Ferrets/Glossary
Glossary
This page contains an alphabetical list of terms commonly used in relation to ferrets as well as those used by the chatters watching the stream.
Terms
| Term | Definition | Link |
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| Adrenal | Hormonal disease that often results in hair loss, like Cowboy | |
| Dooking | The sound a ferret makes | |
| Ear crimes | The act of biting or sucking on another ferret's ears. This happens most often when they are asleep in the cage. Most well known ear criminal is Beans | |
| Escape | The Act of trying to climb over the fence/around it | Link |
| Gen Pop | The biggest playgroup of ferrets in the rescue consisting of 20+ ferrets. During nightcam the cage of gen pop will be in view. | |
| Jail | When a ferret misbehaves either by climbing, ear crimes, or fighting too rough, they might be put separate for a while until they calm down. Sometimes they are put in jail for an extended amount of time due to structured unwanted behaviour. | |
| Oldies / Seniors | Playgroup consisting of the older ferrets. These are 5+ years old. | |
| Playtime | Time when the ferrets are let out of their cage so they can play and interact with eachother in the playroom. They have the entire room for themselves. | Link |
| Playcam, playtime camera | The camera showing an overhead view of the playroom. During playtime the stream will be swapped to this camera | |
| PMS | Playgroup made up of the ferrets: Pepper, Moose and Salt | |
| Point hole | A channel redeem to spend your points. It is also rumoured that it is a black hole which connects to the realm of the Eldritch God of Ferrets. Any points donated to them increases their power. Eventually they will be powerful enough to cross into our realm and rule it! They have already send over an avatar in the form of Henry. | |
| PS3 | Playgroup made up of the ferrets: Pepper 2, Salt 2, Skye and Snowball | |
| Sock tax | This is when one of the ferrets attacks one of the caretaker's feet/socks | Link |
| Soup / Soop | A liquid food for the ferrets. This is a raw meat soup. | |
| Sploot(ing) | Ferret fully laying down almost draping onto the floor | Link |
| The king | The king also known as Henry, he has been adopted as chat's king ferret and is known to disagree a lot. | Henry |
| Tube / Toob / Toobing | Ferrets love to run through tubes. It is guessed this is because they instinctively love to burrow. Them running through the tubes has been dubbed toobing by the community. | Link |
| VONS | Playgroup made up of the ferrets Vinny, Onion, Nacho and Salsa | |
| Waardy / Waardenburg Syndrome | A neural crest disorder. Symptoms include partial or complete hearing loss, broad skull / wider set eyes, lack of appropriate social behaviors. They might also form a tight bond with a single ferret or person. Hazel, Mouse, Peanut, Pickle, Torch, and Vinny are Waardys. |
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| Wardancing | Jumping around excitedly either to show willingness to play or to intimidate / confuse their opponent. | Link |
Terms relating to Coat Colors and Markings
| Term | Definition | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Bib | Large white marking on the neck / throat, like Lucky and Mai Tai | |
| Blaze | White stripe marking on head; typically a sign of Waardenburg (see Waardy), like Pickle and Vincent | |
| DEW | Stands for "Dark Eyed White", in which the ferret is white but not an albino, like Mouse and Pepper | |
| Milk toes | White tipped feet, like Teep and Henry | |
| Mitts | White socked feet, like Misto and Mocha | |
| War paint | Mask markings around eyes do not connect, like Cheese |
Toys and other items in the ferret room
- Toys
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Catepillow
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Cloud bed
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Frog bed. Comes in two sizes
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Honey pot / Hunny pot
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Mango
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Pizza toob
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Rice bin
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Spider / Spooder
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Tubes / Toobs
