Tikki and Pike are just full of craziness. Every day they manage to do something new to make me laugh, or shake my head in amazement. They're funny little critters, and sneaky little devils at times.
Tikki is the hoarder; she'll hide anything she happens to like. TV Remotes, no matter how large, frequently fall victim to her uncanny skills. She will find a way to climb the smooth leather of the couch, jump across nearly two feet of empty air between it and the coffee table, drag the remote out of the holder and knock it onto the ground, and then carry it, held high and proud, to the back of the TV stand, where she will begin to try to pull it inside and behind the radio. Once we spent two weeks looking for one remote only to find it tangled in wires behind the VCR. Nothing will stop her, we can try to block the openings as much as we can, she will find a way around them. She is notorious in the house for putting things in places that have been ferret-proofed ten times over.
Pike is older, and getting to be slow moving and lethargic. Part of it is due to age, the other part is, well, also age related, but he has very low blood sugar and he just can't get the verve to do things much often. Still, he won't pass up the opportunity for food (food? Where? gimme!) and he'll travel through the whole house, stubbornly working at obstacles, to reach the dog's food bowl. And the dog, Maja, who is a senior herself (just hit 13 years), and who will chase down every mouse, rat, squirrel, skunk, and large dog she can see, will stand above him, licking his back and whining as he empties her food bowl.
Together, Pike and Tikki frequently form the Two Head Ferret, which is a devestating form, with the powers of two ferrets combined in one. It is smarter, faster, more agile, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Thankfully, it only appears during sleep mode, and once sleep mode is done it dissassembles. Who knows what would happen if Two Head Ferret came awake in its true form?
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