Hermes Xavier Storm

Hermes has been with me through a lot over the years; from relapses to breakups, to moves and breakdowns. I remember when I met him, he’d been returned to the store by two or three people saying “they couldn’t handle him” but when I saw him and asked “Are you my Hermes?” he perked up and jumped into my hands and started wandering up to my shoulders, that was his spot when I was walking around with him. The picture of him on my shoulder is THE picture of us because that was his spot. He was my old man, my first ferret, my partner in chaos, my squiggle, my little Sevendust (band) lover that I caught head banging in his cage a few times, the lover of IPAs that would knock them over to indulge if you didn’t watch him, the one I got anti-chew spray that was sour apple and he loved the flavor, the one that could make me gag with his “chemical warfare attacks”… I could keep going. He was also the team mascot at the companies I worked from home for since they always wanted new stories of The Adventures of Hermes after I started sharing his antics via chat with them. When I started getting more ferrets in 2017 he made sure they knew that he was the king of the cage and house. He loved getting to know new cats and could always put the kids in place if they needed it. I never imagined it but the cage and this home feel empty without the energy and love of such a tiny ferret. <3

Hermes Xavier Storm (06/02/2013-09/21/2019)