we have a dog, a hamster, a rat, and a ferret. (And as I am writing this, we have another dog because we are dog sitting for a neighbor.)

One thing I like about watching the ferret is that the kids can have the experience of keeping a ferret, but in August, he'll go back to school! I like this short term commitment!

He's a very curious critter. And he walks sideways. He does smell a bit - but that is the nature of ferrets. He's fun to watch. He's very flexible when held, similar to a kitten.

He sleeps a lot in his hammock.

The kids bought some books on ferrets at the local used bookstore. They are also fully responsible for cleaning his cage weekly. They are really becoming quite the responsible pet owners/pet care takers.