Hello my dear friends!  i hope all is well with you.  We had no adoptions
this week, but there were no new ferrets either :)
 
Timbit the stoat may be a long tailed weasel.  He's gained a lot of
weight since being with mommie.  he came in at 155 grams and is now 172
grams.  it could also be that mommie just likes to fatten up all the
kids in the house, no one is sure yet.  mommie is still looking for an
appropriate home for him and he may go to the zoo for their outreach
program.  he really needs space to run, trees to climb and holes to dig.
 
he's been playful with mommie and war dances, "dooks" and nips just
like a baby ferret.  we're all keeping our fingers crossed that the zoo
will be equipped to take him.  The Ministry of Natural Resources will
hopefully be getting involved to help find out where both stoats came
from.
 
the shelter ran into some problems this week.  they depend on the Pride
Toonie Drive every year to bring in at least $1,000 but this year, the
Toonie Drive was cancelled and their bank account is down to zero.
 
mommie posted to the shelter's e-group for help with prizes to do a
raffle and "spin the wheel" at Pride to raise funds.  Some members asked
their places of work for donations of product to help out.  mommie was
surprised to get donations of 30 baseball hats from GFT Entertainment,
2 Gibson guitar t-shirts from Yorkville Sound & some retro candy and a
Future Shop gift certificate from Aggresive Metal!  Mommie is still
hoping some of the other members will be able to help out too.
 
auntie Olympia came by Friday night to pick up the shelter's laundry.
she also decided to take all the hammocks out of cages (leaving the ferts
bed-less!).  As she took out hammocks, she let each ferret run for a
little while.  when she left, she forgot to close Islay's cage door.
 
At about midnight, a huge CRASH came from the ferret room, waking auntie
Trish out of a dead sleep.  She thought it was a huge bumbling ghost in
the ferret room so she hopped outta bed and went to investigate!
 
Islay had knocked down everything she could and there was a HUGE puddle
of Tone on the floor that she was happily licking up.  Auntie Trish put
her back to bed and came downstairs to fill mommie in on the noise.
 
Have a great week my friends!
Love, Harley "Bug"
 
The Ferret Aid Society "For the Love of our Fuzzy Friends"
http://www.ferretaid.org/
[Posted in FML issue 4535]