HELLO!! It is a whirlwind here at Ferret Wise! First and most importantly we send thanks to April Gallaty for a donation received yesterday from the sayit.com card venture! We surely appreciate the support! Also to Roger, Meg And Melissa-- who have recently ordered new ferret bedding after spring cleaning-- this helps us to continue our work... and what 's new? Well we placed 3 ferrets last week into wonderful families-- attending a ferret education day in MA on Saturday-- took in another give up and have successfully placed the give up in a Hopeful new home-- though the information on this lie\tle one was far from accurate-- the vet history was fine-- but the socialization information-- obviously lacking. Lisa is attempting to integrate the shy and pretty gal into her ferret family-- we are closely monitoring her progress. We have had several new pre screening appts this week at the shelter and are hopeful that once the adopt a thon is over on Sunday-- most of our ferrets seeking new homes may actually have them-- this would be a first in shelter history! A generous donor has supplied 6 months of lupron for hospice ferrets Abby & cage mate Jenny- shelter Mom received it FedEx and furiously flew over to the treating vets office in Merrimack yesterday! - the gals get the first injection on Thursday morning-- at ages 7 & 8 respectively this was the prudent course of treatment Abbigail weighs in at under 3/4 pound! Our hospice Shadow arrives on Saturday from his hospice home for adrenal surgery on Tuesday-- we are crossing our fingers as the last kid never made it home after the surgery two months ago... Shadow has been eating his vitamin / adrenal soup and is looking fine except for hairloss, In shelter Hospice Shelter dad is spending lots of time with "Bob" the ferret ( he prefers Dad's attention), as he is winding down in his fight -- he receives pred 2x each day- to help with insulinoma which arrived with adrenal disease ( and also has bladder / intestinal cysts/ tumors) but we my lose him in the near future... he has had a good life though tons of medical problems! Spring really throws us a mixed bag sometimes-- bright flowers, warm sunshine-- and the parting of our little ones--- A REMINDER that shelter open house hours are : Sat May 6 11AM-3PM and Sunday May 7 11 AM - 3 PM-- we draw the raffle winners at 2 PM on Sunday-- so if you want to get in on the 15 great prizes email us fast for entry coupons -- or stop on by! Winners need not be present-- we will ship via USP to those who are not in attendance! Next journey for shelter volunteers with all our bedding goodies and more will be to travel to N Conway, NH for the Annual Ferret Fun Day held by Ferret Services of Freedom on Sunday june 4th! Hope to see you there!!! [Posted in FML issue 3040]