I got hurt awhile back and have not been able to give the ferrets the
attention I normally do, they have had to play more or less without me,
can't seem to get up after getting down on my hands and knees, so it's been
about 8 weeks of "Mom why won't you play with us....no not give me kiss....
PLAY"  So I went to town to buy them there treats and while I was there,
and feeling very guilty, I found that your Walmart had 40 lbs sacks of
potting soil on sale for $0.89, and children's blue whale wading pools for
$4.00 so I got there food at the pet store and some more treats and then I
bought 160lbs of potting soil, a wading pool, and on the way home stopped
and pulled up a couple of stakes of Milo, Now there room is tiled and I
turned them out to play in the front room and while they were playing with
there old toys and looking bored, I moved the wading pool and the potting
soil in to there room, now I must admit it looked pretty good when I got
done, there was 4 stocks of Milo and I put in some rocks and even went and
got some grass and put in the pool......it was time, with squeaky toy and
treats in hand I called the crew, first they thought they had to go to
there room, play time was over, so many were hiding out, but a few of the
older ferts came willing and the look on there faces when they saw this
little jungle was priceless, they would look at me, look at it, look at me
and so on, finally B.B.  went and climbed in hopped and gave the joy dook,
do you have any idea what 78 ferrets can do to 160 lbs of potting soil in a
9 X 12 room?  But the important thing is they had fun, so I had better go
and finish cleaning up, still have to get the potting soil off the ceiling
fan.
[Posted in FML issue 2824]