Ya know??!!  Even though I was born and raised in California.  Lived
there until 14 years ago... I fell in love with Georgia(even though I
said I'd never cuz' I wanted to go home!!)  I absolutely love it here and
will never go back Even though I came from there, I'm beginning to think
Ca. must be in a completely different solar system!!!!  Moving here was
the best thing I ever did.( not just because of legal ferrets) I just
don't get it.  Is it honestly believed, that all of the other ferrets,
in ALL(as in LOTS OF, as in all those living in almost every state in
the United States, happy and healthy BTW!!.) that all ferrets in the U.S.
AND in Europe, that those very same ferrets that make the ferret one of
the MOST fulfilling pets a human could ever have, that if those ferrets
crossed over the California border, turn into wild,crazy,rabid,blood
thirsty, ferral BEASTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????  Excuse me, but there are
hoardes of ferral cat families, why do they not ban cat ownership?!  Or
dogs that have bec ome viscious and hunt in packs, due to being left in
some alley to fend for themselves??  Are dogs banned.  I have personally
had the terrifying experience of being followed by 3 wild dogs when I was
a teenager in California.  Luckily I got to my ride before they could do
anything.  BOTH species have liniage going back to prehistoric, meat
eating, killing machines!  ( I believe this was one of the arguments,
ferrets were " wild animals ")
 
I truly believed, that since Gov. S. had had the honor and the
experience of working with a ferret, that he would have seen them for
what they really are, intelligent, beautiful,affectionate, AND GENTLE
creatures.  Quess I as wrong.  Does he not know of the many "underground"
ferret owners and Vets.  Has he or anyother Californian not gone into a
PetSmart or other pet store that devotes an entire aisle for FERRET
SUPPLIES!!????
 
I never thought that Ca. legalization of ferts would NOT pass.  I guess
that puts me in the same state as Gov. S. afterall, a state of La la
Land.  But you can bet your mitts... um boots, that I will be on that
bandwagon the next time this goes around.
 
I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley., Ca.  Quess you could
say I was a true "Valley Girl".  After I married, I lived in another
valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Ca.  It was from here I left my home
state to start a new life in Georgia.  Although I thought Georgia was
beautiful, there was no consolling me then.  We had to go for my
husband's job.  But now it looks as if there will be another trip to yet
another valley.  This being called the Valley of California.  There in
lies an entire valley of people who have never had the education as to
the joys and wonders of ferret hood.  They have never held a ferret, nor
have they kissed a ferret and get tickled with thier tiny whiskers They
have not yet recieved enough experience regarding ferrets to start
gathering planks, planks they will need to build the bridge to cross that
valley.  Hopefully, they will, and that bridge they will name....
LEGALIZATION.
 
NOW, a thought swirls in my mind.  A thought which in years past, being
away from my family, and my husband's family, spending holidays with just
the four of us in our family here in Georgia, and longing so much to go
back "home", a thought I had NEVER thought I'd think,but even a little
homesickness goes a long way (Don't have it anymore!).  My ferrets, my
fuzzies, my fuzz-butts, are a very large part of my life.  Yes, I love my
husband and my "kids" (all grown-up now!!).
 
But my ferrets, who now own my heart, right up there with my family,
touch a part of my heart and give me a feeling that is inexplicable to
non-ferret people.  My ferrets are my therapy as I am handicapped to a
degree and live in constant, daily pain.  When I talk to them and touch
them.  When I watch them play, it puts the pain on the back burner for a
moment.  MOST OF ALL, the people that I have come to know because of
ferrets, have been the greatestest, most wonderful friends I have EVER
had the priviledge to have in my entire life.
 
Now as I think about what has happened in California, I feel so sorry for
them.  They are missing out on SO much.  And as to that thought that was
swirling in my mind, seemingly odd coming from one whose roots are in
that sunny state of Ca,
 
"It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there!"
 
Sue & Crew
Da Boys.....Sammy, Chance & Storm
The Girls....Oscar, Nikki, & Annie
 
 
I feel better now,thanks!
[Posted in FML issue 4652]