hi yah everyone! Sorry I'm late with my weekly update. I'm still doing pretty good. I'm showing signs of adrenal disease again, so mom and Doctor Parker are thinking of starting me on Lupron. We'll see what the future holds for me. Other than that, I'm still lively and happy. Rusty and Tugger are doing GREAT as cage mates. Tugger was grooming Rus the other day and made mom cry (like it takes much). Bones is hanging in and has gained a *bit* of weight. We took in another 4 ferrets this week, but Shandy & Stanley, Lucky & Joy and Electra were adopted! I'd like to say thank you to the many families who have become fosters to our excess fur kids this past week. Mom doesn't know what she'd do without you! We now have over 50 ferrets, but things are getting a bit easier with so many in foster homes. One of the new kids, Rocky, is in the hospital. He's very sick with the flu. We are worried about him. Jimmy, another sweet boy (even though he picks on the rest of us kids) is sick too. Dr. Parker came over on Sunday to vaccinate and check us all out and mom showed her Jimmy's bum. He's got a mass there. He'll be going in for surgery soon. Please keep them both in your thoughts. Mik, my baby brother with Actinomyces is in a foster home with Tyler. Ty was adopted out, but Mik missed him so much, Ty's owners decided to foster him. I do hope that some day Mik is as lucky as I am and gets cured from this evil infection that dragged me down for over 2 years. Our S.P.C.A. still has a policy against ferrets as pets in Ontario. Sad, but true. However, at the pet show a few weeks ago, one of the S.P.C.A.'s branches expressed interest in attending the Ferrets 2000 symposium to learn more about ferrets and domestication, health and cruelty prevention. This could be great for ferrets in Ontario. The symposium is coming along great. I'm still real excited to be meeting my idols like BIG, Bob Church, Dr. Williams, tle, Gary H and Chris. We were lucky enough to receive donations from 8 IN 1, Super Pet, The Ferret Company, and a few others to help the symposium come together. All proceeds will be donated to the S.O.S. shelter fund, the Toronto Zoo's Black Footed Ferret breeding program and the University of Guelph teaching hospital. Please visit our web site to learn more about our shelter or Ferrets 2000 symposium. Hope every one's fuzzies are as happy and healthy as i am! Love, Harley "Bug" The Ferret Aid Society Ferrets 2000 Conference http://www.ferretaid.org http://www.igive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=1383&mid=43897 Use your mouse to raise funds for the shelter at no cost to you! Click here!! [Posted in FML issue 3018]