One of the best things I ever did for Cooper was getting him Terra. I wanted her, but he needed her. My third year of college Austin had to leave a couple months early to come back here, so it was just me and Cooper for a while. He was okay until I got a part-time job on top of school and I was suddenly gone for several hours at a time. He started following me around the house when I was home and breaking out of his cage when I wasn’t. I quickly realized that Cooper was lonely, and vowed to get him a friend as soon as could afford to.
A few months later, when I walked into the petstore l saw four 4-month-old kits, where I found Cooper a year before. There were two boys and two girls, but I was only interested in the girls. Ferrets typically get along better with the opposite sex than the same sex ferret. I wanted to make it easy for myself, and also girls are just different, I wanted variety.
Of the two girls one was beautiful and interesting in pattern, I had never seen anything like her before. The other looked like what you would expect a ferret to look, very classic. There was a catch though, I couldnt choose yet. I had to wait a week because they were being marked down by 50% on my birthday. I could have just bought the one I wanted but the fact that the sale started on my birthday gave me pause. I also rationalized that if the petstore told every other person interested in them about the sale, they would probably wait too. So I vowed to come back when they open on Saturday and get one then. I frequently called the petstore and inquired about how many ferrets they still had, because I didn’t want to miss my chance. Everything was going good until Friday, when there were only 3. I inquired further about the remaining ferrets and the told me that the remaining girl was “just a standard ferret.” I look back on that with total indignation, because Terra is anything but ordinary. She is the opposite of Cooper in many ways. Where he is stoic she is sensitive. Where he is relaxed she is lively. Where he is unassuming, she is a princess. And though I love and respect her for her sweet & spicy personality, I cannot help but be captivated by her beauty. She carries herself with a grace that makes my boys look like big oafs, and I think her “standard” markings are gorgeous.
Though Terra can be very sweet, she has an attitude problem. When she was younger she hissed all the time, and for all kinds of reasons. She hissed at her brother, at her toys, at inanimate objects, and even at us when we just walked toward her too quickly. She’s grown out of it since then, but she’s still very prissy. That’s why we call her Princess Terra.
Tiny Terra is also incredibly intrepid in that she will climb just about anything. She’s my little escape artist. I had to get rid of my last cage after she finally figured out how to slip out of it, and I just finished modifying their playpen so she can’t climb out of that anymore. She also used to kick my roommates cats out of their cattree, when she’d climb up the back of it and onto the coveted highest platform. I’ve also had to pull her out of the -thankfully empty- kitchen trash can before, a feat only she can pull off.
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