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This is Charlie. He's the youngest of our ferret family, but also the biggest as well. He loves snuggling and falling asleep in his humans. Our kids with #Autism, benefit tremendously from having the ferrets around. Do you have animals in your life that make an impact on your family?

Our pseudo service ferret family

Something you may or may not know about me is that I'm a closet photographer... Taking pictures of the things or events going on in our life is something I truly enjoy doing.  This is a picture of Charlie. He the youngest, and yet largest of member of our ferret family.  The three of the boys absolutely adore our ferret family and the ferrets adore the kids as well. They love snuggling and helping the boys to feel better when they are overwhelmed or overstimulated. They're pseudo service animals and over the last two years, have been a hugely positive addition to our family. 

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That didn’t go as planned

We sent the boys to hang out with Lizze's parents today, so we could attempt to round up Greysha. This cat is impossible to find and even harder to capture.  Lizze and I literally spent hours this afternoon trying to catch her.  Frankly, I don't know if we will ever be able to round her up. I wish we had a better solution but she just never adjusted to being around people. If we look at her while she's walking around, she freaks out and runs away. We've tried everything to help her adjust, but it's been a few years now and the older she gets, the more feral like behavior we are seeing. She's now getting very aggressive with our older cat. She's even gone after the ferrets.  We…

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The animals in our life 

Let's focus in some positive things in this entry. Most of you know that animals play a big roll in our lives. Our pets are family and have had such a positive impact on the boys. Many families find that animals have a positive impact on their kids with Autism.  In my experience, it's like our animals sense something different about our kids and demonstrate higher tolerances to being loved by the boys. They also seem to know when the kids are upset or stressed out and quite literally will seek that child out to snuggle.  It's truly been a blessing for us.  I thought I would share some recent pictures of the animals that we share our lives with, and ask you about the animals in your life... Is…

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Meet the ferrets helping my kids with #Autism 

If you've been following our story for awhile, you already know how I like to share about the positive impact animals have on my kids with Autism.  I've been raised around animals my whole life and have always benefited from having pets.  It's widely known that animals can have a profoundly positive impact on kids with Autism or Special Needs. I won't pretend to know exactly why this is but I know it's true.  When my kids met their first ferret about a year and a half ago, there was an instant bond. What really surprised me was how they've never lost that bond, even after all this time. My kids both seek and gain comfort from our ferret family, every single say.  Snuggling a ferret is often the first…

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Ferrets – Ferrets – Ferrets

I keep getting requests to see some recent pictures of the ferrets.  We have three ferrets and they have become a very positive influence on our kids. I know that sounds weird but let me explain.  I guess the easiest way to sum things up is that the ferrets are like service animals and they provide comfort to the boys. They are truly amazing creatures and we love them dearly... ☺ 

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We’re having a major problem with one of our ferrets

I talk about our ferrets all the time. They have been amazing for the kids and after a year, the boys spend time with them every single day.  The ferrets have been amazing at helping the boys better manage their stress and anxieties. They're adorable and really, really smart. I just didn't realize how smart they really are.   Skinny Lemme has been escaping from their pen recently and whole we hadn't witnessed her physically escaping, we notice she was out because she comes walking right up to us.  She craves attention.   Fat Tiny and Zane don't share the same desire to freely roam around the house at will.  They're content to wrestle each other or play in their rice box.   Today I was on the love-seat writing…

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