Sean and Rocky, my autistic son and his ferret

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Autistic boy benefits from ferret with pet therapy. Sean Stout emerges from autism as he grows up with the help of his little ferret, Rocky, that he rescued. This is their story.

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Pets & Animals

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• ferret
• autism
• pet
• therapy
• love
• miracle
• autistic
• special
• education
• children
• relationship
• music
• video
• journey
• steve
• perry

[wolfysluv]

Yes sean got another ferret nam3ed pharos who is deaf. Go to my account and there is adorable and joyful little video of them playing with bubbles a few years back. There are others too that are more recent.

[1320gearhead]

I suffer from severe depression and anxiety and my ferrets are the best thing in my life right now.I also had a little brother who is autistic.he has a hamster and guinea pig.If it werent for my ferrets i think my depression would be far worse.

I got my first ferret to try to give myself something to live for at the time.She died from a cancerous tumor a month after I got her so I know It can be very difficult to lose a ferret.

[wolfysluv]

@1320gearhead Of all of the disorders and handicaps, interestingly, depression and anxiety disorders are THE most helped by ferrets. I hear this countless times. I write for Ferrets magazine, etc, so i do have my finger on the pulse of things and can attest to the fact that you are not alone. thanks for sharing.

[Prankmonkey]

ahh kk sorry about that ... nice ferret ... what other pets do you have .. i have 2 ferrets getting a third this week ... where do you keep your ferrets?

[wolfysluv]

@Prankmonkey No worries. Three ferrets are a party! Hope you have good times wtih them. I keep them (I have four) in their own room which has a big cage in it. They mostly roam free in the room. Thanks for not being ticked by the way.

[TubularBelle]

Made me cry, the only thing wrong with ferrets, their lives are too darn short.

[JohannaGotTalent41]

Autistic kids seem to have a  bound with animals.manie is the unconditional love.beteween them.

[jennygrant110]

great video ferrets make great pets

[141kaileigh]

this is amazing

[1320gearhead]

@wolfysluv I had no idea.I just thought that ferrets looked like a cool pet.My friend Vern had a ferret and I thought it was pretty cool.I decided I wanted to get one some day.Two years ago I started looking into what it took to raise a ferret and take care of them.I also watched alot of ferret video's on youtube.After i got my fisrt ferret I was hooked.

did your son get another ferret?

[crimses]

omg i have an autistic friend hes lucky he has soo many friends including me literally his first friend ive known him 10 years yeah its a long struggle some people will never understand

[two3lights]

@two3lights

....The cage with them and make sounds like them. Well anyway, the list goes on and on of how animals have helped us I think (and made me insane lol) This ferret may just be the trick for this stage of development for him. I've said since he was young my son Noah is just a giant ferret himself in every way. I should make more ferret friends then :)

[two3lights]

@two3lights

He's not afraid of him like he gets if a bunny gets jumpy, he doesn't get mad at him like he does the dogs getting in his way. The little guy starts biting at his toes and he doesn't flip out, he just gets excited and laughs. I'm thrilled so far! The dogs when he was little he used to only be able to fall asleep if he was laying on top of them. Puppy was his first real word. The cat comforts him just by being near him, the calmness. The birds when he was small he would sit in....