I've been following the idea for the Fuzzy Chain, and think it's a great
idea!  I'd like to offer my home to travelling ferret lovers.  I'm in
central PA, 5 miles from Harrisburg, right off I-81 or I-83.  Is there
anyone in charge of this program that I could contact with more information?
 
I saw the post re: someone stocking up on wood pellets for the off-season.
I'm also hooked on the pellets, and face the same situation.  I talked to
the owner of the local Agway where I purchase them, and we worked out a
deal.  I bought 40 bags, and prepaid for them.  He, in exchange, took 20
cents off each bag, and will store them for me.  I can pick them up as I
need them.  What a deal!  I'm sure it helped that it was a small store, not
like Lowe's or Hechinger's, and that I talked to the owner.  If you're in
the same situation, it's worth a try.  And a side note on the pellets, I was
replanting a small pot of Ivy (one guess on why I had to do this...) and
realized the ferts had scattered so much dirt, I didn't have enough to fill
the pot.  Being winter, I didn't have a container of potting soil handy, so
I topped off the pot with wood pellets and watered it.  Instant mulch!!!
 
Thanks to everyone for the wonderful 'Duck Soup' recipes!  (Where did that
name come from anyway??) I ended up with 8 total, and they're all so
different!  I made up one batch of 'Mo Maggies special recipes, and it
certainly put a little weight on Sabrina, and they all have more
energy.(Thanks, that's just what they didn't need... :) And Maggie, I put a
couple of drops of echinacea in there for good luck!  It's been a while
since Sabrina has run around with the other 3, but now she even keeps up
with the baby, BobbyRay.  Silly me, she was running around like crazy this
morning, and I picked her up to say 'hello.' Her response was 'let me the
heck down so I can beat up that cat' but not knowing fert language, I didn't
understand.  (Where can I sign up for fert language 101?) So, she used the
international language around here to get down: kiss, kiss, followed by a
very light, brief, nip on my nose to make sure I got the message.  I think
in written form it would look like this: kiss, kiss!!!!  Ok, I got the
message!
 
I took one of my cats in for a teeth cleaning yesterday.  I'm friends with
the vet, and they allow me to stay for surgeries (yes, I like to see what's
going on).  Anyway, I stayed and watched the procedure.  No wonder this
needs to be done periodically for all our animals, because there's no way
that I can do that good of a job, especially on the back teeth.  It was very
much like what the dental hygenist does to us, a scraping, cleaning and
checking the gums, and then polishing the teeth.  (She used bubble gum
flavored toothpaste just like they do on my son!) Only difference I could
see is that the animal can't rinse after the polishing!  :)
 
So glad to read that Gabriel is off to his new home and to the other doctor,
and doing so well!  We're keeping our fingers and paws crossed here!
 
Best wishes to all the fuzzbeans out there!
Penny
[Posted in FML issue 1848]