Hi all you happy ferret lovers! Jerimiah here, the cute mascot of Ferret Wise Shelter. You know the kid with the splash of hershey's chocolate milk on his side, the chief cheerio's stealer, yeah -- things are looking up here for sure! Those new kids, the boys who got tutored this week, in just a few days time that tutoring does somethin' ya know? They is MUCH much smarter now. They finally got to play in the BIG room where I could coach them from my cage. They all came over to say hi on shelter helper night-- and I coached them good! While the new folks was being shown how to do stuff in the shelter-- they let the young boys out-- the chocolate color ones, that is. They was real happy to run all over the place- and tear through the big rice box the folks was cleaning and cleaning and cleaning some more! There was a young gal who came with the grown ups her job was to pla with everyone. Of course they only lets her play with some ferrets, cuz a few are not socal yet. But these boys had a great time. The water bowls were refreshed, food bowls too. Many many of the cages got stripped _ thank goodness mine was spared. The I heard the gal say look at this boy-- he has been playing in the water he is all wet. Shelter Mom looked down the room and said-- hmmm, is there a water bowl down there? Then the gal picked this kid up he was covered in-- "Ferretone" she hollers! Yeah-- I got caught again-- so Mom says please check behind the tubes to see if there is any contraband with the toys. Yep, theys found the big 16 oz bottle of ferretone which I stole from the nail clipping chair- well they found it minus the cap I was able to get off after dragging it around for a day! It was not a hard task, Mom had finished every body's nails -- I KNEW she wouldn't look for it for a few days-- it almost worked. Oh Those new kids, foiled again! Gosh , I wanted to teach them--BUT, I didn't expect they could get me in trouble so soon! So guess what - someone got a bath -- my ferretone bottle got stolen away-- and I got caught! Well the folks had to clean extra ( now I don't have a treat stash out there) so they all had to come back the next day ( Friday) to finish the newsletter mailing. Mom wanted to get everyone plenty of notice on the open house and the neat raffles they are having that day.So that got done Friday-- but they didn't spend extra time in the shelter-- instead they went next door to Ferrets Lodge where all the neat hammies are and such- I am sure I could have helped a lot with newsletters - I like lots of papers! Anyhow the mailings got done and Mom sighed a big sigh of relief. I guess she has to get the holiday cards going soon-- but I am sure I will get to help with that chore :) Karen has fixed the web site at: www.ferretwise.org so you can see the winning photograph from 'Ferretstock" cutest photo contest. All the folks that came voted and the featured picture is the one everybody picked. I think this looks like so much fun-- riding on a sled in the snow! HI girls-- take me with you??? The kids is doing fine that had surgery another gal goes on Weds for her haircut Mom is calling her Emily-- she is turning out to grow to be a pretty big gal! And CUTE too!-- and they all get vaccinated too next week. On Monday my cage buddy Rex and Sterling go to see the shelter vet for their checkups and regular shots. While they are gone with shelter Mom , I will see what I can stash for the next time -- and make sure the youngsters don't find it!!! Shelter Dad is designing a neat ferret room for shelter friends that are moving up-- when he is done I have a few projects for him to do here too! Make sure you check out the neat things at ebay - more ferret toys, beds and such go up every day! http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems &userid=creativekolor&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=25 Take care- and don't forget-- this is where the action is every Thursday nite ( 'cept for Holidays!) at Ferret Wise Shelter. Your friend and best ferret buddy- Jerimiah, jr Mascot Ferret Wise [Posted in FML issue 3234]