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Furrets
Furry gem friends
Furrets are common pets amongst Voeelk as they are easily trainable and incredibly loyal.
Learn more about these creatures below
Anatomy and Behaviour
Furrets are insectivores and as such, primarily feed off of the insects that find their ways into their caves. Furrets have long, and very thin furs that are separate from the rest of their coats (and very hard to see if not looking for them)(imagen very thin whiskers that are located within the hair rather than on the muzzle). These hairs help the furrets detect vibrations of airborne insects that they can leap to catch as well as incoming predators.
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Furrets have a very high pitched ‘bark’ that assists them in a form of echolocation. Soundwaves that bounce off of potential prey and back to the furret are picked up by the feeler hairs in their fur.
Furrets are a social species, forming groups between 2-10 individuals. Larger groups have been known to form but easily split and regroup due to the size. Despite this social behaviour however, Furrets are lone hunters. Individuals tend to separate from the group when hunting insects, as to create less competition between members. After hunting, the group reforms into ‘cuddle piles’ to share body heat and protection from predators.
A lone furret with no group to return to begins to experience high levels of stress. Having no group makes a furret vulnerable to attack and less able to handle the cold of the caverns on their own. Stress often makes a furret experience hair loss in a very mange-like manner, amplifying their chances of not being able to survive.
Furret pairs often take turns caring over their unborn/developing young. One furret will stand watch over the young, curling protectively around them and hiding the gems within their fur to protect and warm the unborn. The other mate at this time will be out hunting, returning later to switch positions with their mate.
In larger groups of furrets, the responsibility of watching over the young is assigned to a designated member or a few different members. These Furrets who stand watch over all the unborn within the group are referred to as ‘nurses’. The Nurses will be fed by returning hunters or even relieved of their positions to then hunt on their own. The group’s tactic of keeping all the unborn together helps foster a connection between all in the group. It also gets hard to tell which one is your own child, so you want to help all the children.
Birth/Formation
The gem of a furret is full of nutrients and genetic material, much like that of a plant’s seed or an animal’s egg. This gem seed can sprout faster once it receives the sufficient source of energy in the form of void from that of a voeelk. Like water to a seed, the gem will instantaneously sprout the newborn furret using the void given to accelerate the process. The accelerated process results in a bright flash of light. Within the center of the light, the furret’s growth is accelerated, giving a full grown furret in a matter of seconds.
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However, if a gem is not in the vicinity of void, the ‘birth transformation’ takes longer. This results in a feral furret. These feral furrets tend to go through developmental stages, unlike that of a tamed furret. Development lasts 30- 31 days. After 3-6 months with no void exposure, the gem will begin natural birth transformation. The back of the gem will begin to crack open, creating the beginning of the growing furret’s growth pouch. This growth pouch works much like a womb, housing and feeding the growing young. This pouch has thin walls and is a darker color of the gem. As the young grows, nutrients stored within the gem will be taken, resulting in the gem shrinking.
Days 1-5: Pouch formation
Days 6- 15: Pouch grows further, becoming ‘bean-shaped’
Days 16- 28: Fetus develops further. Bumps through the pouch show developing limbs, ears, and eyes.
Days 29-31: Growth of the fetus has ended. The pouch begins to deflate and dry up, eventually shedding from the newborn.
Newborn Furrets are hairless, giving them a pink coloration. They are born blind and deaf. It will take two weeks before the furret grows in their hair and their eyes and ears open. Furrets remain with their parents for 4 months before becoming sexually mature. At this point the adult furret can choose to stay in the group or leave to find/form their own herd.
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Natural Environment
Furrets are naturally found within deep caverns of caves and caverns. Their long, slender bodies allow for them to easily traverse through narrow pathways within the caves. Their stubby legs also give them extra stability and assist in making them smaller and easier to squeeze through small openings. The fur along furrets backs help to keep these creatures warm in these damp and dark environments.
A furret’s eyes are large to absorb as much light as they can in their dark abodes. Furret caves that are closer to the surface have adapted to large amounts of light with a protective lens around their eyes. These lenses act much like sunglasses, blocking the excessive amounts of light so the furret can still see their surroundings.
Furrets born in the light tend to be more adapted to daylight and have no/poor eye lenses, as they are not needed. This adaptation to the sunlight, however, restricts their night vision capabilities (tamed furrets tend to have this trait).
Feral vs Tame Furrets
Feral furrets have no connection to void and are far more wary of creatures outside their own species. This makes them far more timid and tend to run from voeelk. Feral furrets ONLY find comfort in other furrets. Without a connection to a voeelk’s void, they have no way to manipulate void and perform magic. Feral furrets are harder to tame after they have been born from their gem. They will never make as efficient or trainable pets as tamed furrets are.
Tamed furrets, however, tend to be more open and brave then their wild counterparts. Due to the accelerated birth due to the presence of a voeelk’s void, that furret becomes bonded to that voeelk. A mutualistic relationship is formed between the voeelk and furret. The furret will be able to use the void of their bonded companion to perform their own magic. This can be trained to make tamed furrets far more helpful to voeelk and make furrets specialized in many skills. Furrets however can not make or store their own void, and thus can only syphon the void from their bonded companion. Tamed furrets find comfort in groups of both voeelk, other furrets, and even other pets if they have grown up with them.
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