Well, I finally got my DEW--little Jill of Jack and Jill fame from Ferret
Aid in Toronto.  I am so psyched--and can't believe these people drive so
far (10 hours to get to me) to bring ferrets to loving homes!  In honor of
her soulmate Jack, who recently died, Jill has been renamed Rose (as in
the Jack and Rose couple from the Titanic).  I call her my little Rosebud,
she is tiny and delicate.  Everything but her teeth, that is!  Both my
daughter and I have had chunks taken out of our hands, and she attacked my
feet and my cat this morning too.  Paige thinks she's nervous, scared, and
all that, and who could blame her.  We have given her lots of hugs and
kisses (she's fine around faces, thank god!), and are keeping her from the
other ferrets for a while.  My little Molly shakes when she smells or sees
Rose.
 
So, I'd love to hear everyone's success stories in integrating scared,
biting ferrets into their homes, just so I know there's always light at
the end of the tunnel :-)
 
As for the TF problem, back in the spring, people might remember me
writing in total despair over my ferrets' mysterious diarrhea, which no
amount or type of medication could clear up.  Turns out it was a bad bag
of TF.  I called to tell them this, they replaced the bag and just asked
me to send them a sample of the bad stuff so they could test it.  I never
heard from them after that, but I do know the bad batch I had was not of
the same date other people have been complaining about.  I got pretty
nervous when I just finished another bag of TF and had to open a new
one--paranoid now.  So far so good though, this batch is dated July 2001.
 
debbi, MollyDoll, Merlin, Casper, and little Rose
[Posted in FML issue 3115]