Hey You All,
 
Thanks to all the nice folks who sent me well wishes earlier this week.  I
think they must have helped, cause I went out and had myself a big day
yesterday.  It was fun and pleasant, only in the 60's here and very rainy.
I love days like that.  Maybe that is why I want to move to Seattle.  ;-)
 
Gearing up for school.  I am not looking forward to it this semester, but
figure I had best take some classes.  sigh.
 
On treats--well, I have to disagree about feeding only meat.  I feed mine
anything except for carrots (can cause blockages) and onions and garlic
(causes medical problems in a lot of animals over time).  They get milk, ice
cream, cereal (Pookie just loves granola) chocolate, pizza, burritos, well
you get the idea.  They don't get a lot of anything but ferret and canned
kitten food.  And meat.  I do feed meat to the ones who will eat it, but
that isn't a lot.  Max will only take hairball rememdy, ice cream and
ferretone for treats.  A lot only take raisins and bananas, Nicky won't eat
anything but kibble, no oil, no hairball, nada.  And then Miss Pookie and
Conan the Toebiter will eat anything I eat.
 
Mine are all healthy and pretty with very soft, fluffy coats.  They are not
fat (more than I can say about myself), they are active and doing great.
 
On air conditioning-this whole thread has me amused.  So many folks just do
not understand Southern humor.  Get way too serious.
 
This is what I have to say--if you regularly have a period of hot weather
where you live, get a room air conditioner for the ferts.  I have seen up
close and personal the behavioural changes when the temps get around 80, I
cannot imagine the poor little guys in hotter weather.  Even for a few days.
 
In Houston, with central air, the ferret room approached 80.  We put in a
window unit to cool down that one room.  That is how strongly I feel.
 
I also cannot imagine Canadian temps getting like some of the stuff we see
in the states.  I may be wrong, but that is awfully far north.  And ditto
for the northern part of the US, I wonder when folks are complaining about
the temps, what they are talking about.  I remember a year where I had
English friends complaining about the bitterly hot weather in London.  The
temps?  In the mid 70's F.  I would have killed to get those at night in
Houston in the summer.
 
Well, got some body modification done.  hehe.  Looking at the tattoos.  Have
a couple of really good artists in town.  But need to find the exact right
design (Celtic of course for the Scot wannabe).
 
And I am sending out good thoughts and prayers for all those who have sick
fuzzies or have lost a warm little soul recently.  It always touches me to
hear about those, but I also know there is a time and reason for everything.
 
Mo' Maggie and her Maniac Mob of Mustelidae
 
"Set up, like a bowling pin, knocked down,
gets to wearing thin, just won't let you be"
Grateful Dead, "Truckin"
[Posted in FML issue 2387]