Foley's Ferrets Sanctuary & Rescue

12/12/2022

Hey mom. Watch this.

11/12/2022

“Become ungovernable”
-Frances Farmer, probably

11/12/2022

“What?”

10/12/2022

“I’m innocent! Promise.”

“You were caught in the act, Mr. Mookie.”

“Wasn’t me! I’m a perfect angel. It was one of those other trouble makers. Bet it was Frances.”

“You’re on tape.”

“I think I’d like to seek mustelid legal counsel now, k? I want out!”

02/12/2022

Our sweet Stella baby is having a rough week and not feeling her best. Lots of snuggles and lots of meds help ❤️‍🩹

27/11/2022

Awwww yiiiiissss. Movie night with my hoomans. Mom can’t say no to meeee.
Stella.

27/11/2022

I always feel like somebody’s watching me. Stella stares me down until she gets cuddles

26/11/2022

Connie and Euel Oliver's Freedom Flyer Wheelchairs for Disabled Ferrets are incredibly important to the ferret rescue community 💜

26/11/2022

Snug as a bug in a rug. Sufi.

22/11/2022

Philbert is estimated to be 4-5 years old and is an incredibly sweet, gentle, and polite boy.

The sanctuary is his third or fourth and forever home, as he was rescued by a kind-hearted traveling nurse who recognized neglect and paid his ransom.

He struggles with his weight and has recently had a scare with anemia due to splenomegaly, but that doesn't stop him from running and playing with the younger residents. Crocheted eggies are his favorite toy, and he likes to hoard and suck on them.

His favorite nap spots are my dresser drawer and any soft, plushy, donut shaped small pet beds - he likes a little extra padding on his bed for his extra padded little body. ❤

He's scheduled for a dental cleaning in December provided that his red blood cell count is high enough to undergo the procedure that day, and any contributions to vet care can be made directly to Town and Country Animal Hospital in Hattiesburg, MS by calling 601-261-3839.

He asks that if you choose to be his Santa, to please email the rescue with your mailing address so that he can send you a little holiday mail. He says the mailbox is an awfully long walk for him, and he'll need a nap halfway through, but he is, after all, a gentleman thief, and gentlemen always send thank you cards.

22/11/2022

Mazal Smaug is around 5 years old and one of the longest residents at the rescue. She was adopted from an individual who kept her in a hamster cage the size of a cat carrier and fed her Friskies brand cat food. Fortunately, she's thrived since joining the sanctuary and has become the matriarch of our wayward ferrets.

Mazal is a dominant little girl who influences other ferrets in the sanctuary to be more polite and well behaved. Need someone to get with the program on using the litter box? Mazal's on it. Dirty ears? Mazal's going to clean them. Stashing food randomly in places you shouldn't? Well...okay, she might be an accomplice there. But she's the Litter Box Trainer and Ear Cleaner In Chief, so really, what more do you want?

Mazal seems to fully believe she's part dragon and can only feel complete if she has a hoard of toys stashed somewhere "safe" so that she can sleep in her hoard. Her favorite thing to stash is soft plastic ball pit balls, but will cheerfully stash kibble, socks, jingle balls, and mousy cat toys. She would also very much like to stash the shelter operators hands, but since they're attached to the rest of the hooman she hasn't quite figured out how to do that yet.

Although she's a senior with adrenal and insulinoma, she's still incredibly active and energetic. She runs wild with the youngest residents of the sanctuary. Mazal isn’t much of a cuddler, but she does enjoy the occasional sock hop dance party with her hooman.

Mazal asks that her Santa please email the rescue with their mailing address. She wants to set a good example for these other ragamuffins, after all.

22/11/2022

Daniella Marie, or Dani Girl, or "Lt. Dani, you ain't got no ears!" is one the most senior residents of the sanctuary.

She was surrendered over July 4th weekend alongside her sister, Stella. They are profoundly bonded and one of the more severe neglect cases I've had the privilege of caring for. She was severely bullied by another ferret in a previous home, and someone or something removed the top halves of her ears.

Dani recently had a subcutaneous mass removed which came back positive for T-Cell lymphoma, and also has a mass on her urethra which has caused a pr*****ed v***a. She also has atrophied rear legs, and is on therapeutic pain medication daily for both the cancer and arthritis. Dani recently received a desolorin implant, and in her short time at the rescue she's experienced a couple of severe infections, a case of transient diabetes, and a paralytic episode.

Blindness, past neglect, and chronic illness aside, nothing stops this tiny girl. She plays in sporadic bursts, loves tunneling and climbing, and playing in the plastic ball pit. Since she can hear, crinkly toys and jingly toys are her favorite. She does not like feeling exposed, and prefers to sleep in burrows - covered beds and hammocks, sleep sacks, in hoodies (whether or not I'm also occupying the hoodie when she wants to sleep in it is largely irrelevant), or underneath several other ferrets.

Dani's diet is also supplemented with Oxbow Carnivore Care, CBD pet tincture, and NuPro for Ferrets.

Dani asks that if you choose to be her Santa, please email the rescue with your mailing address so that we can send you some holiday mail. She can't see, of course, but rest assured that she's already instructed her hooman waitstaff to take her dictation, and then carry her out to the mailbox.

22/11/2022

We are so grateful to be listed on the 2022 Ferret Giving Tree this year! https://www.ferretgivingtree.com

We can be found by navigating to dropdown menu and choosing Foley (the full name got cut off a little but may be fixed soon). You can read a bio of each ferret housed here by viewing the page, if you've ever wanted to get to know the noodles a little better!

Please meet some of the wonderful shelter ferrets that need your help to have a happy Holiday Season! Click on their picture to get to know them a little more personally.  Each one has his or her own story to tell. These kids are living in the safety of a shelter, where many will stay until their t...

19/11/2022

“I unpacked your craft supplies for you.”

17/11/2022

Sal & Ian

17/11/2022

Just the sweetest girls, Stella and Dani

16/11/2022

Sal, Stella, and Mordechai

16/11/2022

“I HALP”
Or
“Thank goodness Teams finally pushed an update that suppresses background noise”
Or
“Sisyphus: he gets moved down, but he gets up again”
Or
“Ah, you’re the reason my water bottle keeps disappearing from my desk”

14/11/2022

Will you bite the hand that feeds you?

Yes.