Well Debbie, here goes:
 
My boyfriend, Jason, bought our first fert, Miya, in March of '98.  He had
a childhood friend who had been owned by ferrets, & Jay knew how cool they
were, I guess!  He'd been talking about getting one for a few months, so
finally I said, "Just GET one already, huh?" So he did ;o) (he should
listen to me more often *teehee*)!  Miya was purchased from the Petland
near our home.  She is a MF ferret - sable.
 
Jason & I moved in together July '98.  Not even a week after we moved in
together, I brought home Nina.  She was a teeny black sable (w/ a chocolate
chip brown nose...oh!!!) I figured Miya was lonely *GRIN*!  Nina was also
purchased from a Petland, but the one near my work.  She is also a MF
ferret.
 
Then we wanted a boy.  I went to the same Petland I got Nina, & saw a
blaze/badger/panda type baby boy OHHHH!  He had white toes on all except
one of his back feet, a white bib, no mask...he was UNIQUE to say the
least!  I fell in LOVE (when DON'T you fall in love w/ these guys???) &
brought Jason to meet him.  I brought him home that day.  This was February
of *last* year '99 - the day after Miya's first birthday.  We named him
Jack because we had 2 girls & a boy - "THREE'S COMPANY" teehee!!!
 
Then we wanted to even out the # & the sexes...so in September we decided
to get another boy.  Since before we got Jack I had decided our next kid
would be from a shelter...but Jack stole my heart so I just HAD to have
him!  But this time we were FIRM...actually, to be quite honest, I had
fallen in love w/ another UNIQUE pet store ferret, but he was sold before I
had a chance to buy him ;P - so THEN we were FIRM about getting a shelter
kid!  I called up FAIR & got the phone # to the Greater Chicago Ferret
Association & made an appointment for after we got back from Florida.  I
had expressed an interest in a 1-2 year old male.  When we arrived (w/
Miya, Nina, & Jack along with us for "water testing") we were presented w/
Rascal, an estimated 3 lb, 1 1/2 year old MF bald-bellied CUTIE!  He had a
bald belly from being fat - his belly dragged on the ground!  He was the
only "single male" available for adoption, but I have no complaints!  He is
the sweetest thing you'd ever want to meet, & now weighs in at 3 1/2 lbs
(wint er weight!!!  It has NOTHING to do w/ us spoiling him, OH NO!)
Tazzums (his most popular nickname) is a chocolate.
 
(For) now our family is "complete"...we (currently) do not have any
"excuses" up our sleeves to warrant an addition (or two...) other than the
fact that I now volunteer one night a week at the GCFA shelter where we got
Tazzums (Rascal).  All those shelter kids are callin' me!!!  Ahhhhhh!
 
So that is my ferret math tale (or is it, tail?) - 4 ferrets in less than 2
years!  We COULD fit 2 more in that cage...
 
Amy, Jason, & the brat pack
 
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Visit Miya, Nina, Rascal, & Jack (along w/ Jason & Amy) @
 
http://www.geocities.com/petsburgh/park/9394/home.html
[Posted in FML issue 2918]