MoMo and Jack

MoMoBella is adjusting really well to her new surroundings. She is always excited when she comes out and enjoys exploring immensely.

Rudyard has become enamored with MoMo. I'm not very surprised... Sam pointed out that Rudyard couldn't hear MoMo's warning hisses when he got too close to her stuff, so its all just fun and games to him.

Jack is not quite so into MoMo. I think he finds her intrusive. He doesn't like it when she gets under the dresser (that is where the Robot Bee lives which, as we all know, is the best toy ever in the history of the world).  Although he may occasionally play and interact when Rudyard and MoMo are romping about, he seems for the most part to do some wandering all on his own. Sam and I have been giving him extra attention so he doesn't feel left out.

This morning, I woke MoMo up and slipped her into the boys cage to wake them up. She did this very well. Rudyard was delighted to see her. Jack was a little peeved. He gave me a look that was equivilant to "I really hate you right now." But I made it better by slipping Jack into Momo's cage. He sniffed out every corner and was very happy to do so.

At one point he started raiding Momo's food bowl. MoMo was in the boy's cage still also raiding the food bowl. Momo looked across at Jack and I swear to you, the look SHE gave was equivalent to "What the fuck???"

Eventually everyone was allowed to muck about the house in their favorite way. There was a fight for the robot bee under the dresser. Momo won, temporarily, but the second she left the dresser Jack had it again (he is currently guarding it and moving it about with him).

At some point, MoMo and Rud chased eachother into the bathroom where Jack was hanging out and playing, which resulted in a HUGE tussle. Jack and MoMo fought it out all the way out of the bathroom and into my room. There was ample hissing and squeaks, but no one got hurt.

Jack is not good at flipping over other ferrets--this is necessary to display dominance. His advantage is that he is twice the size of Rudyard and probably three times the size of Momo, so the little ones have trouble flipping him over too. When he and Rudyard first started, Rudyard couldn't flip Jack over for shit. He would just fall over. But Rud is smart and eventually went for Jack's ear instead of the scruff.

Anywho, the battle between Jack and MoMo ended with no true victor, but it was good they had it. Best to let out the tension before it gets worse. It is important to see where the other ferret stands and how well they can handle themselves.

Jack is still a baby and he is still learning the Way of the Mongoose. Momo and Rudyard are both three years of age and have at least twice the experience baby Jack has. But Jack is the baby, and he knows it. He is very well aware that Sam and I are there for him when he needs us.

I'm hoping that by next Thursday, everyone will be happy and comfortable with each other and won't mind sleeping in the same quarters. We'll see. :)