HI ALL  Jerimiah here!
Woooweee-- are we busy, busy kids here at Ferret Wise!  Let me tell you all
that is going on-- no wonder shelter Mom is so darned tired-- it is hard
getting her smlin the past few days.  It seems just as she was so happy
that Cornelius was gonna be going to a nice home she sarted notice him
walking kind of funny-- so as shelter Dad was talking to lots of nice folks
in PA- COrnelius & shelter Mom went to the vets where they took these funny
x-eray pictures of him.  The vet found he has somefin' called a compressor,
er compression fracture of his spine.  That sounds like some funny fish to
me ya think?-- but anyway that is why he is having a hard time playing I
guess fish shouldn't be swimming in a ferret anyway!  So Mom now has to
give him medicine and keep him quiet in his cage.  He sure is a sad looking
pup -- he throws the water dish and food dish and messes up the papers on
the floor of his cage just wanting to play with us.  They is hoping he will
get better but I guess the is looking for a tumor that might be in there
( I guess that is the name of this fish) ?  Poor ol' Cornelius.  Then Rex
was feelin' a little left out so he got a UTI infection -- off he went
Saturday to the vets with shelter MOm after Cornelius , to get medicine
and another lupron shot.  I thinks these guys just do these things to play
hooky from ferret classes with Jerimiah!
 
Then as if we weren't just as busy as could be -- some really nice folks
showed up to meet their new foster ferrets.  They brought some toys and
such for them , some paper towels & bleach for the shelter and everyone was
having a real nice visit.  Unfortunately that meant we had to go into our
cage so they could all visit!
 
All of a sudden they bought ferret food and left as MORE NEW people came
to the shelter.  They were askin' lots and lots of questions... seems the
lady was wanting a ferret really bad.  They got some books and stuff form
shelter Mom and she said to call back after they read everything over.
Well today shelter Mom hears it is Daniel- the ferret that needs to be an
only ferret they would like to move to their house.  So Daniel & shelter
Mom are planning a visit on next Saturday to see if this will be a good
place for him to live.  They have cats & I think Daniel will like the
cats!  :)
 
Casper has to have a adrenal surgery in the AM- I know Mom is hoping he
will be okay.  He has a hospice home waiting for him with several kitties
who live in the room he will live in..  so we are all hopin' that Casper
will come back jest fine tomorrow.
 
Shelter Dad said he got to meet lots of folks at the show, and Bear's
secret Santa was there-- WOW!!  and it isn't even Christmas yet!  Bear is
right now walking in the upstairs getting his nighttime treat of cheerios &
cakes.  He has lost lots of weight and is sleepy a lots- but he has some
ferrety work to do-- has another column to write and all for Spring-- so
he is not ready to chase them butterflies yet!  I hear lots of folks
bought hammies that Mom sewed and saw the pics on the show- that shows
the shelter - DID YOU FIND ME ???  I am the most handsome ferret there you
could tell right???
 
Well Dad also brought home presents for us kids-- MOm gave them to us today
after chores.  We gotts a big box with ferretone, nutircal, soem soft toys
and some really really pretty rolling eggs that make noise.  Then there
were raisins & cheerios!  YOu bet mom gave us a snack party you should
have seen us white kids and the brown kids all trying to eat the MOST
raisins and cheerios at the same time.  Cornelius had to have his own in
his cage :(  Then Annebelle & Marie got there own box of goodies 'cuz there
foster grandpatrents sent these up for everyone she has a boy named Hershey
that wanted to share cuz' his Mom reads our stories to him all the time.  I
really like Hershey he is a kid that has the ADV thing, and some days jes
desn't felel his ol self.  And it isn't his fault either -- thank goodness
his Mom loves him and takes good care of him!  I will keep writin' to you
Hershey boy!  You are a-okay in my book!!  All the kids that come to the
shelter have to have tests before they get here to make sure they don't
have the ADV thing-- I guess that is cuz we could get sick-- and then it
would be hard for me to teach all the ferrets their stuff so they can go to
new homes!  Shelter Mom helps the ADV folks try to fix these sick kids she
sews special hammies & tents and donated them for fundraising-- and they
are having a special event for an ADV fund raiser at Ferretstock this year!
 
Right now there is some neat stuff at the ebay auctions including:
 
Another of Schnapps' Pizza puss hammies   ends 3/30
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1224474015
 
collectible plush ermine- almost looks like me- ends 3/31
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=573085873
 
A special logo pen with me runnin on it!  ends 3/31
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1126846125
 
A ferret shaped soap gift set ends 4/1
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=573453645
 
finally- A western design Ferretwise Funhouse tent! ends 4/2
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1225300484
 
These will help pay the vet for Casper's surgery!  SO stop buy if your in
the market for something special-- Casper, shelter Mom-- and even us kids
will say Thank YOU!
 
I got to run-- the brown kids are ready for a relay from the rice box to
the ferretone - and I get to keep the bottle if I win!
 
Your friend Jerimiah!
Jr Mascot, Ferret Wise Shelter
www.ferretwise.org
[Posted in FML issue 3369]