hello my friends!  Well, it's official, the shelter kids have a whole new
place to call home this weekend.  they have finally made mommie go mad
and mommie has allowed them to take over half of her living space!
 
the new shelter area is beautiful.  i sure wish i was able to play there!
The volunteers even have a TV to watch while cleaning cages and playing
with ferrets!
 
The painting of the floor was a total disaster, but it was finally
finished on Thursday.  auntie Paige mentioned to mommie that she had some
non toxic paint and mommie did her evil grin thing and subjected poor
Wolfie, Oliver, Lila and Stitchie to paw painting on the new floor!
 
many, many thanks to everyone that helped out on Saturday to move the
"old" shelter into the new one.  most of the kids are very happy to be
in their new area, but a few of the Paris kids are real stressed out by
the change (mommie has a big bite and huge bruise on her belly to prove
it....don't ask, but thanks to uncle Nigel for rescuing her!)
 
The shelter took in a whole bunch of new kids over the last week.  Mr.
Bean, Punkie, Sybil, Phantom, Cutie, Bad Boy, Candi & Pee Wee all came
from the same home.  Sybil, Cutie, Phantom and Pee Wee were all not
fixed.  Pee Wee was "done" this week (thanks to a HUGE discount at U of
Guelph) and the shelter is working on raising money for the girls.  Mr.
Bean (a former shelter kid) and Punkie are both very advanced adrenal.
Poor Candi (also a former shelter kid) has cancer and isn't doing great.
 
Mishie came into the shelter during the move on Saturday and she too is
not fixed.
 
The shelter's next big project comes on Easter weekend at the All About
Pets Show.  The shelter volunteers are egging mommie on to change her
hair color again (she's been a "normal" blonde for a while).  mommie
isn't sure what color she'll be, but i'm sure it will be shocking as
usual :)
 
mommie and auntie Bonnie are looking forward to going to the Symposium
in St. Louis and are hoping to see some of you there.  As usual, i'll be
there in spirit, watching over you all.
 
My love to you, Harley "Bug"
 
The Ferret Aid Society "For the Love of our Fuzzy Friends"
www.ferretaid.org <http://www.ferretaid.org/>
[Posted in FML issue 4815]