Thank you to everyone that looked for Coco's food and especially those that called the company trying to find it for us and those that called to let me know what they found out (Shari, Phyllis, Becky, Joan). Shari found 8 bags and Becky and Steve found 2 so Coco should have enough for a year! The food should be here today and I'm anxious to go home so I can fill up the bowl and put it right in front of Coco. :-) Today is my leave early day because I have class tonight (State and local government in case anyone is wondering). I love going home early because I always surprise the ferrets. As soon as I quietly unlock the door and push the door open I hear little feet scattering, only to see them peek out from behind some piece of furniture. Silly critters. Even if I was a stranger they'd still come out to greet me because they are so curious, so why the scattering. ;-) They always bring a smile to my face when they scatter like that. Sometimes I sneak up on them just for fun. Minge (Minj) is especially fun to startle as he lets out these funny noises as he heads for the nearest tube. Sunday night the ferrets were very much a handful. I'd had 2 migraines over the weekend so I wasn't at my best and their picking on each other wore my nerves even thinner. I finally started feeling human again around 8pm Monday night. Of course by that time they were all their usual angel selves, well ok, not quite angels but not little demons either. Last night my 14 yr old dog snapped Doc. Doc was pestering him. Sunny is a large mouthed dog so his warning snap, which usually misses, landed on either side of Doc's face. It wasn't a hard snap, just a warning but with Sunny's miscalculation it surprised them both. Sunny thought he was hamburger and cringed as I stood over him reprimanding him. Doc has a bit of swelling where Sunny nailed him but it was his feelings that were hurt more than anything. Doc is very sensitive. In other words, he can do whatever he wants but if he gets hurt or disciplined, he blames it on me and won't talk to me for a week or longer. I suppose it is my fault, even though I was sleeping, that Sunny got him when he was jumping into Sunny's face (Doc does that and I've warned him before but he just doesn't listen). sigh. Of course now Doc gets tons of extra TLC in apologies for my lack of preventing the incident. Swiffer is urinating a bit on his own. He goes to the paper and piddles just a wee bit then I express the rest. He is such a sweet boy. Adrenal too. We have 3 that get pestered/picked on and all 3 are adrenal so surgeries will be scheduled early spring. This weekend I injured a finger. It made me realize I don't want to ever get seriously hurt. This group was full of it and I just know it was cause they knew I was slightly handicapped. Little stinkers..... My condolences to all whose little ones have left for the bridge. Healing hugs to all with sick babies. Warm hugs to all. tle Troy Lynn Eckart Ferret Family Services http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our charity http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=46&mid=58395 [Posted in FML issue 2969]